Soaring Magazine Index for 1973 organized by author

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Department, Columns, or Sections of the magazine are indicated within parentheses '( )'.
Subject, and sub-subject, are indicated within square brackets '[ ]'.

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, O, P, R, S, T, V, W, Z, None

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Adams, Bill: Rental costs A comment [Costs], November, page 22
Aldrich, John: Shear Lines Smog delineates Mojave shear lines: Using the Weather [Meteorology], January, page 36; Mountain waves (Using the Weather) [Meterology], February, page 40; Temperature inversion: Using the Weather [Meteorology], March, page 39
Allemann, Rudy (a.k.a. R. Allemann, R.T. Allemann): Region eight contest, Ephrata Airport, Washington (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional], September, page 8; The nationals rescored (Letter) [Competitions], October, page 8
Angleman, W.H.: Coordinated turns (Safety Corner) [Techniques\Wave Soaring; Safety], June, page 35
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Balint, Elemer: Wave site research (SSA in Action) [Techniques\Wave Soaring], November, page 9
Barnaby, Ralph: Memorial Plaque completed (SSA in Action) [History\American; People\Wright Brothers], December, page 9
Barrol, Ken: (Safety Corner) [Safety], July, page 42
Beltz, Thomas: Just for the hell of it? (Letter) [Aerodynamics], August, page 3; On birds (Letter) [Birds\Aerodynamics], October, page 3
Bond, "Speedy": If at first you don't succeed Fly, fly again, February, page 34; The Soaring cure [Women], December, page 29
Briegleb, Gus: BG plans and kits (Letter) [Homebuilts], October, page 5
Bruhlman, Maj. H.H.: Keeping the air in Air Cadets [Training; Military; International\Canada; Youth], February, page 26
Buck, Robert H.; with William S. Ivans, Jr.: CIVV meeting, Paris, France (SSA in Action) [FAI\CIVV], May, page 10
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Carmichael, Bruce H. (a.k.a. Bruce Carmichael, B.H. Carmichael, B. Carmichael): The spiral dive (Safety Corner) [Techniques\Wave Soaring; Meteorology; Techniques\Cloud Flying; Safety], August, page 35
Cleary, William B. (a.k.a. W.B. Cleary, W. Cleary, William Cleary): Competing in the humility machine (Letter) [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-26; Competitions\1-26], July, page 27
Cole, Curtis; with John H. McMasters (a.k.a. J.H. McMasters, John McMasters and J. McMasters): Massachusetts Institute of Technology symposium report, McMasters, J. and Cole, Curtis [Techniques\Mountain Soaring; Conferences, Conventions, and Meetings], January, page 12; MIT symposium report [Aerodynamics; Design], January, pages 14,15,16,17
Colton, Sylvia: Region Twelve Contest. El Mirage, California [People\Gus Briegleb; Competitions\Regional], December, page 13
Conn, Joe: Accident report (Safety Corner) [Safety], September, page 37
Cox, Jack: The revolutionary Kasper Wing [Aerodynamics; People\Thomas Beltz; Design\Sailplanes; Awards\Klemperer; People\Witold Kasper; Meteorology; Test Flying], December, page 20
Culver, Irven: Ultralight round table [People\John Luttrell; People\Peter Lissaman; People\Bruce Carmichael; Aerodynamics; Ultralight; People\Henry Jex; People\Taras Kiceniuk, Jr.], March, page 16
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Davis, Tom: Phoebus B over Richland, Washington (Cover) [Sailplanes\Phoebus B; Cover], July, cover
Designers, National Association of Sport Aircraft: NASAD (Homebuilder's Hall) [Homebuilts], December, page 35
Divelbiss, Richard: Region North Six Contest, Ionia, Michigan [People\Victor Peres; Competitions\Regional], December, page 12
DuPont, Stephen (a.k.a. Stephen Du Pont, Stephen du Pont, Steve DuPont, Stephen duPont, S. DuPont, Steve du Pont, Steve Dupont, Steve duPont, S. duPont, S. Du Pont, S. du Pont, Steve Du Pont): Interthermal vs final-glide speed [Instrumentation], March, page 3; American glass [Sailplanes\Austria SH-1; Sailplanes\Concept 70; Construction\Sailplanes], April, page 26; Cheap gliders (Letter) [Construction\Sailplanes], May, page 8; Gap sealer (Letter) [Construction\Sailplanes], July, page 3
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Ebersole, Howard B.[E. or R.?]; with Dave McNay: The Raspet flight research laboratory [People\Professor E.F. Blick; People\Bruce Carmichael; People\Ray Parker; People\Guy Storer; People\Dr. August H. Raspet; People\H.R. Ebersole; People\Marshall Claybourn; People\Richard H. Johnson; Instrumentation; Test Flying; History\American], May, page 16
Ecklund, Phil: Region Nine Contest, waverly west soaring ranch, Colorado (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional], August, page 11
Elmore, Tom (a.k.a. T. Elmore): Time heals many things [International\Austria; Sailplanes\Cirrus; Cross-Country Soaring; Safety; Competitions\Classes\Standard], February, page 30
English, Liam D. (a.k.a. L. English, Liam English): First director of National Soaring Museum (SSA in Action) [Archives and Museums], November, page 7
Eppler, Dr. Richard: The pleasure was mine? (Herold's Hearsay), January, page 30
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Firor, John W.: Inside clouds [People\Ron Ferguson; Instrumentation; Meteorology; Research; Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 2-32], September, page 24
Firth, John (a.k.a. J. Firth): HP-11 modifications cont'd. (Letter) [Sailplanes\HP-11; Homebuilts], September, page 4
Firth, John (a.k.a. J. Firth); with Geof Steele: Get the "H" back into your HP [People\Paul Bikle; Construction\Sailplanes\HP-11; Homebuilts], May, page 26
Francis, Sam: Region one contest, Warren, Vermont (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional], August, page 10
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Gavin, John A.: Landing stalls (Safety Corner) [Safety; Techniques\Wave Soaring], June, page 35
Green, George: Three for the 49er, February, page 16
Griffith, Marion: Official opening: National Soaring Museum, Elmira, New York (SSA in Action) [Archives and Museums], July, page 8
Griffith, Marion S., Jr.: President's report, Marion S. Griffith, Jr [Soaring Society of America], January, page 7; President's report [Soaring Society of America], October, page 18
Griffith, Marion; with Douglas Lamont: Answer to: Hang gliding, the executive director, and SOARING (Letter) [Airspace; Hang Gliders; Soaring Society of America\Soaring Magazine], December, page 4
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Halacy, D.; with J. Tallon: Soaring [Literature], January, page 10
Hall, Stanley A. (a.k.a. Stan A. Hall, Stan Hall, S. Hall, S.A. Hall): (Homebuilder's Hall) [Homebuilts], January, page 36; (Homebuilder's Hall) [Homebuilts], February, page 32; The case for homebuilding [Sailplanes\Cherokee; Homebuilts], April, page 16; (Homebuilder's Hall) [Design; Homebuilts], July, page 40; Tailless sailplane: Homebuilder's Hall [Design\Sailplanes; Homebuilts; Construction\Sailplanes], August, page 36; (Homebuilder's Hall) [Homebuilts], September, page 39; Advisory Circular 20-86 "Aviation Education Through Building an Airplane" (Homebuilder's Hall) [Homebuilts; Youth; Federal Aviation Agency], October, page 41; (Homebuilder's Hall) [Homebuilts], November, page 36; (Homebuilder's Hall) [Homebuilts], December, page 34
Harmon, Dennis: Index of cross-country performance, reply to (Letter) [Performance], February, page 2
Haug, Terry: Three for the 49er, February, page 16
Hayes, James: The tiger was good to me [Sailplanes\BG-12; Techniques\Wave Soaring; Homebuilts], July, page 35
Helton, John: Making the most of what you have! [Sites\California; Meteorology], May, page 24
Herbert, Edgar: Building the Pioneer II flying wing [Construction\Sailplanes; Homebuilts; Sailplanes\Pioneer II], July, page 32
Herrick, Paul W. (a.k.a. P.W. Herrick): Passenger glider tourist attraction [Design; Sites\Florida; Sailplanes], February, page 22; Look out! There's a glider on your tail! [Airplanes\Piper Pa-25 Pawnee; Launching\Aerotowing], May, page 32
Hess, Philip H.: Golden triangle minus 7 [Techniques\Wave Soaring; Sailplanes\C-70; Sites\Calistoga Soaring Center, California], June, page 22
Hill, William G. (a.k.a. Bill Hill, Billy Hill, W.G. Hill, William Hill): Region nine contest, Waverly West Soaring Ranch, Colorado (SSA in Action) [Sites\Colorado; Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-26], August, page 11
Holbrook, Lisa: The ups and downs of crewing [Crewing], July, page 22
Holbrook, William C.: The way to go [Sites\Piper Memorial, Pennsylvania; Sailplanes\Libelle; Meteorology; Records\Flights; Techniques\Ridge Soaring], July, page 20
Horvath, Lazlo (a.k.a. Laslo "Les" Horvath, Les Horvath, L. Horvath, Laszlo Horvath): I missed the big one [Awards\Diamond Badge; Meteorology; Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-26], April, page 19; 90 mph: too fast in a 1-26? reply to (Letter) [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-26], August, page 5
Howard, Hope; with Judith R. Hutchinson: Region Four North Contest, Frederick, Maryland (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional], August, page 8
Howell, Betsy: The best crew is your husband [Crewing; Sailplanes\Cirrus], December, page 17
Hudson, Garey: From a suitcase [Homebuilts; Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-26C], February, page 17
Hutchinson, Judith R.; with Hope Howard: Region Four North Contest, Frederick, Maryland (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional], August, page 8
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Ivans, William S., Jr. (a.k.a. W.S. Ivans, W.S. Ivans, Jr., Bill Ivans): CIVV report [Women\International\Yugoslavia; International\Australia\Waikerie; Airspace; Motorgliding; FAI], January, page 20
Ivans, William S., Jr.; with Robert H. Buck: CIVV meeting, Paris, France (SSA in Action) [FAI\CIVV], May, page 10
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Jensen, Volmer: Bottoms up (Letter) [Hang Gliders], October, page 8
Johnson, Joseph S.: Too much, too soon? (Letter) [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs; Youth], July, page 27
Johnson, Richard H. (a.k.a. Dick Johnson, Richard Johnson, R.H. Johnson, R. Johnson): Living with the AS-W 17 [People\Gerhard Waibel; Sailplanes\AS-W 17; People\Geof Steele], February, page 12; Scoring proposal critique (Letter), December, pages 5,
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Keleman, Dez: The whistle of the great shepherd [Techniques\Cloud Flying; Meteorology; Techniques\Thermal Soaring], December, page 24
Kramer, Bob: Air sailing gliderport, Inc. [Sites\Air Sailing, Nevada], March, page 37
Kurbjun, Paul A.: How about tricycle landing gears? (Letter), January, page 3
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Lambie, Jack: My storm flight over Chicago [Meteorology], August, page 21
Lamont, Douglas; with Marion Griffith: Answer to: Hang gliding, the executive director, and SOARING (Letter) [Airspace; Hang Gliders; Soaring Society of America\Soaring Magazine], December, page 4
Lamson, Robert T. (a.k.a. R.T. Lamson, Robert Lamson): ALCOR, The First Pressurized Sailplane [Instrumentation; Meteorology\Design\Equipment\Oxygen; Sailplanes\Alcor; Construction\Sailplanes], November, page 16; ALCOR three-view (Letter), December, page 5
Licher, Lloyd M. (a.k.a. L.M. Licher, L. Licher): Executive director's report [Soaring Society of America], March, page 30; SSA Directors' meeting [Soaring Society of America\Directors], October, page 18
Lincoln, Joseph C. (a.k.a. J.C. Lincoln): Soaring on the wind (SSA in Action) [Literature], April, page 10; 40th US National soaring championships. Liberal, Kansas, Part I [Techniques\Thermal Soaring; Sailplanes\AS-W 17; People\George Moffat; Competitions\National], October, page 22; 40th US National soaring championships. Liberal, Kansas, Part II [People\Jerry Rhine; People\Robert Tucker; People\Curtis McNay; People\Jim Le Sueur, Jim; Competitions\National], November, page 24; 40th US national soaring championships. Liberal, Kansas, Part II [Competitions\National; People\George Moffat; People\Richard H. Johnson], November, page 30
Luttrell, John (a.k.a. J. Luttrell): Blanik airspeed corrections (Letter) [Sailplanes\Blanik], April, page 6; American glass, du Pont, S, April, page 26; Demurrers from Kirchheim (Letter) [Costs; Maintenance and repair; Comparison Flights; Sailplanes\Nimbus II], May, page 2; Region Ten Western Meet, Odessa, Texas (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional], December, page 13
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McGuire, David, III; with Bill Williams: Chem-weld, a photographic essay [Construction; People\Geof Steele; Sailplanes\Nugget], July, page 24
McMaster, Roy: Region three contest, Elmira, New York (SSA in Action) [People\Quentin Berg; Competitions\Regional], October, page 14
McMasters, John H. (a.k.a. J.H. McMasters, John McMasters, J. McMasters): The Wortmann airfoil catalogue (Letter) [Aerodynamics\Wortmann Airfoil], May, page 3
McMasters, John H. (a.k.a. J.H. McMasters, John McMasters, J. McMasters); with Curtis Cole: Massachusetts Institute of Technology symposium report, McMasters, J. and Cole, Curtis [Techniques\Mountain Soaring; Conferences, Conventions, and Meetings], January, page 12; MIT symposium report [Aerodynamics; Design], January, pages 14,15,16,17
McNay, Dave; with Howard B.[E. or R.?] Ebersole: The Raspet flight research laboratory [People\Professor E.F. Blick; People\Bruce Carmichael; People\Ray Parker; People\Guy Storer; People\Dr. August H. Raspet; People\H.R. Ebersole; People\Marshall Claybourn; People\Richard H. Johnson; Instrumentation; Test Flying; History\American], May, page 16
Messner, Warren A.: Removable tailwheel saddle [Construction\Sailplanes; Homebuilts; Sailplanes\K-8], May, page 30
Moffat, George B., Jr. (a.k.a. George Moffat, G.B. Moffat, Jr., G. Moffat, George B. Moffat): Ships at Vrsac [Sailplanes\Glasflugel 604; Sailplanes\AS-W 17; Sailplanes\A-15; Sailplanes\Cirrus; Sailplanes\Jantar; Sailplanes\LS-1; Sailplanes\Libelle; Sailplanes\Nimbus II; Sailplanes\Orion], January, page 22; Slipping and skidding vs coordinated turns (Letter) [Sailplanes\Nimbus II; Sailplanes\Cirrus; Techniques\Wave Soaring], March, page 4
Montes, Dore J. (a.k.a. D.J. Montes): Want to fly the Himalayas? (Letter) [International\India], July, page 5
Moore, Mike (a.k.a. M. Moore): 1973 1-26 nationals [Competitions\1-26; Sites\Colorado], September, page 27
Mullen, Wylie: Region Seven Soaring Championships, Joliet, Illinois (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional], August, page 10
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Olson, Jack (a.k.a. J. Olson): Ultralight designs [Construction\Sailplanes; Design; Ultralight; Landing Gear], April, page 24; Big Sky gypsy soaring camp (SSA in Action), August, page 7
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Parker, Al: Why does it cost so much?, February, page 28
Perl, Harry N.: (Safety Corner), April, page 30
Peterson, Max: [Construction\Sailplanes; Design; Homebuilts; Sailplanes\J-4 Javelin]June, page 19; The Javelin: reply to (Letter), August, page 5
Phinney, George H.: (SSA in Action) [Obituaries], June, page 15
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Robinson, Fred: Why does it cost so much?, February, page 26
Rogers, Bennett M.: My first flight to a storm cloud, excerpt from Flying is my life, by Hanna Reitsch [Literature], March, page 21
Rogers, G.: To kill a soaringbird [People\Bennett M. Rogers; People\Thomas Beltz], April, page 22
Ruddy, Tom: Three for the 49er, February, page 16
Ryan, Bertha M. (a.k.a. Bertha Ryan, B.M. Ryan, B. Ryan): Women soaring pilots newsletter (SSA in Action) [Women], March, page 10
Ryan, Tony: Means and the means (Letter) [Competitions; Costs; International\New Zealand; Youth], July, page 27
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Salinas, Roberto Sada: Bird (Cover) [Cover; Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 2-32], October, Cover
Saudek, Victor M. (a.k.a. Victor Saudek, Vic Saudek, V.M. Saudek, V. Saudek): The Stratosailplane revisited. [Construction\Sailplanes; Design; Instrumentation; Research; Meteorology], June, page 26
Savage, Mark A.: 3 into 12 = one [Design; Sailplanes\BG-12; Homebuilts], March, page 32
Schreder, Richard E. (a.k.a. R. Schreder, Richard Schreder, Dick Schreder, R. Schreder, Richard Schreder, R.E. Schreder): Living with the AS-W 17, February, page 14; Experimental category: Meeting with the FAA [Federal Aviation Agency\Sailplanes], November, page 14; Pilot check (Safety Corner) [Safety; Sailplanes\RS-15], November, page 34; Trailer checkout: (Safety Corner) [Safety; Trailers], December, page 31
Schreder, Richard E. (a.k.a. R. Schreder, Richard Schreder, Dick Schreder, R. Schreder, Richard Schreder, R.E. Schreder); with Geof Steele: An HP-17 for Chester? (SSA in Action) [Sailplanes\HP-17; Homebuilts], May, page 11
Seibels, Grenville J., II (a.k.a. Gren Seibels, G. Seibels, Gren J. Seibels, II, Gren J. Seibels): The view from down under [People\Gil Parcell; Conferences, Conventions, and Meetings; Literature\Humor; Competitions], May, page 19; Region five contest, Chester, South Carolina (SSA in action) [Competitions\Regional; People\Quentin "Ice" Berg; People\A.J. Smith; People\Geof Steele], June, pages 13,41,; Chester, 1973 [Meteorology; Competitions], September, page 10; South region four contest, New Castle, Virginia [People\Karl Striedieck; Competitions\Regional], December, page 11
Semans, Robert: Region Eleven Contest, Redding, California (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional; People\Malcolm Bagshaw], July, page 11
Serafin, John (a.k.a. J. Serafin): Makula at Minden [Canopies\Sailplanes\A-21; Techniques\Wave Soaring; Meteorology; Sites\Minden, Nevada], August, page 14
Sessions, C. Edwin (a.k.a. E. Sessions): Region Five South Contest [Competitions\Regional], December, page 12; Region Five South Contest [People\Dave Culpepper; Competitions\Regional; People\Brian Utley], December, page 12
Shamblen, Ray: Sailplane census (SSA in Action), May, page 9
Sharp, Ted E. (a.k.a. T.E. Sharp, T. Sharp, Ted Sharp): SSA financial operation [Soaring Society of America], March, page 36
Simmons, James W., Jr.: Fred Slingsby (SSA in Action) [Obituaries], July, page 13
Simons, Martin (a.k.a. M. Simons): Flying the Salto [Sailplanes\Salto], January, page 28
Smith, A.J.: Getting to know the Nimbus II [People\Klaus Holighaus; Sailplanes\Schempp-Hirth\Nimbus II], April, page 12; SSA sailplane design competition (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Design], July, page 8
Smith, Bernald S. (a.k.a. Bernald Smith, B. Smith, B.S. Smith): A "Cu" pin with emeralds? Reply to (Letter) [Awards], March, page 6; 1975 SSA calendar (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America], September, page 6; 1975 SSA calendar (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America], October, page 14
Smith, Paul; with Geof Steele: 1973 symposium on competitive soaring [Conferences, Conventions, and Meetings; Sailplanes\AS-W 17; Sailplanes\Cirrus; Competitions; Design; Sailplanes\Nimbus II; Sailplanes\1-35; Commercial Operations], July, page 16
Stark, Ray: Loop sequence over Long Island in Ka 6 March (Cover) [Cover; Sailplanes\Ka 6], March, Cover
Steele, Geof: Rebutting a rebuttal: Libelle (Letter) [Sailplanes\Libelle], January, page 3; National records for standard class (SSA in Action), February, page 9; Credit where credit is due (Letter), May, page 3; "Legal" water for the Standard Libelle (SSA in Action) [Federal Aviation Agency; Sailplanes\Libelle], May, page 14; Dick Schreder on the SSA, the FAA and the CIVV (Letter) [Soaring Society of America; Federal Aviation Agency; FAI], June, page 3; 4th US National Standard Class Soaring Championship, Chester, South Carolina (SSA in Action) [Competitions\National], August, page 7; Makula at Minden, Serafin, J, August, page 14; Chester 1973, September, page 10; Rules needed "The flap flap, cont'd" (Letter) [Competitions\National], October, page 2
Steele, Geof; with John Firth (a.k.a. J. Firth): Get the "H" back into your HP [People\Paul Bikle; Construction\Sailplanes\HP-11; Homebuilts], May, page 26
Steele, Geof; with Paul Smith: 1973 symposium on competitive soaring [Conferences, Conventions, and Meetings; Sailplanes\AS-W 17; Sailplanes\Cirrus; Competitions; Design; Sailplanes\Nimbus II; Sailplanes\1-35; Commercial Operations], July, page 16
Steele, Geof; with Richard E. Schreder (a.k.a. R. Schreder, Richard Schreder, Dick Schreder, R. Schreder, Richard Schreder and R.E. Schreder): An HP-17 for Chester? (SSA in Action) [Sailplanes\HP-17; Homebuilts], May, page 11
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Tallon, J.; with D. Halacy: Soaring [Literature], January, page 10
Tucker, Vance A.: Dynamic soaring (Herold's Hearsay) [Techniques\Dynamic Soaring], March, page 40; Dynamic soaring, excerpt from "Wind Powered Flight" (Herold's Hearsay) [Birds], March, page 41
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Vegso, Sunny (a.k.a. S. Vegso): The women's team: can you help? (SSA in Action) [Women], July, page 10
Voltz, Gunther (a.k.a. Gunter Voltz, G. Voltz): A report [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs; Costs], November, page 22
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Wayt, Robert (a.k.a. R. Wayt): Diamonds, a pair [Sailplanes\Diamant; Youth], November, pages 22,,48
Williams, Bill; with David McGuire, III: Chem-weld, a photographic essay [Construction; People\Geof Steele; Sailplanes\Nugget], July, page 24
Wood, Lawrence: Region ten east, contest, San Marcos, Texas (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional], September, page 9
Worthington, George D. (a.k.a. G.D. Worthington, G. Worthington): Tell it like it is? (Letter) [Safety], May, page 6
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Zacher, Hans: Flight test film: MIT symposium [Sailplanes\SB-9], January, page 14
Zimmermann, Art: American glass, du Pont, S, April, page 26
None (up to table of contents): Lenticular cloud stack over Tehachapi (Cover) [Meteorology; Cover], January, cover; Critique. Remember the little guy (Letter) [Soaring Society of America\Soaring Magazine], January, page 2; Better a near miss than a fallen angel (Letter) [Safety], January, page 3; Power training for soaring (Letter) [Training; Youth], January, page 3; Rebutting a rebuttal (Letter) [Sailplanes\Libelle], January, page 3; Playing with numbers (Letter) [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-26], January, page 4; Australian Gliding Federation's sailplane design contest (Foreign Scene) [International\Australia; Competitions\Design], January, page 10; MIT symposium report [Instrumentation; Meteorology], January, page 13; MIT symposium report [Test Flying], January, page 14; Structures and materials: MIT symposium report [Construction\Sailplanes], January, page 14; Self-launching sailplanes: MIT symposium report [Motorgliders], January, page 15; Accidents at Vrsac: CIVV report [Safety], January, page 20; 1974 world championships discussed; CIVV report [Competitions\World], January, pages 20-21; Standard class: CIVV report [Records], January, page 21; Best US competition pilots of 1972 [Competitions], January, page 24; Oxygen regulator and mask data (Herold's Hearsay) [Instrumentation], January, page 30; Radar beacon regulations (Herold's Hearsay) [Federal Aviation Agency], January, page 34; Blueprints: 1-26 and LP-49 (Cover) [Cover; Sailplanes\1-26; Sailplanes\LP-49], February, Cover; Helping the direct way (Letter) [Youth], February, page 2; Index of cross-country performance (Letter) [Cross-Country Soaring; Sailplanes\HP-10; Performance; Sailplanes\Weihe], February, page 2; For the cost of one raid (Letter) [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs; Youth], February, page 3; Lap racing and togetherness (Letter) [Competitions], February, page 3; The Mojave petroglyphs (Letter) [Literature], February, page 3; Make noise for silent flight (Letter) [Publicity], February, page 4; Optimum final glide speed (Letter) [Instrumentation], February, page 4; Big noise of 1972 (SSA in Action) [Federal Aviation Agency], February, page 6; Joy of soaring, by Conway, Carle (SSA in Action) [Literature], February, page 7; Kansas Soaring Association May Host Women's Beet (SSA in Action) [Women], February, page 9; New directors elected (SSA in Action) [People\Hal Lattimore; People\Rudy Allemann; People\John Ryan; People\John Williams; People\John Brittingham; Soaring Society of America\Directors; People\Floyd Sweet], February, page 9; Christinas bonanza (SSA in Action) [Archives and Museums], February, page 11; Issues film catalogue (SSA in Action) [Archives and Museums], February, page 11; 39th US national soaring championship, Minden, Nevada; AS-W 17 [Sites\Minden, Nevada; Competitions\National], February, page 14; Three for the 49er [Homebuilts; Sailplanes\LP-49], February, page 16; Why does it cost so much? [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs; Costs; People\Jon Putnam; People\George Tweed; People\Mark Wild], February, page 28; If at first you don't succeed. Fly, fly again! Bond, "Speedy" [Women], February, page 34; Robert L. Moore Wins Eagle Eye Award for photography [People\Robert L. Moore; Photography; Museums], February, page 35; An environmental issue? (Herold's Hearsay) [Federal Aviation Agency], February, page 37; Experimental aircraft: operational limitation (Herold's Hearsay) [Experimental Aircraft; Federal Aviation Agency], February, page 38; Mode C Transponders (Herold's Hearsay) [Federal Aviation Agency], February, pages 38 or 39; Certification of pilots and flight instructors (Herold's Hearsay) [Certification; Federal Aviation Agency], February, page 39; Federal Aviation Agency Implements SFO TCA (Herold's Hearsay) [Federal Aviation Agency], February, page 39; A message missed (Letter) [Sailplanes\AS-W 12; Techniques\Wave Soaring; Safety], March, page 2; Discount prices? (Letter) [Costs], March, page 2; Power pitch (Letter) [Training], March, page 2; A "Cu" pin with emeralds? (Letter), March, page 6; Second annual soaring convention, San Antonio, Texas (SSA in Action) [Conferences, Conventions, and Meetings], March, page 7; Lilienthal Medal won by Karl Striedieck (SSA in Action) [People\Karl Striedieck; Awards\Lilienthal Medal], March, page 8; Warren Eaton memorial trophy won by Helen Dick (SSA in Action) [People\Helen Dick; Awards\Eaton], March, page 8; FFA tightens CFI launch limitations removal (SSA in Action) [Federal Aviation Agency; Techniques\Wave Soaring], March, page 11; Kestrel 19 ATC'D (SSA in Action) [Federal Aviation Agency; Sailplanes\Kestrel 19], March, page 12; Doppler radar technique for identifying bird species in flight: Random gusts [Birds\Instrumentation], March, page 13; Soaring for diamonds, Lincoln, Joseph C., now available in paperback (SSA in Action) [Literature], March, page 13; (Herold's Hearsay) [Sailplanes\Census], March, page 40; Ultralight gliders, FAA position (Herold's Hearsay) [Ultralight], March, page 40; 2-22 flown by Roy Schlemeyer at Odessa, Texas (Cover) [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 2-22; Cover], April, cover; Airspace (Letter) [Airspace], April, page 2; FAA action regarding airspace (Letter) [Federal Aviation Agency], April, page 2; Noise: Ford vs Schweizer, cont'd (Letter) [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 2-32], April, page 2; Trailer graphics (Letter) [Trailers], April, page 2; Atlas didn't shrug (Letter) [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs; Youth], April, page 3; Clear-vision panels (Letter) [Equipment; Construction\Sailplanes; Techniques\Wave Soaring], April, page 3; How to avoid collisions: use your head (Letter) [Safety], April, page 3; Time heals many things (Letter) [Costs; Safety], April, page 3; Blanik airspeed corrections (Letter) [Instrumentation; Sailplanes\Blanik L-13], April, page 6; Differentiating insurance costs (Letter) [Insurance\Sailplane], April, page 6; Weekday discount tried (Letter) [Costs; Sites\Holiday Haven], April, page 6; Awards suggested (SSA in Action) [Awards; Training\Flight Instructors], April, page 8; Jon McMurty Top non-commercial instructor, 1972 (SSA in Action) [Mountain Soaring], April, page 8; Don Monroe Joins SSA staff (SSA in Action) [People\Don Monroe], April, page 9; Office installs telephone answering device (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America], April, page 9; Texas U gets Parker sailplanes (SSA in Action) [International\Pakistan; History\American\Texas], April, page 9; US pilot entry priority lists (SSA in Action) [Competitions], April, page 10; Accident report: Concept 70 (Safety Corner) [Sailplanes\Concept 70; Safety], April, page 30; Allegheny ridge running hazards (Herold's Hearsay) [Techniques\Ridge Soaring], April, page 34; Soaring convention, San Antonio, Texas (Herold's Hearsay) [Conferences, Conventions, and Meetings], April, page 34; Variometer note (Herold's Hearsay) [Instrumentation], April, page 34; Cover, May 1973 (Cover) [Cover; Sailplanes\A-21], May, Cover; Attention, Cherokee owners (Letter) [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs; Homebuilts; Newsletters], May, page 2; Reply to "Timeliness and lead-time" (Letter) [Herold, Carl], May, page 3; Timeliness and lead-time (Letter) [Operation Limitations], May, page 3; Better late than never (Letter) [Instrumentation], May, page 4; Duster association: A 13-meter contest? (Letter) [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs; Competitions; Sailplanes\Duster; Homebuilts], May, page 4; Glider vs. power training -. a CFI view (Letter) [Training], May, pages 5,11; Using the yaw string to center thermals (Letter) [Techniques\Wave Soaring; Techniques\Thermal Soaring], May, page 8; Second annual Smirnoff sailplane derby, Los Angeles, CA (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Smirnoff], May, page 9; International Women's international meet fund (SSA in Action) [People\Erica Scurr; Women; Competitions], May, page 12; New SSA state governors (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America], May, page 12; New SSA state governors (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America\Governors], May, page 12; Spring soaring symposium (SSA in Action) [Archives and Museums; Conferences, Conventions, and Meetings], May, page 12; Do you have a calendar photo? (SSA in Action) [Photography], May, page 13; Long soaring flights survey (SSA in Action) [Cross-Country Soaring], May, page 13; National Hang Glider Meet: Random Gusts [Hang gliders], May, page 13; Standard class trophy fund (SSA in Action) [Awards; Competitions\Class\Standard], May, page 13; New Zealand nationals decide world team (SSA in Action) [People\Alan Cameron; International\New Zealand], May, page 14; Dita Aldott Winner of "Award Print" citation, Move over, Alex! [Photography; People\Dita Aldott], May, page 35; Smoking and oxygen (Herold's Hearsay) [Safety], May, page 37; Hang gliding a spectator sport: Harold's Hearsay [Hang Gliders], May, page 38; Start and finish altitudes (Herold's Hearsay) [Techniques\Wave Soaring; Safety], May, page 38; New club at Huntsville, Alabama (Herold's Hearsay) [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs], May, page 39; Cirrus flown by Springer Jones over Texas (Cover) [Cover; Sailplanes\Cirrus; People\Springer Jones], June, cover; Hurrah for Stan Hall! (Letter) [Homebuilts; Costs], June, page 2; Canadian invitation (Letter) [International\Canada], June, page 4; Slipping and skidding, con't (Letter) [Techniques\Wave Soaring], June, page 4; A dangerous precedent (Letter) [Airspace], June, page 5; Baring & sharing mistakes, NO! (Letter) [Safety], June, page 6; Baring & sharing mistakes, Si! (Letter) [Safety], June, page 6; On the ball, Central Indiana Soaring Society, Indianapolis, Indiana (Letter) [Publicity; Sites\Indiana], June, page 6; Pop rivets (Letter) [Construction\Sailplanes; Homebuilts], June, page 8; Ridge soaring cloudstreets (Letter) [Techniques\Ridge Soaring], June, page 8; 14th Congress, OSTIV, Waikerie, Australia (SSA in Action) [Conferences, Conventions, and Meetings\OSTIV; FAI], June, page 12; Nugget testing (SSA in Action) [People\Geof Steele; People\Paul Bikle; People\Jack Laister; Sailplanes\Nugget], June, page 14; Kirk Norris (SSA in Action) [Obituaries], June, page 15; Mano a mano, Wemple, Don [People\Don K. Wemple; Competitions], June, page 31; More on oxygen regulators (Herold's Hearsay) [Instrumentation], June, page 37; A thought on a parachute (Herold's Hearsay) [Commercial Operations; Parachutes], June, page 38; Does your Bayside work at cold temperature? (Herold's Hearsay) [Instrumentation\Radios], June, page 38; EAA and SSA (Letter) [Soaring Society of America; Experimental Aircraft Association; Homebuilts; 13-Meter Ciass], July, page 2; Catharsis and learning reinforcement (Letter) [Safety], July, page 3; HP-11 modification (Letter) [Sailplanes\HP-11], July, page 3; The Mohawk way (Letter) [Youth], July, page 4; The ultimate do-it-yourselfer? Tocumwal Soaring Centre (Letter) [International\Australia], July, page 4; Gus Scheuer, soaring pioneer (SSA in Action) [History\Soaring], July, page 7; "Mescalero" design revealed (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Design; People\George Applebay; Design\Competitions], July, page 8; FAA-SSA motorgliding meeting (SSA in Action) [Federal Aviation Agency], July, page 9; New SSA governor of North Dakota (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America\Governors; People\Thomas A. Nord], July, page 11; Senior pilot citation of National Pilots Assn. won by M. R. Nevin, sailplane pilot (SSA in Action) [People\M.R. Nevin; Awards], July, page 11; Smirnoff sailplane derby winner [People\Goran Ax; Competitions\Smirnoff; Sailplanes\Kestrel 17], July, page 12; Parker Leonard (SSA in Action) [Obituaries], July, page 13; Avoiding sink (Herold's Hearsay) [Techniques\Wave Soaring], July, page 39; Safety on the Blairstown Ridge (Herold's Hearsay) [Techniques\Ridge Soaring; Safety], July, page 39; 2-33 and an Oregon sunset (Cover) [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 2-33; Cover], August, cover; Now is the time (Letter) [Airspace; Federal Aviation Agency], August, page 2; Scoring systems Attention contest pilots (Letter) [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-26], August, page 2; A checkout payoff (Letter) [Safety], August, page 3; The way to go, Holbrook, W. C. , Jl 73 ?20 Yaw strings: the simplest explanation (Letter) [Techniques\Wave Soaring], August, page 3; An offer to help (Letter) [Costs], August, page 4; The Javelin (Letter) [Costs; Sailplanes\Javelin], August, page 4; The straight wing - don't knock it! (Letter) [Aerodynamics], August, page 4; 90 mph: Too fast in a 1-26? (Letter) [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-26; Safety], August, page 5; Uncoordinated turn stalls (Letter) [Techniques\Wave Soaring], August, page 5; Chocteau Field, Great Falls, Montana (SSA in Action) [Sites\Montana], August, page 7; Wins US standard class championship (SSA in Action) [People\Karl Striedieck], August, page 7; 1-26, North American soaring championships. Black Forest Gliderport, Colorado (SSA in Action) [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-26], August, page 8; Region four north contest, Frederick, Maryland (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional], August, page 8; Slingsby Model T-51 Dart has severe metal corrosion on spar (SSA in Action) [Sailplanes\Slingsby; Federal Aviation Agency], August, page 8; Winner in region four north contest, Frederick, Maryland (SSA in Action) [People\Thomas Beltz], August, page 8; 1973 Smirnoff sailplane derby [Competitions\Smirnoff], August, pages 18,19; Calculating the whole tow (Letter) [Launching\Aerotow], August, page 30; A fine feathered friend: soaring in Mexico (Letter) [International\Mexico], August, page 31; Ax takes Swedish Nats (Letter) [International\Sweden; People\Goran Ax], August, page 32; In-flight noise measurement (Letter) [Noise], August, page 32; Fatality: John Trice in region nine contest (Herold's Hearsay) [Safety], August, page 38; 1-26 championships: Black Forest Gliderport 1973 (Cover) [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-26; Cover], September, cover; Time for a freeze? (Letter) [Competitions\Classes\Standard], September, page 2; All right, Dad! (Letter) [Youth], September, page 3; First national hang gliding meet (Letter) [Hang Gliders], September, page 4; Mano a mano reply (Letter) [Competitions; People\Don K. Wemple], September, page 4; Three useful electronic circuits for sailplanes (Letter) [Instrumentation], September, page 6; Computerized tasks at Waikerie (SSA in Action) [Competitions\World], September, page 7; Lilienthal meet (SSA in Action) [Hang Gliders; People\Jack Lambie], September, page 8; 4th US national standard class soaring championships [Competitions\National], September, page 21; 8th National 1-26 North American championships, Sites^Colorado Springs, Colorado [Competitions\1-26], September, page 33; Wally Marra's "Drifter" (Homebuilder's Hall) [People\Wally Marra; Sailplanes\Drifter; Homebuilts], September, page 39; Wanted; a few real pros: Homebuilder's Hall [Design; Construction\Sailplanes], September, page 40; low-cost i.e. Cheapsoaring (Letter) [Costs], October, page 3; Memorial gift (Letter) [Archives and Museums], October, page 5; South African invitation (Letter) [International\South Africa], October, page 7; 1st women's world soaring contest, Leszno, Poland (SSA in Action) [Competitions; Women], October, page 11; First in women's world soaring contest, Leszno, Poland (SSA in Action) [People\Pelagia Majewska], October, page 11; Second in women's world soaring contest, Leszno, Poland (SSA in Action) [People\Sue Martin], October, page 11; Quentin Berg [Obituaries], October, page 14; Schweizer Aircraft Corp. report [Manufacturers\Schweizer Aircraft Corporation; Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-35], October, page 36; H-301 Libelle Shifty center of gravity (Herold's Hearsay) [Sailplanes\HP], October, page 39; Positive control checks, everyone! (Herold's Hearsay) [Safety], October, page 40; My daddy has a sailplane (Cover) [Cover], November, cover; Accessories A dolly handle (Letter) [Construction\Sailplanes], November, page 2; Cheers and tips for the team (Letter) [Competitions\World; International\Australia\Waikerie], November, page 2; Fly American at Waikerie (Letter) [International\Australia\Waikerie], November, page 2; Contest scoring better as it is (Letter) [Competitions], November, page 3; Kids are serious (Letter) [Youth], November, page 3; Production costs Volume is the answer (Letter) [Construction\Sailplanes\Costs], November, page 3; The Marske "Pioneer" (Letter) [Homebuilts; Sailplanes\Pioneer II; Techniques\Thermal Soaring], November, page 4; 3rd annual John J. Montgomery hang gliding championships (SSA in Action) [Competitions\California; Design; Ultralight], November, page 10; Margery Cosgrove (SSA in Action) [Obituaries], November, page 12; Roswell E. Franklin (SSA in Action) [Obituaries], November, page 12; Wortmann low-speed airfoils (Homebuilder's Hall) [Aerodynamics\Wortmann Airfoil}Design\Wortmann Airfoil], November, page 36; World team selection (Herold's Hearsay) [Competitions\World; International\New Zealand], November, page 39; What's your drag? (Herold's Hearsay) [Launching\Airplane Towing], November, page 40; 'Tis the season to be jolly-? (Cover) [Cover], December, cover; Kansas stubble fire (Letter) [Fires], December, page 2; Putting fun back in off-field landings (Letter), December, page 2; Attention BG-12 owners (Letter) [Sailplanes\BG-12], December, page 3; John C.Carver Kolstad award winner (SSA in Action) [People\John C.Carver; Awards\Kolstad], December, page 3; Trailer solves garage impasse (Letter) [Homebuilts], December, page 3; Std. class definition: the first was best (Letter) [Competitions\Classes\Standard], December, page 5; Memorial plague, Wright Brothers (SSA in Action) [Launching], December, page 6; 1974 symposia announced (SSA in Action) [Conferences, Conventions, and Meetings], December, page 9; The FFA Administrator (Herold's Hearsay) [Federal Aviation Agency], December, page 33; Bede exploring sailplane market (Homebuilder's Hall) [People\Jim Bede; Homebuilts; Aircraft\BD-5; Construction\Sailplanes], December, page 34; Editorial from "National Aeronautics" (Herold's Hearsay) [National Aeronautic Association], December, page 34; Opening forces on Schempp-Hirth type dive brakes: Home- builder's Hall [Aerodynamics; Design; Homebuilts; Safety], December, pages 35,1,12

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