Friends:
I am saddened to report that Sam Francis, age 91, of Marion Massachusetts passed away on August 4. Sam was a mainstay of Soaring in New England for over a quarter of a century, an FAA Designated Examiner, the SSA Director for Region One and an SSA Officer and Committee Chair for several years. He was a noted Open Class competition pilot flying first a K8 and later an Open Cirrus and a Nimbus 2. Sam was instrumental in bringing the SSA Convention to Hartford CT in 1984 and had a career long association with the MIT Soaring Association which he greatly helped in its formative years.

The family is planning a memorial service in the near future.

Good Finish, Sierra Fox
ROY