ULTRA HIGH PERFORMANCE
October 1960
If you didn't get out to Deer Valley Airport the last weekend in October you missed seeing one of the highest performance sailplanes in the world. John Ryan flew his Sisu I, and that 41 to 1 glide ratio at 62 mph is a marvel. John went to Arlington, Texas and picked up his ship the first of October. Leonard Nemi, the designer and builder, has done
a terrific job on an all-metal ship. You should hear Clay Hartman extol the beauties of this ship but then, just ask any ASA member who has seen it fly and inspected the fine workmanship. No wonder John wanted it. But it won't be flying any more this fall and
winter. It's in Joe Lincoln's sailplane haven and John is going to fill in every spot that interrupts the laminar flow over the wings. We hope he reaches his goal of a 44 to 1 glide ratio with all that hard work ahead. Even if he doesn't, the present ratio of 25 to 1 at 105 mph ought to be good enough for some new state, national and international records.
NEW OPERATIONS SITE
October 1960
We have been welcomed to the new Deer Valley airport and started flying there the 2lst of October, when the 2-22 was towed in from Cottonwood with Chuck Doty at the controls and John Ryan flying the tow ship. Thanks go to John Ryan, Joe Lincoln and others for arranging this perfect setup. To get to our operations site, drive north on 19th Avenue about two miles north of Bell Road, only fifteen miles from the center of Phoenix. 19th Avenue crosses the west end of the airport runway. If we are taking off to the East, be sure to park well north of the runway along the road. If we are taking off to the west, continue on this same road (it leads north and east to the drag strip) and you will see our operations on the east end of the field.
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SSA 1981 NATIONAL CONVENTION COMMITTEE
October 1980
By: Wally Raisanen
Jerri Raisanen & Maggie Alton, working with Firebird Productions, have arranged the following side trips:
Indian Arts & Culture Lecture
Mexican Taste Treats -Snack Symposium
Wild West Party & Dinner at Ron Nix' movie set ranch
Valley Adventure Bus tour & lunch
Sedona Bus tour, all day Sat. Jan. 17
Grand Canyon Flight Tour
Nogales Mex. Flight Tour
Estrella Bus Trip & lunch for Sunday flight Ops.
Dorothy Hohanshelt has set up the banquet menu and details. The banquet will be charged out AT COST, $20.00 per seat.
Wally Raisanen has commitments from all Symposium Session Chairpersons and they are firming up speaker commitments. Chairpersons are:
Gren Seibels New Developments on the Racing Scene
Judy Lincoln FAA and Family in Soaring (2 sessions)
George Worthington New Directions in Sport Flying
Bill Ivans Soaring and the CIVV
Dick Schreder Racing Techniques Panel Discussion
Don Santee Homebuilders Session
Eric Greenwell Racing Hardware & what to do About It
Fred Arndt Soaring Safety,
Ed Byars Race Organization, A New Proposal
Our Convention finances are in good shape, with $7459 in income, $5209 in expenses paid to date, and $541 in unpaid bills, leaving a balance of $1709.
Hank Halverson has commitments from 13 exhibitors, with 6 pending. Nancy Hume has pre-registered 62 people, with an additional 59 pending. 66% of the pre-registrants are from the Southwest. Nancy has lined up a registration staff of 9 people.
Pete Williams has done an excellent job on publicity and advertising material, and all ads are on schedule. New mailers are in the works. Judy Lincoln has two quotes on' typeset & printing costs for the proceedings book total cost including miscellaneous other printing
appears to run over $12,000. Other options will be discussed in a meeting set for Tuesday, Oct. 21. Ideas, suggestions welcome!
Other Info:
Contact SSA/John Dezutti for CFI clinic
Contact Ed Seymour for Glider Ground School
Contact Jeri Raisanen for Tour/bus info
Contact W. Raisanen for speaker info
Contact Nancy Hume for registration info
Contact Hank Halverson for exhibit info
Tours as above for Firebird Productions ~ (602) 995-1757
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