Soaring Magazine Index for 1999 organized by section

Soaring Magazine Index for 1999 organized by section

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Competition Commentary, Cover, Feature Article, Head's Up, Instructors' Corner, Milestones, President's Column, President's Page, SSA & FAI Awards, SSA Mail, Safety Corner, Sailplane Safety, Soaring In Action, Soaring Mail, Soaring News, Soaring in Action, The Buzz

Competition Commentary
Karl Striedieck, February, page 12
Karl Striedieck, The MAT, May, page 13
Karl Striedieck, The GPS Start, August, page 12
Karl Striedieck, The Crewless Pilot, December, page 13

Cover
Sailplane on Tow, January
John Sullivan, ASW-20 at Air Sailing, February
Yasuhiro Yama, Sailplane Aerobatics at an Air Show, March
Tom Knauff and Doris Grove, The Making of "The Thomas Crown Affair", April
Paul Maze, Sailplane over Knoxville, May
John Latson, Restored TSA Schweizer SGS 2-33, June
Mark Keene, Chip Garner Soaring Over Uvalde as the Rain Started, July
Doug Bell, Winch Launch in Australia, August
Greg Cook, Sailplane Releases Ballast, September
Chuck O'Mahony, Collage of Photos from WGC, October
David Treinis, SZd-55 Maiden/Test Flight, November
John Duprey, Sailplane and Mountains, December

Feature Article
SSA Government Liason Committee, Extension for FAA Exemption No. 4988 by SSA Government Liaison Committee, January, page 14
The 1999 Officers and Directors of the Soaring Society of America, Inc., January, page 15
The 1998 U.S. Nationals and Regional Soaring Champions, January, page 16
François Pin, The First U.S. World Class National Championships, January, page 18
Tom Bradbury, Winds Aloft and the Weather Below-Part 2, January, page 22
Gerhard Marzinsik with comments by David Welles, A Far Cry from Being an Old Timer, January, page 30
Bob Whelan, Hangin' In There! Thoughts on Mastering Your Crisis of Faith, February, page 16
Bob and Lynne Davis, Tennessee Pioneers in Aviation, February, page 22
Peter Neumann, Miles and Miles of Nothing but Miles and Miles!, February, page 30
Tom Pressley, Flight Logs on a Budget, February, page 40
Larry Sanderson, www.ssa.org, March, page 14
Tom Bradbury, Route Planning Problems, March, page 20
Richard H. Johnson, including comments by Dean Carswell, A Flight Test Evaluation of the Duo Discus, March, page 28
Jim Kellet, The Cirrus: A Classic Case, March, page 34
Peter Yost, Choices, March, page 40
Joan T. Hollier, From the Passenger's Seat, March, page 44
Tom Knauff, Making "The Thomas Crown Affair", April, page 14
Lynne and Bob Davis, Soaring Takes Root in Tennessee, April, page 20
Richard H. Johnson, A Flight Test Evaluation of the SZD-56-1, April, page 24
Judah Milgram, Flight Testing Sailplanes at the 1998 Idaflieg Summer Meet, April, page 34
Chuck O'Mahony, TN Was a Ten! The 1999 SSA Convention in Knoxville, May, page 16
Tom Bradbury, Blue Days in Summer, May, page 24
Richard H. Johnson, A Flight Test Evaluation of the Discus 2B Standard Class Racer, May, page 32
Bob Lacovara, A Most Qualified Wing Runner, May, page 38
Russ McAnerny, A Pilot Evaluation of the Ball Sailplane Comp, June, page 14
Bob Leve, Pilots, Planes and Privies, June, page 16
Mark H. Morton, A Contest Cross-Country: Just Do It, June, page 20
Linda Hiller, A Mother's View, June, page 24
Kevin Ferguson and Lou Frank, Chasing Lou/The Other Side of the Coin, June, page 28
Bruce Carmichael, The Light Sailplane: The Path to Microlift Soaring, June, page 32
William Gerhard, Aeronautical Antique, June, page 38
Ron Martelet, Lift is Where You Find It, July, page 14
Bernald Smith, It's Hard to See Through a Damaged Canopy, July, page 16
Tom Bradbury, Thermal Prediction from the Tephigram, July, page 20
Andy Houloubek, Returning, July, page 28
Raul Blacksten, from interview of Warren Merboth, Albatross Over New York, July, page 36
Chuck O'Mahony, 1999 Open and 18-Meter Class!!! Championships, August, page 14
Bill Whelan, Rent vs. Buy, August, page 22
David Brunner, Patience Pays Off, August, page 28
Stephen Hundley, Taos '98, August, page 30
Keith M. Ashfield, An Andes Alternative, August, page 34
Curtis J. Cole, The Pawnee Plow, August, page 36
Vladislav Zedja, Dangerous Storms and the Pursuit of a World Record, September, page 14
Tom Bradbury, Wind Shear and Waves, September, page 20
Paddy Welles, More Nines in 99, September, page 30
Doug Levy and George Powell, Sierra Safari, September, page 36
Chuck O'Mahony, The Twenty-Sixth World Gliding Championships, October, page 14
Paul A. Schweizer, The Heritage Campaign, October, page 22
Derek Piggott, Some Ideas On Teaching Turning, October, page 26
Jim Payne, Using a GPS to Soar Safely and Have Fun, October, page 30
Knauff & Grove Merchandise Catalog, November, page 12
Tom Bradbury, Wind Shear and Waves (part 2), November, page 20
Elden Hinkle, The Standard Class Nationals, November, page 26
The Official World Soaring Championships Score Sheet, November, page 35
Millennium Merchandise The 1999-2000 Soaring Catalog, November, page 43
Clarence See as told to and edited by Raul Blacksten, I Rescued The Orlik, December, page 16
Allen Silver, Take Care of your Parachute so It Can Take Care of You, December, page 20
Bob Dittert, 1-26s + Rain = Championship, December, page 24
Dottie Thomas-Pin and George Kulesza and Bernadetta Litowska and Conrad Suechting, The Adventures, in Pictures, of a Crew at the 2nd World Gliding Championships of the World Class, December, page 30
Tim Hanke, The 1st FAI World Junior Gliding Championships, December, page 34

Head's Up
Sharon Smith, May, page 14
Sharon Smith, National Airspace Redesign, July, page 11

Instructors' Corner
Frank Reid, Canopy Closed and Locked -- Not Good Enough, January, page 13
Frank Reid, Recognize and React (R & R), February, page 13
Frank Reid, Fly the Plane!, March, page 12
Frank Reid, Dehydration, April, page 13
Frank Reid, One Last Check, May, page 12
Frank Reid, The Black Spot in the Spot Landing Concept, June, page 13
Frank Reid, Getting Lost, July, page 12
Frank Reid, Fly Safely!, August, page 13
Frank Reid, Positive Control Checks, September, page 13
Frank Reid, Who's the Boss?, October, page 13
Frank Reid, Tow Pilots -- A Treasure We Need to Preserve, November, page 11
Frank Reid, The Incident at Jonesboro, December, page 15

Milestones
Lake Elsinore Soaring Club Youth Program, September, page 47
CAP Encampment, September, page 47
Too Old to Crew?, September, page 47
Final Glide, September, page 47
Final Glide, October, page 38
Sue McNay, Just Do It!, October, page 38
A. Peter Hilger, First Solo, November, page 39
Joe Volmar, A Perfect Knight Flight, November, page 39
John Smoots, A Notable Occasion, November, page 39
Final Glide, November, page 39
Paul Maze, A Real Milestone, December, page 39
Robert A. Smith, Sean Smithh's Private Glider License, December, page 39
Final Glide, December, page 39

President's Column
Larry Sanderson, The SSA in 1999 68 Years Young, January, page 2
Larry Sanderson, Hail to the Victors, February, page 2
Larry Sanderson, My New Motto, April, page 2
Larry Sanderson, Words Live On, May, page 2
Larry Sanderson, SSA Elections, June, page 2
Larry Sanderson, Not Hannes!, July, page 2
Larry Sanderson, Of Heroes and Full Circles, August, page 2
Larry Sanderson, The Changing Face of the SSA, September, page 2
Larry Sanderson, The Lilienthal Medal Soaring's Highest Honor, October, page 2
Larry Sanderson, You Speak, Others Listen, November, page 2
Larry Sanderson, A Flash of Wings, December, page 2

President's Page
Larry Sanderson, She's Baaack, March, page 2

SSA & FAI Awards
Badges & Records, January, page 36
Arleen Coleson, Badge & Records, April, page 41
Arleen Coleson, Badge & Records, May, page 40
Arleen Coleson, Badge & Records, June, page 40
Arleen Coleson, Badge & Records, July, page 40
Arleen Coleson, Badge & Records, August, page 40
Arleen Coleson, Badge & Records, September, page 40
Arleen Coleson, Badge & Records, October, page 40
Arleen Coleson, Badge & Records, November, page 40
Arleen Coleson, Badge & Records, December, page 40

SSA Mail
Miles Lemon, Help for Chicken Little, August, page 3
Jim Spontak and Arthur Babiarz, Glider Fun Fly-In, August, page 3
Karl Striedieck, Credit Where Credit is Due, August, page 3
Thor Sigurd Peterson, Thanks for the Safety Tips, August, page 4
Steven A. Stunick, Never Too Young, August, page 4
Phil Jarvis Newbury, Chicken Little Comments, October, page 3
Norman H. Ellison, World Class Contests, October, page 3
Steve Wasilowski, Sky Soaring Needs Your Help, October, page 4
John Joss, Minden Fatality, October, page 4
Bob Greenblatt, Navigation Skills, November, page 3
Tom Hardy, Fond Memories of Similar Experience, November, page 3
Paul Maze, What an Unlikely Place for a Glider?, November, page 3
Jon McKinley, Reply to Soaring Covers, November, page 4
David M. Ellis, Sailplane Rescue System, November, page 4
Cindy Brickner, Soaring Covers, November, page 4
Bill Whelan, Reply to Own vs. Rent, December, page 3
Daniel L. Johnson, Correction and Clarification, December, page 3
Chris Wrate, Own vs. Rent, December, page 3
Hugh Colton, Embrace Technology, December, page 4
Jim Brewster, Slight Omission, December, page 4
John Good, Reply to Embrace Technology, December, page 4
Gordon Glover, Disservice to Readers, December, page 5
David MacVeigh, Pay Attention!, December, page 5
Bill Ard, Ballistic Parachutes, December, page 5
Billy Singleton, Reply to Slight Omission, December, page 5
Larry Sanderson, Reply to Disservice to Readers, December, page 5
Bill Ard, Russias in the World Class, December, page 6
Editor, Reply to Russias in the World Class, December, page 6
Vitek Siroky, New Distributor for Blanik America, December, page 6

Safety Corner
George Thelen, The Reviews Are In, February, page 36
George Thelen, Puchacz, March, page 38
George Thelen, Déjà vu- All Over Again!, May, page 46
George Thelen, Dear Flabby, June, page 46
George Thelen, What's Wrong With This Picture??, August, page 44
George Thelen, How to Crash Confidently The Reality of Spatial Disorientation, September, page 44
George Thelen, Mind Set, November, page 36
George Thelen, Checklists, December, page 44

Sailplane Safety
Billy Singleton, NTSB Summaries, January, page 42
Billy Singleton, April Newsletter, April, page 44
Billy Singleton, July Newsletter, July, page 44
Billy Singleton, October Newsletter, October, page 44

Soaring In Action
Burt Compton, New Release Date August 11, July, page 5
Burt Compton, SSA at EAA Oshkosh, July, page 5
Larry Sanderson, Nominations for the Soaring Hall of Fame, July, page 5
Bob Moore, Hummingbird Finds New Home, July, page 5
Michael Adams, Safety Devices for L'Hotellier, July, page 7
Final Glide, July, page 7
George Powell, Book Review: A Glider Pilot Bold by Wally Kahn, July, page 8
Dennis Butler, Western Seniors Competition, July, page 9
Brian Hudnut, Stemme USA Schedules Summer Tour, August, page 5
Terry Cubley, Club Class World Competition, August, page 5
Vitek Siroky, Book Review: The Handbook of Glider Aerobatics by Peter Malinson and Mike Woollard, August, page 5
Gary Kemp, 1999 Region 11 Contest, August, page 6
Peter Selinger, New Sailplane Recuse System Tested Successfully, August, page 6
Vitek Siroky, Aerobatic Team Plans Tour, August, page 7
Vitek Siroky, Book Review: History and Evolution of the Glider by Giorgio Zanrosso, August, page 7
Bob Thompson, Flightpro Software, August, page 8
Final Glide, August, page 8
1999 Directors' Election Nominations, August, page 9
Tom Knauff, Glider Flight Instructor Conference, August, page 10

Soaring Mail
Phil Petmecky, Airport Appreciation Day, January, page 3
Barry Muhlenberg, Impressive Solo, January, page 3
Pete Donath, Diamond Hopes, January, page 3
William R. McElwee, Auto Tow Remembered, January, page 4
Billy Singleton, SSF Response, February, page 3
Paddy Welles, Kiss, She Says, February, page 3
Adam Harris, What a Ride!, February, page 4
Edward E. Hindman, D-Day Tug Pilot, February, page 4
Siegfried Samson, Anyone Interested?, February, page 4
Chris Schnier, A Happy Participant, February, page 5
Glen D. Klingshirn, Correction Noted, February, page 5
Jaime P. Alexander, A Question Raised, February, page 5
Joseph Baer, And the Response, February, page 6
Paddy Welles, An Asset to Soaring, February, page 6
Eckart Wienb, He Had a Good Time, March, page 3
Michael A. Glass, A Grateful Cadet, March, page 4
M. Duff Davis, Thanks for Sharing, March, page 4
Jim Culp, Revive the Glenn Curtiss Method, March, page 5
Lars Ottesen, Sounds Interesting, March, page 5
Tom Ross, A Grateful Dad, March, page 5
Pedro de la Serna, Danger at the Wingtip, April, page 3
Sergio Colacevich, At Least Every 4 Seconds, April, page 3
Billy Singleton, SSF Responds, April, page 4
Blake Hiller, Learning to Soar, April, page 4
Ken Arterburn, Way to Go, Ed, April, page 5
Thor Sigurd Peterson, He Knows!, April, page 5
Steve Fischer, Young Eagles a Hit, April, page 5
Mick Westbrook, A Great Birthday Present, April, page 6
Ray Temchus, EPVA Extends Appreciation, April, page 6
Sam Giltner, Thanks, SSA !, April, page 7
Paul Maze, What a Convention, May, page 3
Bernd Scheffel, Another Cirrus, May, page 3
John Scott, It's Up to You, May, page 4
Bill Ard, Thank You Knoxville, May, page 4
Dominic Finch, Anyone Interested?, May, page 4
Karin Schlosser, Stunt Double Correction, June, page 3
Jim Kellett, Note Correction, June, page 3
Mark Kennedy, "Soaring Mail" Policy Outlined, June, page 3
Skip Pease, Need Writers, June, page 4
Ron and Thea Clarke, Really, No Bull!, July, page 3
A.W. Burton, Help in Finding Poem, July, page 3
Jack Boyle, Thanks, Billy, July, page 3

Soaring News
Editor, Reply to A Thankless Job, September, page 3
John Beavers, Need to be Seen, September, page 3
Billy Hill, A Thankless Job, September, page 3
John Duprey, Reply to Thanks Peak Soaring, September, page 4
John Good, Reply to Need to be Seen, September, page 4
Tom Serkowski, Thanks Peak Soaring, September, page 4
Anthony Turiano, A Few More Historical Points, September, page 4
Bob Greenblatt, GPS in Soaring Contests, September, page 5
Brent Smith, Deployment System, September, page 5
Editor, Reply to Deployment System, September, page 5
Gene Hammond, Reply to GPS in Soaring Contests, September, page 6
Juanita Koilpillai, A Field of Thirty-One, September, page 6
Michael Steckner, Sailplane Storage System, September, page 6
Vitek Siroky, 1999 Blanik Fun Meet, September, page 8
Jeff Owen, New Diamond Aircraft Center, September, page 8
Jim Price, Region 6 South Contest Report, September, page 9
John Duprey, Great Soaring -- No Bull! Region 9 Contest Report, September, page 10
Bob Nady, The World Class Nationals ad Region 7 Blowout, September, page 10
Vincenzo Pedrielli, Tehachapi -- '99 VSA Western Regatta, October, page 5
Bungee Cord, October, page 5
David Treinis, Genesis 2 Enters Serial Production, October, page 6
Chris Schnier, 1999 WSPA Seminar, October, page 6
Chris Schnier, Regina Wright, October, page 7
Ron Ferguson, Region 8 Contest Report, October, page 8
George Taylor, 10 Days at Owl Canyon and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt, October, page 9
Serge Krauss, Review of History of Marske Flying Wings Video, October, page 9
Jason Nunez and Unknown Lunsford, Jr., Kids and Summer Fun, October, page 10
Rand Baldwin, The 1999 Region 5 South Contest at Cordele, Georgia, November, page 5
Genesis 2 Receives Lithuanian Type Certificate, November, page 5
Larry Sanderson, SSA Board Minutes Available on the Internet, November, page 5
Peter F. Selinger, Progress Report Streifeneder Glider Recovery System, November, page 5
Alexis Glynn Latner, Local Heroes: The 1999 Region 10 Contest, November, page 7
Chuck Lohre, Schleicher Announces New Integral Wing Water Tanks, November, page 7
Vitek Siroky, Let L-13 AC Blanik Received FAA Type Certificate, November, page 7
John Good, SSA Competition Rules Sub-Committee Election, November, page 8
Bill Ard, Ready for the Millennium, November, page 8
SSA Elects Officers for 1999/2000, November, page 9
Members Elect Regional Directors, November, page 9
John Murray, Cambridge Aero Instruments Offer, November, page 9
Lloyd Watson, Marske Flying Wing, November, page 9
Six Elected as Director-at-Large for 2000, November, page 9
Dick Horn, 1999 Air Sailing Sports Class Contest, December, page 7
Introducing the ASW-28, December, page 7
Editor, SSA Office Hours, December, page 8
Dick Johnson, 10,000 Feet and Climbing - The Aviation Adventures of Richard E. Schreder, December, page 8
Dave Treinis, Discover Gliders Video Wins Three Prestigious Awards, December, page 8
David Treinis, Genesis 2 Special Price Announced, December, page 8
Charlie Spratt, New Castle Contest, December, page 9
Patrick L. McLaughlin, New Model EDS-D1, December, page 9
John Cochrane, Region 7 Contest, December, page 10
Bob Eli, Texas PW-5 Club, December, page 10
Jack Wyman, Region 6 North Contest, Ionia, Michigan, December, page 11
Bruce Roberts, New Product -- The Tie Down That Will, December, page 11

Soaring in Action
Patricia Valdata, WSPA Asking for Bids, January, page 5
Manfred Reinhardt, New 2,000 Km Flight Award Announced, January, page 5
James W. Swinnich, NSM Collection Update, January, page 5
Bill Kenyon, Nutmeg and the Ridge, January, page 6
John Campbell, Mile High Soaring, January, page 8
Bill Ard, Announcing the New Motorglider, January, page 9
Janett Sorrell, The 20th Annual Women Soaring Pilots Seminar, January, page 9
New Motorglider from Germany Announced, January, page 11
Final Glide, January, page 12
Jack Wyman, Region 6 North Contest, February, page 7
Tom Knauff, Robison Awarded Bultman Scholarship, February, page 7
Final Glide, February, page 9
Thomas Pressley, Region 10 South Plains Soaring Challenge 1998, February, page 9
International Gliding Competition Hockenheim, Germany, February, page 10
Linn Buell, IVSM-2000 in Elmira Again, February, page 10
Frauke Elber, 1999 Women's Soaring Seminar, March, page 7
Bud Brown, Second Annual Midwest Vintage Soaring Regatta, March, page 7
Larry Howell, CAP Returns to Sailplane Enterprises … in Force, March, page 9
Ted Grussing, STC Issued for PW-5, March, page 9
Final Glide, March, page 9
Francis van Haaf, Junior Gliding Update, March, page 9
John Lawrence, 1999 Civil Air Patrol Glider and Balloon Academy, March, page 9
Jon McKinley, 2000 Calendar and Fron Cover Photo Submissions, March, page 10
Minden Soaring Club, Preserve Minden, April, page 9
John and Luan Walker, Lift 2000, April, page 9
Bill Ard, Russia AC-4 Kit Due Soon, April, page 9
Nancy Graham, Call for Nominations -- 1999, April, page 10
Final Glide, April, page 10
Ron Clarke, Sequatchie Soaring Closes, April, page 11
Roger Harris, Book Review: Only Seconds to Live: Pilots' Tales of the Stall and the Spin by Dunstan Hadley, April, page 11
Ted Grussing, Update on PZL Agent, April, page 12
Bernald Smith and Carl Herold, World Distance Award, May, page 5
John Lawrence, CAP Glider Familiarization Course, May, page 5
John Campbell, Youth Scholarships, May, page 7
Final Glide, May, page 7
Jan Scott, A Golden Anniversary, May, page 8
Sweepstakes Winners Announced, May, page 9
Raul Blacksten, Sailplanes by Schweizer: A History by Paul A. Schweizer and Martin Simons, May, page 10
Book Review: Falkenhorst, The Scheibe Aircraft Story by Gerd Zipper, May, page 10
Dick Johnson, 1999 Marfa Report, June, page 5
Michael Fadden, South Jersey at Kids Fair, June, page 5
Burt Compton, The Thomas Crown Affair, June, page 5
New Product, June, page 7
Charlie Spratt, 1998 Lincoln Award Winner, June, page 7
Cyndi Stephenson, Contest Site Selection Deadline, June, page 7
Final Glide, June, page 7
Suzanne Moffat, 1999 Senior Soaring Championship, June, page 8
George Moffat, A Look at the Planes, June, page 9
Cyndi Stephenson, Contest Rules Committee Election, June, page 10
Bob Hurni, World Class Championships in Leszno, June, page 11
Mark Kennedy, Update on World Distance Award, June, page 11

The Buzz
Bob Wander, January, page 12
Bob Wander, Our Dinner with Derek & Maria, February, page 11
Bob Wander, Officer, The Wind Quit Department:, March, page 11
Bob Wander, Chapter 25, April, page 12
Bob Wander, May, page 12
Bob Wander, The World Class Glider Nationals, June, page 12
Bob Wander, Thank Your Local CFIG, July, page 11
Bob Wander, Gotta Go To Alaska!, August, page 11


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