Soaring Magazine Index for 1972 organized by subject

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13-Meter Ciass: On a 13-meter class, April, page 2; Bob Miller, Up the 13-meter homebuilt, July, page 2; Spins and the 13-meter class, August, page 6
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Aerial Bicycle: B. Miller, The shape of things to come, May, page 32
Aerodynamics: E.[R.?] Miller, Pitch control: The Shape of Things to Come, March, page 30; Prof. E.F. Blick, Bird aerodynamics, June, page 26; Lloyd M. Licher, Bird aerodynamics, August, page 3
Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs: Letter to ed, January, page 2; Soaring clubs: New Zealand, January, page 7; A successful youth group, October, page 4; Getting 'em started, November, page 7; and spins youth, Clubs, December, page 6; Stephen Du Pont, MITSA'S VIP'S, December, page 7
Airspace: Airspace, April, page 2; 18000 ceiling, April, page 3; June, page 8; Marion Griffith, FAA-SSA interview, August, page 12; Radar: glider visibility thereon: Random Gusts, August, page 13; James Indrebo, Cloud, and IFR flying, September, page 2; FAA nixes glider cloud-flying rating, October, page 8
Akaflieg Darmstadt: Martin Simons, Déjà Vue, February, page 33
Archives and Museums: Museum fund, May, page 5; Vic Saudek, Dedication, July, page 10; August, page 12; September, page 9; November, page 11
Awards: James Elliot, Midwinter awards banquet, March, page 36; Diamond badge, May, page 6; Hugh Heartland, OSTIV plaque and Klemperer award received by Paul Bikle, November, page 11
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Ballast: More on safe seat ballast, March, page 6
BD-5B: More on the BD-5B, September, page 3
Birds: Prof. E.F. Blick, Bird aerodynamics, June, page 26; Lloyd M. Licher, Bird aerodynamics, August, page 3; Jack Lambie, Bird aerodynamics, August, page 3
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Carbon Spar: Research test, January, page 13
Clubs

Australia
Soaring clubs, January, page 7

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT student clubs, September, page 33

New Zealand
Soaring clubs, January, page 7
Competitions: Best competition pilots of 1971, January, page 22; Stephan Horvath, Low-cost competition in Arizona, February, page 3; Questionnaire re: official contest number, March, page 13; 1971, Handicap nationals, July, page 11; National Achievement comparisons of US nationals 1959 to 1972, October, page 38; Something right and something wrong, November, page 8; Bill Snead, Lap racing, December, page 28
Competititions

Regional
Kevin Griffin, Region eleven contest, August, page 11
Conferences and Conventions: Texas: first national soaring convention and report, Dallas, March, page 11; Texas Dallas and Report, First national soaring convention, March, page 11; Second national soaring convention, November, page 10
Construction: Hans Luenger, Project BETA, June, page 32; Derr Golladay, Composites: some thoughts on composite bonding, July, page 28; The Swingwing, November, page 30
Cover: Spring Soaring, April, cover; Ruby Design, May, cover; Mountaintop Glide, June, cover; Ka-6, August, cover; LS-1, October, cover; Dave Low, HP-11, November, Cover; Silent night, silent flight, December, cover
Currency Law: Lte, March, page 2
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Design: Bruce Carmichael and Al Backstrom, The long and the short of it, July, page 22
Dynamics of Flight: Wave dynamics, March, page 3
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FAA

Air Traffic Control
Radar: glider visibility thereon: Random Gusts, August, page 13
FAI: Lloyd M. Licher, CIVV report, January, page 37; L. Licher, Identity card discussion, March, page 4; Lloyd M. Licher, CIVV report, April, page 35; Hugh Heartland, OSTIV plaque and Klemperer award received by Paul Bikle, November, page 11
Federal Aviation Agency: February, page 12; March, page 13; Notice of proposed certificate action, March, page 36; Marion Griffith, FAA-SSA interview, August, page 12; Airspace: FFA nixes glider cloud-flying rating, October, page 8; F.A.R. Part 61 amended, October, page 8
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Hang gliders: Hang glider safety - a myth exposed, March, page 37; Hang glider safety, April, page 2; June 1972, Cover, June, Cover; SCHGA, Southern California Hang Gliding Associationmeets, June, page 5; Slingsby HP-14 fittings, August, page 13
History

American
Wright Brothers, December, page 8

V. Saudek, The lady Marie, December, page 37
Homebuilts: Dennis Harmon and Larry L. Linville, Why the Dingus?, March, page 30; R.[or K.?]L. Schellenbaum, Getting it all together, April, page 20; H. Senn, Homebuilt wind tunnel for instrument calibration, April, page 22; Hans Luenger, Project BETA, June, page 32; Up the 13-meter homebuilt, July, page 2; Dennis Harmon, A homebuilder's plea, July, page 2; George R. Allen, Two for the homebuilder, August, page 30; The Swingwing, November, page 30; V. Saudek, The lady Marie, December, page 37
Human-Powered Flight: MPA project, February, page 4; Keith Sherwin, Man Powered Flight, February, page 11; Curtix J. Cole and J. McMasters, A review and status report, February, page 18; Rose Marie Licher, Want to fly the Flycycle?, March, page 6; For the record: re: Man-Powered Flight, July, page 2; J. McMasters, Use of energy-storage devices in a man-powered aircraft, August, page 22; J.H. McMasters, MPA operational flexibility answer, December, page 5
Human-powered flight

Puffin
Man-powered flight: MBA's, February, page 18
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Instruments: N. Jacoby, Electro-optical sensing, February, page 29; N. Jacoby, Electronics Electro-optical imagery, February, page 29; Redline audio warning device, February, page 38; John Butler and Paul A. Kurbjun, Warning device: things that go bump in the night, Butler, J, March, page 32; H. Senn, Homebuilt wind tunnel for instrument calibration, April, page 22; Instruments Airbrakes and whistles, April, page 37; Spoiler warning device, June, page 2; Radio Equipment The best microphone, June, page 39; L. Licher, Start gates, July, page 12; More on start gates, August, page 8; Emergency locator transmitters, August, page 12; Instruments - Barograph Barograph calibrations, September, page 9; Do-it-yourself barographic orthodontia, October, page 4; More on MacCready speed-ring error selector, November, page 39; Do-it-yourself indicator, December, page 5
International

Africa
Aimai Knypstra, New speed records in Africa, July, page 14

Australia
Soaring clubs, January, page 7

Paul Bikle, 12th Australian national gliding championships: Waikerie, March, page 14

Austria
Martin Simons, Déjà Vue, February, page 33

J.W. Gotcher, Economics of soaring in the Alps, March, page 15

Belgium
Belgian invitation, November, page 9

Canada
Pilot seeding: 1972 world championships, January, page 40

Ontario Bockton, XXIV Canadian national soaring championships, November, page 14

France
Joseph Baer, Soaring abroad - France, August, page 16

Germany
Thomas Williams, Report: Third Annual Motorglider Competition - Germany, September, page 10

Great Britain
George Locke, First of a kind flight breaks record, July, page 14

New Zealand
Soaring clubs, January, page 7

Ross MacIntyre, Championships decide New Zealand world team, April, page 12

South Africa
Ary Ceelen, South African nationals, April, page 13

Yugoslavia
World soaring championships, January, page 10

Swedish and Polish pilots new world champs, September, page 7

P. Bikle, 13th world gliding championships - Vrsac, Yugoslavia, October, page 12
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Landing Gear: Watch it!, March, page 2; Winch advice sought, October, page 5; H.B. Fischer, Caution on duPont landing-gear rememberer, November, page 8
Launching

Aerotow
Tom Page, Towing engine conservation, February, page 3

PA-18
Airworthiness directive: improper engine-mount assemblies, March, page 13

Aerotowing
Tom Page, Engine conservation, February, page 3

Towing Breaking and braking, April, page 4

Winch Towing
Winch advice sought, October, page 5
Licenses

Sailplane
Aircraft having experimental certificates, August, page 37
Literature: Keith Sherwin, Man Powered Flight, February, page 11; Joseph C. Lincoln, ed., On quiet wings, March, page 7; Richard Wolters, the art and technique of soaring, March, page 13; J.W. Gotcher, Economics of soaring in the Alps, March, page 15; Richard Miller, New era in soaring, March, page 27; E. Byars and W. Holbrook, eds, Proceedings of the 1971 symposium on competitive soaring, April, page 11; Col. J.E. Mrazek, The fall of Eben Emael - Prelude to Dunkerque, June, page 13; Dr. Albert F. Perna, Lt. Col. USAFR, Ret, The glider gladiators of World War II,, June, page 13; Earl Seagars, Humor The Mojave cave petroglyphs, December, page 34
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Meteorology: Spacing between thermal streets, February, page 38; John Aldrich, Valley-slope circulations: Using the Weather, February, page 40; Reverse thermals, March, page 3; Wave dynamics, March, page 3; C. Herold, Information services Wave alert system, March, page 38; John Aldrich, March, page 39; John Aldrich, March, page 39; John Aldrich, More about terrain effects: Using the Weather, April, page 36; W. Scott, Marfa report, May, page 2; Carl Herold, March winds at Boulder, May, page 36; John Aldrich, September, page 34; John Aldrich, September, page 34; Cumulus-induced "mountain" waves, October, page 2; John Aldrich, A do-it-yourself adiabatic chart: Using the Weather, October, page 41; John Aldrich, November, page 41; List of weather-related articles appearing in SOARING Magazine: Using the Weather, November, page 41; John Aldrich, November, page 41; Slope soaring on clouds? It's being done, December, page 2; Regional soaring weather forecasts?, December, page 8
Minimum Weight: More on safe seat ballast, March, page 6
Motorgliders: L.M. Licher, Rules motorgliding competition: CIVV report, January, page 37; Thomas Williams, Report: Third Annual Motorglider Competition - Germany, September, page 10
Mountain Soaring: Ultralight support, January, page 4; Man powered flight - a review and status report, February, page 16; "Man-Powered Flight" F 72, Reply to clarification of report, July, page 3; J.H. McMasters, MPA operational flexibility answer, December, page 5
Movies: Movies are better than ever, March, page 4
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National Aeronautic Association: President Mike Monroney re-elected, February, page 11
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Obituaries: Remembering Ben Shupack, November, page 9
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Parachutes: Open-Cockpit Gliding Parachutes, March, page 2
Passenger/Pilot Polarity: R. Miller, The shape of things to come, May, page 29
Pedal-Soarer: B. Miller, The shape of things to come, May, page 32
People

Goran Ax
Swedish and Polish pilots new world champs, September, page 7

Paul Bikle
Smirnoff sailplane derby, July, page 16

Hugh Heartland, OSTIV plaque and Klemperer award received by Paul Bikle, November, page 11

Ross Briegleb
Smirnoff sailplane derby, July, page 16

Bernie Carris
Top commercial instructor, April, page 99

Irven Culver
The Swingwing, November, page 30

Roger Frank
Bennett M. Rogers, The O&rographic record, December, page 16

Ray Gimmey
Elena Klein, 39th US soaring championships, Minden, Nevada, November, page 16

William C. Holbrook
Bennett M. Rogers, The O&rographic record, December, page 16

Stephan Horvath
Resigns as editor of Safety Corner, December, page 38

Frank Hutchinson
V. Saudek, The lady Marie, December, page 37

Taras Kiceniuk, Jr.
January 1972, Cover, January, Cover

Robert Kronfeld
Martin Simons, Déjà Vue, February, page 33

Dr. Kupper
Martin Simons, Déjà Vue, February, page 33

John Luttrell
Ross MacIntyre, Championships decide New Zealand world team, April, page 12

Walter Neubert
Aimai Knypstra, New speed records in Africa, July, page 14

John Ryan
Smirnoff sailplane derby, July, page 16

Wally Scott
Smirnoff sailplane derby, July, page 16

Ben Shupack
Remembering Ben Shupack, November, page 9

James Smiley
Bennett M. Rogers, The O&rographic record, December, page 16

A.J. Smith
Smirnoff sailplane derby, July, page 16

Herman Stiglmeier
George Kern, The SST, August, page 32

Karl Striedieck
Hi-ho, Kimo Savy, March, page 18

Bennett M. Rogers, The O&rographic record, December, page 16

Jan Wroblewski
Swedish and Polish pilots new world champs, September, page 7
Performance Calculations: D.A. Harmon and L.L. Linville, Soarability - the performance ratio, December, page 26
Photography: Interested in slide library?, May, page 2; George Uveges, August, page 7; Photo procedures, September, page 8
Physiology: Anxiety, friend or foe?, June, page 40
Publicity: Good notice from the press, November, page 8
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Radar: Radar: glider visibility thereon: Random Gusts, August, page 13
Record

Flights
Bennett M. Rogers, The O&rographic record, December, page 16
Records: National feminine single-place 100-km speed record claimed by Gunn-Britt Floden, February, page 8; Standard class state records: SSA to action, October, page 8
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Safety: Stephan Horvath, January, page 39; Tow hooks, February, page 2; Re: Blodget article, February, page 2; 1971, Accident summary, February, page 37; Number one killer: spins and stalls, February, page 37; Too much too soon: proper training, February, page 37; Stephan Horvath, February, page 37; Redline audio warning device, February, page 38; Request SSA give more complete reports, March, page 4; S. Horvath, Answer to request for improvement, March, page 4; More on safe seat ballast, March, page 6; Hang glider safety - a myth exposed, March, page 37; Stephan Horvath, March, page 37; Sailplane tie downs, March, page 38; Hang glider safety, April, page 2; Zoomies can be doomies, April, page 3; Instruments Airbrakes and whistles, April, page 37; Stephan Horvath, On spinning the 2-32, April, page 39; White fiberglass plus haze equals hazard, May, page 2; Launch: Watch it!, May, page 2; Reporting accidents, May, page 3; Control loss in spin, May, page 36; Sailplane fatality investigations, May, page 37; Stephan Horvath, May, page 38; Ridge soaring - Basic rules and precautions, May, page 38; Spoiler warning device, June, page 2; Herold's Hearsay, Atmospheric pressure hazards for pilots, June, page 39; Stephan Horvath, June, page 40; Anxiety, friend or foe?, June, page 40; Emergency plan in case of accident, July, page 37; Byron Alexander, Accident reports Accident report, July, page 37; Stephan Horvath, July, page 37; More on fiberglass plus haze, July, page 37; Slingsby HP-14 fittings, August, page 13; Stephan Horvath, August, page 38; Deadly critters, August, page 38; Joe Conn, August, page 39; Stephen Du Pont, A do-it-yourself landing-gear rememberer, September, page 4; John Armitage, Inspection problems in glass sailplanes, September, page 36; Stephan Horvath, September, page 36; John Karlovich, Recommended precautions, September, page 36; California Fremont, Ka-6 crash; cross-country flight: Blanik crash, September, page 37; 2-32 spin recovery, October, page 1?; New information, October, page 2; Stephan Horvath, Serious accidents, October, page 40; Start-gate accidents, October, page 40; Scatter time, December, page 3; Bill Allen, Altitude indoctrination, December, page 33
Sailplances

SG-1
T. Scanlan, Two for the homebuilder, August, page 31
Sailplanes: John H. McMasters, Support for ultralight, January, page 4; Richard Miller, Supersoarer: The shape of things to come, March, page 18; Richard Miller, The new era in soaring, conclusion: the shape of things to come, March, pages 18,; Richard Miller, Unconventional designs Light-wind soarer, April, page 27; The Swingwing, November, page 30; More on the best of the standard class, November, page 38
Sailwing: Mountain Green sailwing, June, page 4
Simulation: Lawrence Gehrlein, Learning to thermal on the ground, December, page 36
Sites: Wally Scott, Offers "Flying at Marfa" booklet, March, page 3; Gren Seibels, South Carolina Bermuda High, April, page 16; California and Oregon Coming to Minden? Bring a glider, July, page 5; Gill Airport: And lemonade besides!, September, page 4; Region Four Contest, Fredrick Maryland Municipal Airport, October, page 9; Erica Scurr, Middle America soaring, December, page 22
Skids, Tail Or Hose: Hard facing, November, page 38
Slide Library: Interested in slide library?, May, page 2
Soaring Camp: George Uveges, Gypsy soaring camp, November, page 12
Soaring Society of America: New directors elected, February, page 8; SSA ultralight committee explores subject, July, page 12; Something right and something wrong, November, page 8
Soaring Symposia: Robert 0. Buck, Soaring symposium, 1972:West Virginia Morgantown, April, page 7
Symposia: James L. Nash-Webber and Art LaPointe, Symposium and workshop: soaring technology: Technology '72, September, page 32
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Techniques

Cloud and IFR flying
September, page 2

Cloud Flying
Marion Griffith, Flying IFR legally, July, page 3

Ridge Soaring
Ridge soaring - Basic rules and precautions, May, page 38

Thermal Soaring
Spacing between thermal streets, February, page 38

Reverse thermals, May, page 3

Wave Soaring
Alcide Santilli, How to reach waves via thermals, January, page 24

Adverse yaw, January, page 39

Tow hooks, February, page 2

Tom Page, Towing engine conservation, February, page 3

Number one killer: spins and stalls, February, page 37

Control loss in spin, March, page 36

Zoomies can be doomies, April, page 3

Towing Breaking and braking, April, page 4

Flap settings for takeoff, April, page 38

Stephan Horvath, On spinning the 2-32, April, page 39

Bennett M. Rogers, Supersoarability, June, page 2

Using flaps for taxiing, June, page 5

J. , August 1972, p. 5, p. 6 Kuettner, Thermal wave soaring correction, August, page 5

Spins and the 13-meter class, August, page 6

More on start gates, August, page 8

Down-gust stall?, October, page 4

Tolerance on release points, October, page 8

Start-gate accidents, October, page 40

Slope soaring on clouds? It's being done, December, page 2

S. duPont, Finish gate Finish gate speed: the numbers, December, page 6
Teton Range: Dave Low, HP-11, November, Cover
Thistledown: The new era, July, page 5
Tiedowns: Sailplane tie downs, March, page 38
Trailers: Thoughts on wheel brakes, February, page 38; George Kern, The SST, August, page 32; John Karlovich, Recommended precautions, September, page 36
Training: Too much too soon: proper training, February, page 37; Bill Allen, Altitude indoctrination, December, page 33; Lawrence Gehrlein, Learning to thermal on the ground, December, page 36
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Ultralight Flying: January 1972, Cover, January, Cover; Hangin' in there, February, page 17
Ultralights: Ultralight coverage in soaring, January, page 10; Elena Klein, Ultralight Hawaiian style, March, page 16; SSA ultralight committee explores subject, July, page 12
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Vector I: UFO's Request for report of UFO sightings, June, page 5
VJ23: The Swingwing, November, page 30
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Warning Device: Redline audio warning device, February, page 38; Airbrakes and whistles, April, page 37; Spoiler warning device, June, page 2
Wave Soaring: Cumulus-induced "mountain" waves, October, page 2
Wind Tunnel: Harry Senn, Homebuilt wind tunnel for instrument calibration, April, page 22
Windspiel: Martin Simons, Déjà Vue, February, page 33
Women: National feminine single-place 100-km speed record claimed by Gunn-Britt Floden, February, page 8; US women's national distance record, September, page 8; US national feminine 100-km speed triangle record claimed by Gunn-Britt Floden, October, page 6
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XCG-16: XCG-16 Design Credit, January, page 3; Harry N. Perl, XCG-16, January, page 4
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Youth: Teen-agers; a peer purview, October, page 3; A successful youth group, October, page 4; Air explorer squadron 8, October, page 4; Youth soaring survey completed, November, page 6; Getting 'em started, November, page 7; and spins youth, Clubs, December, page 6; Holly Weimer, Soaring and youth - why not?, December, page 30
Yugoslavia: Sylvia Colton, Vrsac collage, October, page 31
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No subject: Vincent J. Burnelli, XCG-16 design credit, January, page 4; Nick Goodhart, "Sigma" project report, Licher, January, page 12; Wil Schuemann, CIVV report, Licher, L. M, January, page 37; Rose Marie Licher, Man-powered flight, February, page 4; Richard Wolters, Letter from the Blue Ridge, February, page 13; Martin Simons, Déjà Vue, February, page 35; John Luttrell, White fiberglass plus haze equals hazard, March, page 2; Nimbus landing while on tow?, March, page 3; Alcide Santilli, More on reverse thermals, March, page 3; Dore J. Montes, Economics of soaring in the Alps, Gotcher, J. W, March, page 15; Stephen Du Pont, Check those hairline cracks!, April, page 4; Richard Miller, part II The new era in soaring and super-soarability, April, page 27; Airbrakes and whistles, April, page 37; Geof Steele, The shape of things to come. Miller, R, May, page 31; James Indrebo, Flying IFR legally, July, page 3; Richard Miller, Reply to re Thistledown, July, page 5; Alex Aldott and Dita Aldott, Recognition for photography, July, page 7; Thomas W. Scanlan, The long and the short of it, Carmichael, B, July, page 22; John Luttrell, Some thoughts on composite bonding, Golladay, D, July, page 28; Bill Allen, Accident report, July, page 37; Byron Alexander, Accident report, July, page 37; John Luttrell, More on fiberglass plus haze, July, page 37; John Luttrell, Slingsby HP-14 fittings, August, page 13; Paul Schweizer, Two for the homebuilder, August, page 31; Marion Griffith, Cloud and IFR flying: reply to, September, page 2; Bernald S. Smith, Cartological cop-out, September, page 3; Edward G. Minghelli, New world multiplace out and return record claim, September, page 8; Betsy Howell, Now you have it-now you dont, September, page 8; John Luttrell, Inspection problems in glass sailplanes, Armitage, J, September, page 36; Commercial Operations, Recommended precautions, Karlovlch, J, September, page 36; Edward Makula, Claims two world records, October, page 6; Gunn-Britt Floden, Claims national feminine 100-km speed triangle record, October, page 6; Nancy Davis, Good. notice from the press, November, page 8; Gale Abels, Gypsy soaring camp, November, page 12; Geof Steele, More on The best of the standard class, November, page 38; John Luttrell, Hard facing, November, page 38; Soaring Signals, Standard American soaring signals, December, page 3; Leon A. Bonotaux, The Mojave petroglyphs, December, page 35

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