HISTORY
Tom
Hamilton began flight
testing the Glasair TD and
founded Stoddard-Hamilton
Aircraft in 1979. Glasair
Aviation was formed in 2001
when Thomas W. Wathen
purchased the Glasair assets
from bankrupt
Stoddard-Hamilton Aircraft,
Inc. and signed an agreement
with Arlington Aircraft
Development, Inc. (AADI) to
buy all rights to and assets
of the GlaStar model. The
new companies New Glasair,
LLC and New GlaStar, LLC are
marketed under the Glasair
Aviation name. More
than 3000 Glasair kits have
been delivered worldwide.
In July 2012 the company was
sold to the Jilin Hanxing
Group of China, who formed a
new company Glasair Aircraft
USA, LLC. Jilin Hanxing
Group indicated that they
intend to certify the
Glastar design and otherwise
retain production in
Arlington, Washington. TieJi
Fang, chairman of theJilin
Hanxing Group, said that he
envisions the company
producing trainers for
flight schools and
eventually personal aircraft
for the Chinese market. He
stated that purchasing
Glasair was "the first step
in a very long journey".
Source:
Wikipedia
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