By Gary Evans, ASA Historian

We in the ASA are proud of our soaring history going back more than 45 years, one of the longest in the country. This column reminds us of what was going on in Arizonan soaring in times past: some events look eerily similar to the present, others highlight what has changed.

This month we present the following brief extracts from our Air Currents archives:

Previous archives:
January 2001
February 2001
March 2001
April 2001
May 2001
June 2001
July 2001
August 2001
September 2001
October 2001
November 2001
December 2001
January 2002
February 2002
March 2002

Help maintain ASA Historical Records 

Historian's Update as of January 2002:

Through the generous assistance of long standing member Ms Ruth Petry I have been able to add 112 missing newsletter copies to our club archives. Ruth provided originals from her personal collection from which copies were made. In reviewing these records it is apparent that Ruth was a significant contributor to the clubs early years and is still a member in good standing. I have ask her to provide a Bio to publish and will do so when it is received. We owe Ruth many thanks for helping to recreate our newsletter records. In addition I have donated my personal copies of Soaring magazine dating back to September 1997 to the club archive. The following is the amended list of missing newsletters. Again, any donations of missing newsletter issues and/or Soaring magazines prior to 9/97 would be appreciated

Gary Evans
ASA Historian

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For a more complete ASA history, we recommend the Collected Classics of Soaring