Sisu 1a, s/n 101, N6390X

On Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at 3:46:09 PM UTC-7, Tom Vaughan wrote:
Hi Paul. Came across this post and don't know if you are still active in soaring or not. My 89 yr old father has one of the last production Sisu's and needs to get rid of it. It is not completed. Fuselage is skinned, and he has the aluminum skins for the wings, but it would take some building, and the right person to get this historic piece of aviation in the air. If you yourself, or anyone you know of, may be interested, please let me know. Trying to find a good home for it.

Tom, your best bet might be to donate the ship to the Southwest Soaring Museum for a tax write-off. They will give it a good home.

Thanks, Bob K.

On Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at 7:15:26 PM UTC-7, wrote:
On Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at 3:46:09 PM UTC-7, Tom Vaughan wrote:
Hi Paul. Came across this post and don't know if you are still active in soaring or not. My 89 yr old father has one of the last production Sisu's and needs to get rid of it. It is not completed. Fuselage is skinned, and he has the aluminum skins for the wings, but it would take some building, and the right person to get this historic piece of aviation in the air. If you yourself, or anyone you know of, may be interested, please let me know. Trying to find a good home for it.

Tom, your best bet might be to donate the ship to the Southwest Soaring Museum for a tax write-off. They will give it a good home.

Thanks, Bob K.

Thank you Bob. We are considering that. It is actually located in MD. I may be hauling some things from MD to CA in the not too distant future, so thought I would put this post out.

On Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at 7:34:57 PM UTC-7, Tom Vaughan wrote:
On Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at 7:15:26 PM UTC-7, wrote:
On Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at 3:46:09 PM UTC-7, Tom Vaughan wrote:
Hi Paul. Came across this post and don't know if you are still active in soaring or not. My 89 yr old father has one of the last production Sisu's and needs to get rid of it. It is not completed. Fuselage is skinned, and he has the aluminum skins for the wings, but it would take some building, and the right person to get this historic piece of aviation in the air. If you yourself, or anyone you know of, may be interested, please let me know.. Trying to find a good home for it.

Tom, your best bet might be to donate the ship to the Southwest Soaring Museum for a tax write-off. They will give it a good home.

Thanks, Bob K.

Thank you Bob. We are considering that. It is actually located in MD. I may be hauling some things from MD to CA in the not too distant future, so thought I would put this post out.

On Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at 8:10:13 PM UTC-7, wrote:
On Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at 7:34:57 PM UTC-7, Tom Vaughan wrote:
On Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at 7:15:26 PM UTC-7, wrote:
On Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at 3:46:09 PM UTC-7, Tom Vaughan wrote:
Hi Paul. Came across this post and don't know if you are still active in soaring or not. My 89 yr old father has one of the last production Sisu's and needs to get rid of it. It is not completed. Fuselage is skinned, and he has the aluminum skins for the wings, but it would take some building, and the right person to get this historic piece of aviation in the air. If you yourself, or anyone you know of, may be interested, please let me know. Trying to find a good home for it.

Tom, your best bet might be to donate the ship to the Southwest Soaring Museum for a tax write-off. They will give it a good home.

Thanks, Bob K.

Thank you Bob. We are considering that. It is actually located in MD. I may be hauling some things from MD to CA in the not too distant future, so thought I would put this post out.

Hello Dean, contact me privately if you would like info on the Sisu.

On Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at 7:35:09 PM UTC-4, Tom Vaughan wrote:
Hello Dean, contact me privately if you would like info on the Sisu.

Here, as of June 5, 2013, are the NSM's records on the Sisus:

100 (prototype) N7983A 1s5 owner John Ryan, subsequent owner Jerry Robertson, current owner C.L. Kirchner
101 N 6390X, 1st owner Gleb Derujinsky, current owner Paul Hanson
102 N 1100Z, 1st owner John Randall, subsequent owners Al Parker, Jack Baugh, current owner National Air & Space museum
103 N 6391X, 1s5 owner A.J. Smith, subsequent owners Jack Steen, who loaned it for several years on display at the National Soaring Museum, now owned by DicK Butler.
104 N6392X, 1st owner Bill Ivans, current owner Timothy O'Donnell
105 N252JB, 1st owner Dean Svec. No longer registered, N# reissued
106 B622W !st owner Red Wright, subsequent owners Jack Baugh, National Soaring Museum. Signed over from NSM to Kentucky Aviation Museum
107 N1003 1st owner Gordon House, subsequent owner Bernie Paiewonsky (who passed away last week), now owned by National Soaring Museum
108 N1110T, 1st owner John Ryan, current owner Galen Fisher
109 N331A, 1st owner Dale May. destroyed
110 N253JB 1st owner Jack Baugh, subsequent owner Al Parker. Current owner Steve Parker

Didn't the one Paul Hansen own get destroyed due to inadequate tie downs?

Boggs

On Thursday, August 25, 2016 at 8:58:40 PM UTC-4, Waveguru wrote:
Didn't the one Paul Hansen own get destroyed due to inadequate tie downs?

Boggs

IIRC, once Paul got over the initial shock, he realized that the damage wasn't as bad as he first thought. It probably wasn't totaled, but I don't know whether he's yet had it restored.

On Thursday, August 25, 2016 at 5:26:29 PM UTC-7, Peter Smith wrote:
On Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at 7:35:09 PM UTC-4, Tom Vaughan wrote:
Hello Dean, contact me privately if you would like info on the Sisu.

Here, as of June 5, 2013, are the NSM's records on the Sisus:

100 (prototype) N7983A 1s5 owner John Ryan, subsequent owner Jerry Robertson, current owner C.L. Kirchner
101 N 6390X, 1st owner Gleb Derujinsky, current owner Paul Hanson
102 N 1100Z, 1st owner John Randall, subsequent owners Al Parker, Jack Baugh, current owner National Air & Space museum
103 N 6391X, 1s5 owner A.J. Smith, subsequent owners Jack Steen, who loaned it for several years on display at the National Soaring Museum, now owned by DicK Butler.
104 N6392X, 1st owner Bill Ivans, current owner Timothy O'Donnell
105 N252JB, 1st owner Dean Svec. No longer registered, N# reissued
106 B622W !st owner Red Wright, subsequent owners Jack Baugh, National Soaring Museum. Signed over from NSM to Kentucky Aviation Museum
107 N1003 1st owner Gordon House, subsequent owner Bernie Paiewonsky (who passed away last week), now owned by National Soaring Museum
108 N1110T, 1st owner John Ryan, current owner Galen Fisher
109 N331A, 1st owner Dale May. destroyed
110 N253JB 1st owner Jack Baugh, subsequent owner Al Parker. Current owner Steve Parker

Does anyone know of s/n 111 ? It's competition number had a 1 in it and the plane may have had some red or yellow trim on it. My father has the stabilizers and ruddervators from it. It was damaged in a stall/spin.

On Friday, August 26, 2016 at 2:03:06 AM UTC-4, Tom Vaughan wrote:
On Thursday, August 25, 2016 at 5:26:29 PM UTC-7, Peter Smith wrote:
On Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at 7:35:09 PM UTC-4, Tom Vaughan wrote:
Hello Dean, contact me privately if you would like info on the Sisu.

Here, as of June 5, 2013, are the NSM's records on the Sisus:

100 (prototype) N7983A 1s5 owner John Ryan, subsequent owner Jerry Robertson, current owner C.L. Kirchner
101 N 6390X, 1st owner Gleb Derujinsky, current owner Paul Hanson
102 N 1100Z, 1st owner John Randall, subsequent owners Al Parker, Jack Baugh, current owner National Air & Space museum
103 N 6391X, 1s5 owner A.J. Smith, subsequent owners Jack Steen, who loaned it for several years on display at the National Soaring Museum, now owned by DicK Butler.
104 N6392X, 1st owner Bill Ivans, current owner Timothy O'Donnell
105 N252JB, 1st owner Dean Svec. No longer registered, N# reissued
106 B622W !st owner Red Wright, subsequent owners Jack Baugh, National Soaring Museum. Signed over from NSM to Kentucky Aviation Museum
107 N1003 1st owner Gordon House, subsequent owner Bernie Paiewonsky (who passed away last week), now owned by National Soaring Museum
108 N1110T, 1st owner John Ryan, current owner Galen Fisher
109 N331A, 1st owner Dale May. destroyed
110 N253JB 1st owner Jack Baugh, subsequent owner Al Parker. Current owner Steve Parker

Does anyone know of s/n 111 ? It's competition number had a 1 in it and the plane may have had some red or yellow trim on it. My father has the stabilizers and ruddervators from it. It was damaged in a stall/spin.

I've never seen any indication that there was a s/n 111. All the records show that there were the prototype (100) & ten production builds. If you could provide information indicating otherwise, that would be very informative & useful.