Currently Owned by: Steve Ellison

STATUS: Being Repaired

LOCATION: ??

William M. Foley, of Glastonbury, CT first purchased No. 39 for $7273, who promptly (on November 11, 1968) sold it to "Motorless Flight Enterprises". From other records, this company was reported as a partnership between the Moosup Company and William M. Foley, so it apparently did not actually "change hands" in this transaction.

At any rate, it remained registered to Motorless Flight Enterprises until March 11, 1972 when it was sold to Herbert DeVries, Robert Embleton, John Helton, and Anthony A. Terrique of Buena Vista, CA. Someone in this group apparently had a significant accident in the plane; a form 337 dated January 13, 1973 documented repairs by Fred Jiran Glider Repairs that included tailplane and attachment fittings, left wing at root, and left fuselage at wing. That same repair also mentions installation of water ballast bladders and repairs to brake release.

They kept it until it was sold on January 30, 1976 to Max S. Taggart of Springfield, OR. Taggart mortgaged it for $9800.

In the spring of the following year (May 8, 1977), he sold it to K. Ray Barlow of Burley ID for $10,500. This must have really been a partnership, because it was registered on June 13 of that year to Barlow and Louis Stur.

On May 7, 1979, Louis S. Stur bought out Barlow’s share.

Stur apparently flew it for a decade, selling it on September 4, 1989 to Esther V. Vitez of Portola Valley CA. She did not keep it long, selling it on January 21, 1990 to the Palouse Soaring Society of Moscow, ID. They, in turn, also did not keep it long, selling it on March 24, 1990 to Dave R. Dorian of Lewiston, ID for $10,000. He kept it less than a year before selling it to Col. Kay L. Berry.  Col. Berry sold No. 39 to Jeff Peavey in June of 1999, and Jeff sold it to Bill Allan in April, 2001.

The plane was heavily damaged in an accident on landing - see the NTSB Accident Report HERE.  Late in 2003, Steve Ellison, the current owner, bought the ship from AIG insurance, the salver who took possession after accident. Steve plans to have it back in the air "soon".