Soaring Magazine Index for 2015 organized by subject

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A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U, V, W, Y

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Accident
Bail Out
Reno
Bob Spielman
Bob Spielman, Glider Crash Jump (Letter to Editor in Reno Gazette Journal), December, page 32
Adventure
Aging
Soaring
Matt Herron, You Are Old, Father William, the Young (Pilot) Said, September, page 42
Aerodynamics
Drag
Propeller
John Crawford, Prop Drag, March, page 3
Air Show
People
Willats
The Flying Willats: Sailplane Magic Airshow Team, October, page 7
Aircraft
Upgrades
Modifications
Mike Busch, Alterations Clearing up Confusion about Aircraft Mods, August, page 42
Art
Launching
Craig Burns, Schweizer 2-22 on Tow Near Pensacola,FL, July, pages 30, 31
Articles
Libelle
Ralph Kolstad, April, page 3
Aviation
Expo
Palm Springs
Discussions
The Flying Aviation Expo Announces Show Programming Committee and Discussion Topics for Event, September, page 6
Award
Schweizer Lifetime Service
Hank Nixon
Hank Nixon Receives Lifetime Service Award, February, page 4
Awards
Air Shows
Bob Carlton to Receive 2015 Bill Barber Award for Showmanship, August, page 5
Appreciation
Howard Banks
SSA Certificate of Appreciation - March 28, 2015, July, page 6
Badges
Rollin Hasness, Badges & Records, January, page 51
Rollin Hasness, Badges & Records, February, page 51
Rollin Hasness, Badges & Records, March, page 51
Rollin Hasness, Badges & Records, April, page 49
Rollin Hasness, Badges & Records, May, page 51
Rollin Hasness, Badges & Records, June, page 51
Rollin Hasness, Badges & Records, July, page 53
Rollin Hasness, Badges & Records, August, page 53
Rollin Hasness, Badges & Records, September, page 51
Rollin Hasness, Badges & Records, October, page 48
Rollin Hasness, Badges & Records, November, page 53
Rollin Hasness, Badges & Records, December, page 50
Other
Rollin Hasness, You Wanted to Soar – What Then?, April, page 47
CAP
New Jersey
New Jersey Wing Cadet Named 2,000th Recipient of Top Civil Air Patrol Award, October, page 5
Combs Trophy
Ramy Yanetz
Tony Condon
2014 Henry Combs Trophy Winners, March, page 4
FAI
Breitling
Faustine Carrera, FAI Invites Nominations for the Breitling Milestone Trophy and the Breitling Youngster Award, June, page 5
Scholarship
Kolstad
Procedures
Ralph Kolstad, Kolstad Scholarship, July, page 7
Ralph Kolstad, Kolstad Scholarship, August, page 8
Wallace
Michael Bucchino
Michael Bucchino Has Been Awarded the Michael Wallace Scholarship Grant for 2015, July, page 7
Scholarships
Exams
PASCO Private Pilot (Glider) Exam Support Scholarship Award, October, page 5

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Biography
Aerobatics
Luca Bertossio
Geoff Weck, Luca Bertossio, December, page 26
Editor
Soaring
Eric Bick
Frederick "Eric" Bick, Background of New Soaring Editor, March, page 41
Birds
Vultures
Thermals
Jim Richards, Vulture Tale, March, page 35
Book
Jim Richards, Vulture Tale and Road to Narromine, May, page 3

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Calendar
Contests and Special Events, January, page 52
Contests and Special Events, February, page 52
Contests and Special Events, March, page 52
Contests and Special Events, April, page 51
Contests and Special Events, May, page 53
Contests and Special Events, June, page 52
Contests and Special Events, July, page 50
Contests and Special Events, August, page 51
Contests and Special Events, September, page 53
Contests and Special Events, October, page 52
Contests and Special Events, November, page 55
Contests and Special Events, December, page 52
Camp
Online
Cross Country
Nephi
Eric Bick, Cross Country/Online Contest Soaring Camp - Nephi, UT, September, page 32
Thermal
Air Sailing
Anne Chalmers, Thermal Camp 2014 at Air Sailing, January, page 37
Charities
Twin Tiers Honor Flight
Twin Tiers Honor Flight Attains 501(c)3 Status, Plans Spring Trip, April, page 7
Civil Air Patrol
Training
Stephen Rocketto, Connecticut Civil Air Patrol Revitalizes Soaring Program, February, page 10
Clubs
Facilities
Fleet
Instruction
Social
Mark Lenox, What Conditions Make a Healthy Soaring Club?, July, page 34
Competition
Champions
National
Regional
The 2014 U.S. National & Regional Champions, January, page 12
Cross-Country
OLC
Eric Bick, Cross Country/Online Contest Soaring Camp - Moriarty, NM, August, page 32
European
Hungary
Adrienn Kiss, Welcome to the European Gliding Championships In Hungary! - The Country of Huge Flatlands and Free Airspace, July, page 8
Long flights
Roger Bard, Cockpit Automation, September, page 3
Mentor
Mitch Hudson, Mark, Triple A. Good Finish!, March, page 18
National
1-26
Minden
Gary Swift, The 2015 1-26 Championships, October, page 14
Aerobatic
Mallory Lynch, ZZ Fox is in the "Box" Flying n the 2015 U.S. National Aerobatic Championships, December, page 20
Class
Hobbs
Leigh Zimmerman, Contests 18-Meter, Open, US Club Class National Competition Hobbs,NM, September, page 16
Sports
Waynesville
Chuck Lohre, 2015 US National Sports Class Contest Report, October, page 22
OLC
Speed
Elke Fuglsang-Petersen, OLC-League 2015 – 19 Weekends of Speed Soaring, May, page 5
Regional
Albert Lea
Leon Zeug, 2015 Region Seven Contest, November, page 32
Nephi
Nick Kennedy, Nephi Utah Region 9 Contest August 4th - 9th 2014, January, page 14
Perry, SC
Ken Sorenson, Contests Region 5 North, 2015, August, page 16
Region 5 South
Cordele
John Mittell, The Story of the 2015 Region 5 South Contest, September, page 22
Seniors
Seminole Lake, FL
Rich Owen and John Good and Tom Knauff and Doris Grove, 2015 Senior Soaring Championship, August, page 19
World
Aerobatic
Rob Holland
Rob Holland Secures Fifth Consecutive Gold Medal Flying the Window World MXS-RH Aircraft, December, page 10
Grand Prix
Results
6th FAI World Sailplane Grand Prix Championships Results, November, page 4
Leszno
Volunteering
Greg Swiderski, Joy of Volunteering for WGC Leszno 2014, January, page 24
World Air Games
Dubai
Faustine Carrera, Sports and Disciplines Selected for the FAI World Air Games Dubai 2015 Revealed, June, page 8
Contest
Art
FAI
Faustine Carrera, Enter the 2016 FAI Young Artists Contest and Show the World How Talented You Are!, December, page 9
Artists
Youth
Faustine Carrera, Enter the 2016 FAI Young Artists Contest and Show the World How Talented You Are!, November, page 5
Contests
Sponsors
Beer
Al Heath, Contest Sponsors Anyone?, September, page 4
Contributions
Eagle Fund
January, page 48
February, page 26
March, page 50
April, page 50
May, page 50
June, page 49
July, page 49
August, page 50
September, page 52
October, page 51
November, page 54
Richard Maleady, The 2016 Eagle Fund Campaign Funding the SSA and Its Programs, December, page 3
December, page 49
US Team
2014 US Team Contributors, April, page 29
Convention
2011
Sailplane
JS-1
Chuck Coyne, JS-1 Sailplane on display 2011 SSA Convention Floor, November, pages 30, 31
Events
Greenville
2016
Convention Events and Conference Registration, December, pages 6, 7
Greenville
Floorplan
Exhibition Floor, November, pages 28,29
OSTIV
Speakers
Convention - OSTIV Track Call for Presentations, November, page 26
Speaker
Mark "Forger" Stucky
Important News Flash - SSA Convention Keynote Speaker, November, page 22
Speakers
2016 SSA Convention Confirmed Speakers, November, page 23
Tourism
Steve Stephens, Greenville, SC, November, page 20
Update
Scott Fletcher, Convention Update, November, page 19
Preview
Eric Bick, Convention in Greenville and Contents of Column, November, page 2
Conventions
Oshkosh
Geoff Weck, Oshkosh Volunteers Needed, June, page 4
Preview
2016
Greenville
Chuck Coyne and Greenville CofC, SSA Convention 2016, Greenville, November, cover
Cross-Country
Hawk
Duane Sprague, Between a Rock and a Hawk's Place, February, page 17

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Decisions
Launch
Dale Masters, Almost in Time For Dinner, December, page 44
Discussion
FLARM
ADS-B
Jim Herd, SSA Leadership Team encouraged in FLARM and ADS-B Discussion, May, page 8

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Education
Aviation
Youth
Maxwell AFB
Air Force Opens Door to Aviation and Learning for More than 1,000 American Youth, September, page 6
On-Line
Soaring
Introducing GLIDERBOOKS Academy - Online Soaring School, November, page 4
Engines
Turbine
Nels Winkless, UAV Turbines, Inc. Launches Next-Generation Gas Turbine Engine Technology for Unmanned Aircraft Systems, June, page 7
Equipment
ADS-B
Tom Conte, A Short ADS-B Primer, April, page 26
Camera
Memo Clarifies Camera Mount Question, January, page 5
Mount
John Sullivan, The Mark Camera Mount, July, page 41
Flarm
April, page 6
Glass Cockpit
Transponder
Kirk Urbanczyk, September, page 3
Instruments
Peter Lert, The Romance of the Old vs. the Tyranny of the New, April, page 23
Navigation
Terry Edmonds, In-Panel Navigation Display for DG Motorgliders, July, page 26
Transponders
Richard Maleady, Glider Transponder ANPRM, August, page 3
FAA
Comments
FAA Announcement Regarding Transponders in Gliders, July, page 6
Event
Approach
Water
"Feet Wet" Flying at Pungo, June, page 4
Events
Clubs
Eric Bick, October issue Soaring Articles, October, page 2
Exploration
Mountains
Himalaya
1985-2014: The Two Stories of the Exceptional Pilots Who Flew over Himalaya on a Glider, May, page 6
Sailplanes
Perlan 2
Airbus Perlan Mission II Glider Soaring into History, December, page 8

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FAA
Regulations
Transponders
Tom Imrich, Transponder ANPRM, September, page 4
FAI
Environment
Newsletter
FAI Environmental Commission Newsletter, October, page 6
Sporting Code
Oct. 1,2015
Rollin Hasness, A New Simpler Sporting Code Takes Effect on October 1, 2015, October, page 26
FAR
Altimeter Settings
Tom Knauff, "Legally Required" Altimeter Settings What Does the FAA Mean?, August, page 48
Farewell
Prue Super Standard
BG-12/16
Chuck Coyne, Editor Farewell and Future Plans, January, page 2
Film
CloudStreet
Kris Ciesinski, Matt Murphy, Bob Saundes, and Dave Bixler, CloudStreet: Soaring the American West, Making of, June, cover
Eric Bick, CloudStreet: Soaring the American West, June, page 2
IMAX
Airplanes
Living in the Age of Airplanes, May, page 4
Flight
Soaring
Cross-Country
Sergio Colacevich, Late Summer Flight, January, page 32
Fly-ins
Oshkosh
Volunteers
Geoff Weck, Oshkosh Volunteers Needed, July, page 6
Flying
Winch
Instruments
Bill Daniels, To Fly or Not Fly by Feel?, November, page 50

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German Winches
old
modules
Stefan Jaudas, German Winches on US Roads, August, page 4
Government
Transportation
Employment
STEM
WTS Transportation YOU Summit Attracts More Young Women to Industry, October, page 6

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Halloween
Ghost
2-33
Greg Palmer, The Great Pumpkin 2-33 in Seasonal Garb Along with John DeRosa Ready for a Ghoulish Ride, October, pages 30, 31
Health
Arteries
Endothelial
Daniel Johnson, A Path to a Miserable, Short Life, March, page 8
Congestion
Daniel Johnson, Why to Stay on the Ground when Congested, May, page 38
Contagion
Daniel Johnson, Avoiding Infections, January, page 8
Eyes
Glasses
Daniel Johnson, Choosing Spectacles for the Aging Eye, July, page 42
History
Bertha Ryan, Remembering the Past, January, page 50
Bertha Ryan, Remembering the Past, February, page 50
Bertha Ryan, Remembering the Past, March, page 54
Bertha Ryan, Remembering the Past, April, page 54
Bertha Ryan, Remembering the Past, May, page 52
Bertha Ryan, Remembering the Past, June, page 50
Bertha Ryan, Remembering the Past, July, page 52
Bertha Ryan, Remembering the Past, August, page 52
Bertha Ryan, Remembering the Past, September, page 50
Bertha Ryan, Remembering the Past, October, page 50
Bertha Ryan, Remembering the Past, November, page 52
Bertha Ryan, Remembering the Past, December, page 51
Launch
Winch
Ralph Kolstad, Winch launching in the Early '60s, July, page 22
Motorgliding
William Crawford
Gary Fogel, William F. Crawford and the "Crawford Powered Gliders" of 1929 – 1930, March, page 36

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Instruction
Approach
Landing
Tom Knauff, The TLAR Landing-Pattern-Approach Teaching Method, July, page 38
Liability
Tom Knauff, Liability in Instruction, November, page 48
Thermalling
Dale Masters, First Communion, November, page 46
Turns
Steve Platt, Teaching Soaring, July, page 5
Instructions
Turns
Derek Piggot, Can't Stay Up?, April, page 46
Instrumentation
ADS-B
Eric Treland, ADS-B Info Wanted, February, page 3
Jeff Stringer, ADS-B Article by Peter Lert, June, page 3
Survey
ADS-B Mandate
Kenneth Byrnes, ADS-B Survey for Aircraft Owners, June, page 5
Insurance
Costello
Q&A
Pat Costello, New Professional Liability Enhancement Available for Commercial and Club Instructors, February, page 4
Medical
Costello
Enhancement to the SSA Group Plan Pertaining to Minor Medical, March, page 4
Invitation
Convention
Greenville
Richard Maleady, Invitation to attend SSA Convention in Greenville, 2016, November, page 3

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Landmark
Arvin
Janice Hagen Armstrong, Arvin Sierra Glider Port National Landmark of Soaring Plaque Rededication, April, page 9
Arvin-Sierra
National Landmark of Soaring News, February, page 5
Launch
Tow
Gary Timbs, The Towing Experience Confessions of a New Tow Pilot, February, page 40
Winch
Hermann Gucinski, The Neophyte and the Winch, February, page 22
Bill Daniels, April, page 44
Bill Daniels, Electric Winches, December, page 46
American Soaring Handbook
Bill Daniels, ASH Chapter 3, October, page 46
Automation
Bill Daniels, Robo Winch, July, page 46
Cable
Eugene Kwieclen, Concerning Winch Launch, July, page 6
Construction
Test
Bill Daniels, First Flight, August, page 38
Cross-Country
Bill Daniels, Getting Away, January, page 46
Initial Acceleration
Bill Daniels, Acceleration, June, page 46
Stages
Matt Herron, She's a Drafty Winch – Full of Promises and Dust in the Eye, March, page 32
Technique
Bill Daniels, Getting Really High, March, page 48
Wire
Bob Whelan, One Look Back, May, page 44
Launching
Winch
Strops(end of winch rope)
Bill Daniels, Strops, September, page 46
Libelle Section – Libelle H-301
Kempton Izuno, Sixteen Libelle Pilots and Their Panels, February, page 19
The Huetter H-301 Libelle, February, page 20
Gus McCarthy and Cam Martin, Some Famous Libelles – Still Loved, February, page 22
Neita Montague, The Lure of the Libelle, February, page 23
Libelles Grace Soaring Covers, February, page 27
Gus McCarthy, Glass Ships Enter National Competition 1965 – 1970, February, page 28
Martin Simons, Glasflügel H 301 Libelle 1964, February, page 29
Michael Reid, Adventures in My Libelle, February, page 32
Literature
Book
Design
IBN Editore, New Glider Design Book Release, June, page 5
Poetry
Review
Dan Johnson, Book Review - Where No Man Can Touch by Pat Valdata, August, page 5
Review
Air Power: A Global History, December, page 10
Long Flights
Borschberg
Fossett
FAI Confirms that Borschberg's Solo Flight Is the Longest Ever Achieved, September, page 7

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Magazine
AES Article
Bill McElwee, Thanks for the Memories, January, page 3
Art
Paul Rendel
David Newill, Art Appreciation, January, page 4
Joe Dobronski, Want-to-Be artist appreciates Rendel's work, January, page 4
Sailplane
David Newill, Landing Sailplane Art by Paul Rendel, February, page 3
Article
Jeff Stringer, ADS-B Article by Peter Lert, June, page 3
Glider Down
Jay Campbell, Glider Down Article, April, page 4
Libelle
Rick Walters, April, page 3
Oscar Alonso, April, page 3
Price
Correction
Tom Conte, ADS-B Proce Correction, June, page 3
Soaring Rx
David Wyer, Soaring Rx is the Prescription, August, page 4
Tow Pilot
Frank Reid, Tow Pilot Qualifications, September, page 5
Tow Pilots
Steve Bartlett, Tow Pilot Qualifications, September, page 5
Towplanes
Roman Kinaitis, Regarding the Tow Plane Article in Feb. 2015 Soaring Magazine, April, page 4
Training
Club
Stan Welles, Parachute and Bailout Training, August, page 4
Vulture Tale
Jim Richards, Vulture Tale and Road to Narromine, May, page 3
Winch
Frauke Elber, The Neophyte and the Winch, April, page 4
World Competition
Roger Bard, Worlds Observations, February, page 3
Articles
Eric Bick, October issue Soaring Articles, October, page 2
Libelle
Frauke Elber, April, page 3
Roger Bard, April, page 3
Column
Winching World
David Foulke, Winching World Suggestion and Challenge, May, page 3
Columns
Articles
Eric Bick, Convention in Greenville and Contents of Column, November, page 2
Competition
World
Roger Bard, Worlds Interest, January, page 3
Content
Eric Bick, April, page 2
Eric Bick, Magazine sections and request for input, May, page 2
Correction
Champions
2014 Soaring Champions Correction^Hank Nixon, March, page 4
Phönix
Hans Disma, FS-24 Phöenix T, May, page 4
Cover
Selfies
Safety
Dan Johnson; Mike Jaworski; Ed Funk, May Issue Covers, July, page 4
Current
On-line
Ward Hindman, On-line Edition of Soaring?, September, page 4
Editor
Eric Bick
Eric Bick, Plans for Magazine, March, page 2
Thanks
Coyne
Ralph Kolstad, April, page 3
Errors
Copyright
Maria Szemplinska, Errata (Edited for brevity), December, page 4
Flight Lines
Farewell
Chuck Coyne, Au Revoir, February, page 2
Open Forum
Departments
Features
Eric Bick, Sections, Departments and Features of Soaring Magazine, September, page 2
People
Schweizers
Ralph Kolstad, Schweizer History Buff, February, page 4
Photo Showcase
Deb Kaufmann, Photo Showcase, June, page 4
Planning
Eric Bick, Magazine - Photos, Articles, Humor and Poetry, December, page 2
Poetry
David Gray and Joan Moos and Fred LaSor, Sky Fever; To Soar; Stopping By a Glider on a Winter Day, February, page 14
Request for Inputs
Editor, Solicitation for Soaring Magazine Articles and Photographs, May, page 14
Soaring Rx
Francis O'Donnell, Vintage Pilots, December, page 4
Soaring Stories
Altimeter Settings
Jaime Alexander, Soaring Stories and Altimeter Settings, October, page 3
Thank you
Elke Fuglsang-Petersen, Thank You for Sending the SSA Magazine, April, page 4
Typo
Schweizer
Nyal Williams, Sweizer, Sweitzer, Schweitzer … Schweizer, October, page 3
Magazines
Articles
Photography
Discussion
Eric Bick, Discussions of SOARING Articles, Photos, Selfies and Covers, July, page 2
Transponders\Regional
Eric Bick, Discussion of Soaring Articles, August, page 2
Maintenance
Fiberglass
Fred Jiran
Alexis Glynn Latner, Robert Mudd, Wizard of Fiberglass, June, pages 36,37
Routine
Tom Conte, Owner Permitted Maintenance, December, page 40
Management
Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation, December, page 5
Medical
Arteries
Daniel Johnson, The Secret Life of Arteries, February, page 8
Cancer
Sunlight
Daniel Johnson, Skin Cancer Keeping the Sunny Side Up, December, page 12
Eye
Cataract
Daniel Johnson, The Lens of the Eye: When Fog Rolls In, November, page 8
Eyes
Floaters
Daniel Johnson, Eye Floaters, October, page 10
Eyesight
Focus
Mike Opitz, Soaring RX, September, page 5
Meetings
SSA Awards
Soaring Society of America Membership and Awards Meeting, May, page 12
Motor Glider
Touring
Ximango
Greg Klein, Isaac's and Jordan's and Dillon's and Greg's Great Adventure, April, page 32
Motor Gliders
Association
Stephen Dee, Taking a Look at "Powered Gliders" and the ASA, November, page 12
Movie
CloudStreet
Background
Matt Murray, Movie Credits, June, page 12
Implementation
Mark Mocho, Making CloudStreet: Soaring the American West, June, page 16
National Geographic Studios
Living in the Age of Airplanes, June, page 4
Time-Lapse
Phyllis Murray, Time Bandits, June, page 26
Museums
Education
National Soaring Museum
Museum Staff, An Educational Quest The National Soaring Museum's Academic Efforts, January, page 4

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NASA
Wings
Adaptive Compliant Trailing Edge
Peter Merlin, Shape-Changing Flap Project Meets First Milestone, August, page 6
Drag
Bugs
NASA Tests Aircraft Wing Coatings that Slough Bug Guts, August, page 6

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Obituaries
Bill Ogilvie
David Hoppe
Robert Bauman
Final Glide, August, page 57
Buck Arnold
Final Glide, March, page 57
Curtiss Truver
Final Glide, February, page 5
David Schmitkons
Final Glide, June, page 56
Donald Purdy
Final Glide, April, page 57
Enrico Ferorelli
Final Glide, February, page 5
Fred Baumgarth
Final Glide, March, page 57
Fred Hefty
Final Glide, February, page 5
Fred Splittgerber
Final Glide, March, page 57
George Applebay
Final Glide, June, page 56
James Rogers
Final Glide, May, page 56
James Walker
Final Glide, January, page 5
James Wynhoff
Final Glide, January, page 5
John Semones
Final Glide, December, page 56
Joseph Bacon
Final Glide, June, page 56
Joseph Legere
Final Glide, March, page 57
Laird Smith
Final Glide, February, page 5
Michael Povinelli
Final Glide, March, page 57
Myles Lemon
Final Glide, January, page 5
Raouf Ismail
Final Glide, February, page 5
Final Glide, June, page 56
Richard Boone
Final Glide, January, page 5
Richard Walters
Donald Hobel
Kenneth Arterburn
David Webber
Joe Shepherd
Joseph Eisele
Bruce Carmichael
Final Glide, October, page 53
Robert Green
Final Glide, February, page 5
Robert O'Brien
Final Glide, January, page 5
Robert Richard
Final Glide, January, page 5
Thoman Hazel
Buzz Averill
Barbara Morgan
Final Glide, November, page 57
Thomas Bales
Final Glide, March, page 57
Thomas Wolff
Final Glide, April, page 57
Timothy Hart
Final Glide, January, page 5
Tom Clark
Final Glide, March, page 57
William Moore
Leo Buckley
Philip Thorndyke
Richard Province
Georgette Gabriel-Litt
Final Glide, September, page 57
Organizations
Divisions
Women
WSPA
Frauke Elber, Thirty Years of the Women's Soaring Pilots Association (WSPA), August, page 26
Youth
Instruction
Donald Schenk, American and South African Soaring Enthusiasts help found Wonders of Aviation in South Africa, May, page 26

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Parts
Metal
3D Printing
Incorporating Additive Metal Manufacturing for Aluminum and Titanium 3D Printed Parts, August, page 7
Passengers
Family
A Happy Family Affair, January, page 5
People
Obituary
Hall of Fame
Ben Greene
Ed Byars, Remembering Ben, July, page 20
Rick Walters
Competition
Minden
Reba Coombs, Three Romeo - Beyond Cloudbase, October, page 32
Performance
Wing
Bugs
Bob Storck, Bug Cleaners, October, page 3
Photographs
Sailplanes
Scenery
Deborah Kaufmann, Doug Monaghen, Charlotte Richardson, and Heinz Peier, King Mountain Glider Park, San Antonio Soaring Society,Boston Soaring Club, Stemme S10VT at Daytona Beach, April, pages 38, 39
Photography
Competition
Grid
Ephrata
Mark Adams, Grid Lineup at 2009 18-Meter Nationals, May, pages 30, 31
Mountains
Pemberton, BC
Russia AC-5M
Branko Stojovic, Mountain photography near Pembeton from a Russia AC-5M, January, cover
Sailplane
Schleicher KA-4
Jerry Wild, Launching a Schleicher KA-4 at Beltsville, PA, January, pages 30, 31
Selfie
Derek Dewald, Selfie in a Tucson Soaring Club Grob 103, May, cover
Pilots
World
War II
Stuart Jackson, An Evening with a Hero, May, page 32
Poetry
Susan Lee Catlin and Joan Moos, Immersed and The Glider Pilot, December, page 43
Poll
ATC Privatization
Organizations Release National Poll Results Showing Voter Opposition to ATC Privatization, December, page 9
Public Relations
Magazines
Medical Offices
Graham Pitsenberger, Soaring Exposure Suggestions, October, page 4
Publication
Video
Two Right Feet
Comet, Two Right Feet (U.S. Survey Feet vs International Survey Feet), July, page 8

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Records
Great Basin
Mitch Polinsky, More Record Flying in the Great Basin: The Summer of 2014, July, page 12
Regulations
FAA
Richard Maleady, Glider Transponder ANPRM, August, page 3
Air Space
Oversight
Organizations Issue Letter Urging Congressional Oversight of the National Aviation System, August, page 6
Transponders
Rick Leffingwell, Heading East Over the Southern California High Desert with Questions about Transponders, August, cover
Reports
FAI
Faustine Carrera, FAI Annual Report: 2014 Edition is Out!, June, page 6
Representation
Proairsport LTD
Proairsport LTD is Seeking Representation in the USA, December, page 9
Research
Altitude
Stratospheric Wave
Perlan
Airbus
Airbus Perlan Mission, April, page 7

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Safety
Accidents
History
Ron Ridenour, Glider Accidents That Have Happened Before, September, page 8
Aging
Cognition
Key Dismukes, Cognition, Aging, and the Soaring Pilot, October, page 35
Judgment
Daniel Johnson, The Vintage Pilot, September, page 10
Approach
Ron Ridenour, Approach Speed … Recalculated, June, page 10
Turbulence
Downdrafts
Rich Carlson, Cause and Effect, August, page 10
Assembly
Checks
Tom Knauff, Good Advice from the British Gliding Association Regarding Glider Integrity, July, page 5
Collisions
Richard Sayer, Keep a Good Look, February, page 43
Crash
Approach
Bill Gawthrop, Oh !**! I Crashed!, March, page 12
Crewing
Trailer
Steve Adkins, Chase Crew or Felon? … Humorous Mishap or Tragedy, July, page 32
Currency
Soaring Safety Foundation Trustees, First Flight, January, page 6
Checkout
Tom Johnson, Checkout Time Again, March, page 5
Decisions
Stephen Dee, Aeronautical Decision Making (ADM), November, page 6
Drones
Near-misses
FAA Sees Aircraft-Drone Close Calls Increase, November, page 3
Extra Instruction
Insurance
Dale Masters, It's Not What you Pay for Insurance, It's What You Get, September, page 49
FAA
Grounding
Concerning the Grounding of the L-13, July, page 6
General Aviation Accidents
Fatal
Eric Weiss, Statistics Show Slight Increase in Number of Fatal General Aviation Accidents, October, page 5
Incident
Jay Campbell, Sarah Arnold, and Frank Reid, Glider Down Three Views of an Incident, February, page 36
Instruction
Sink
Bob Cook, If You Circle in Sink, You Will Go Down!, March, page 44
Insurance
Ground Accidents
Rich Carlson, Exciting Losses by Pat Costello, February, page 6
Launching
Downdrafts
Dale Masters, Murphy's Lawyer, July, page 29
Maintenance
Links
Graham Pitsenberger, Testing Our Links to Soaring, November, page 44
Medical
Regulations
Daniel Johnson, Medical Requirements for Glider Flying, April, page 12
Vertigo
Daniel Johnson, Vertigo: The Basics, for Pilots, June, page 40
NTSB
Alert
Pre-Flight
NTSB Releases Video Safety Alert on Importance of Preflight Checks to Catch Flight Control Problems, July, page 7
Parachute
Egress
Tom Johnson, It's Time to Go, July, page 10
Parachutes
Elke Fuglsang-Petersen, Parachute and Bailout – Know Your Companion and Know How to Handle It, May, page 16
Preparation
Sequence
Thomas Knauff, Glider Pilot's Guide to Safe Soaring, March, page 28
Report
2014
Soaring Safety Foundation Trustees, April, page 10
Reporting
Incident
Rich Carlson, SSF Soaring Incident Reporting Database Creation, July, page 6
Risk
Complacency
Richard Sayer, Never Take Anything for Granted, January, page 43
Sailplane
Maintenance
Mike Busch, Is Your Sailplane Safe?; Who Decides Whether or Not Your Sailplane is Safe?, October, page 40
Sleepy
Causes
Prevention
Daniel Johnson, The Numb Brain, August, page 12
Spins
Bill Scull, Teaching Spinning, October, page 43
Spot
Location
Search & Rescue
New Sport Service, August, page 7
Stress
Key Dismukes, Treat, Stress, and Pilot Performance, November, page 38
Structures
Neal Pfeiffer, Wing Structural Check for Sailplanes, Old & New, April, page 40
Technology
Rick Eriksen, Today's Pilots Depend Too Much on Technology, Adding to Human Error, June, page 11
Training
Tom Johnson, Scenario Based Training Part 2, December, page 18
Scenario
Tom Johnson, Scenario Based Training, October, page 8
Sailplane
Approach
Water Ballast
CloudStreet, Bill Hill drops Water Ballast from his Discus 2B as He Nears the Airfield at Moriarty,NM, June, pages 30, 31
ASG-29
Nationals
Hobbs
Maria Szemplinska, Jerzy Szemplinski rolls out in his 18 Meter Class Schleicher SG-29 at the 2015 Nationals at Hobbs, September, pages 30, 31
ASH-31mi
Bob Thompson, Nigel Cripps climbs North of Phoenix in his ASH-31mi, March, cover
ASH31mi
Nigel Cripps
Bob Thompson, Nigel Cripps in his New ASH31mi near Phoenix, December, pages 30, 31
ASW 20 XS
Telluride
Elizabeth Muennich, Nick Kennedy Flying ASW 20 XS Near Telluride, CO, October, page 1
Concordia
Butler
Peter Alexander, Dick Butler climbing out at 2013 Open Class Nationals at Hobbs, NM in his Concordia, September, cover
Contest
Ben Johnson, Arcus M, 2015 Seniors, Central Florida, August, pages 30, 31
Desert
Rick Leffingwell, Heading East Over the Southern California High Desert with Questions about Transponders, August, cover
Libelle H-201
Stan Kaspryzk, Dave Reusch Soaring his H-201 over Ephrata, Washington, February, cover
Pegasus
James Murray, The Debriefing, December, page 38
Self-Launch
Jet
Dave Unwin, Preview ProAirsport's Innovative Jet-Powered SSDR Self-Launcher, September, page 25
Wave
Avenal
Karl Kunz
Morgan Hill, Karl Kunz on Final after Wave Flying at Avenal, CA, April, cover
Sailplane AS-W20BL
Rick Leffingwell, Don Gonzales flying his AS-W20BL Out of Bishop, CA, March, pages 30, 31
Sailplanes
1-26
Persistence
Ron Schwartz, Patience: A 1-26 Story, March, page 26
Operations
Launch
Tow
Chris Ferrell; Glenn Holden; Trond Bjornard; Gus McCrea; Richard Otis, Soaring Operations at Puckett Field, Eagleville, Tennessee, February, pages 38,39
Salto
Discus 2d
2-22
Duo Discus
Rafael Soldan, Frank Konesky, and Charlie Summers, Salto at Wellington; Discus 2d;Good as New 2-22; Doris and Tom Knauff Aboard their Duo Discus, March, pages 42,43
Scenery
Filming
Mike Abernathy and Mathew Murray and Dave Bixler, CloudStreet Photo Showcase, June, pages 24,25
Mail Boxes
Darren Braun, Rick Leffingwell, Christian Peland, Ely 1,000 km Day End; Over the White Mtns.; Chicgo Gliding Club; Bristlecone Pines in White Mtns., October, pages 38, 39
Schleicher ASW-20B
Grob 103 Twin III
Schweizer 1-26
Ron Olson and Peter Gurin and Andrew Ebough, Dan Mockler at El Tiro; Adirondack Club at Lake Placid; 1-26 on Tow at Minden, November, pages 42,43
Seniors
Henry Retting
Duane Eisenbeiss
David Springford
Laura Radigan, Three Gliders on Final at the 2014 Seniors Contest, July, cover
Saiplane
Grob 103
Derek Dewald, Selfie in a Tucson Soaring Club Grob 103, May, cover
Scenery
Mountains
Sailplane
Stemme S-10 VT
Mike Abernathy, Snow in May Blankets the Peaks of the Sangre De Cristo Mountains, December, cover
Scholarships
Kolstad
Ralph Kolstad, Kolstad Scholarship Announcement, April, page 6
Ralph Kolstad, Kolstad Scholarship Announcement, May, page 4
Ralph Kolstad, Kolstad Scholarship Announcement, June, page 7
Ralph Kolstad, Kolstad Scholarship, September, page 7
Ryan McMaster
Ralph Kolstad, 2015 Kolstad Scholarship Awarded, December, page 10
Sonex
Contributions
Sonex Aircraft Establishes Jeremy Monnett and Mike Clark Memorial Scholarship; Seeks Donations, December, page 8
Seminar
WSPA
Canada
York Soaring Association
Eva Dillon, Upside Down in 2014, April, page 16
Minden
Elke Fuglsang-Petersen, Spreading the Female Soaring Bug of WSPA's Annual Seminar, November, page 14
Severe Weather
Dan Gudgel, Ingredients for Trouble, February, page 46
Simulation
Q46
Condor
Richard Otis, Illudium Q46 Glider Flight Simulator Update, September, page 48
Towing
Matthew Rodina, A Tow Simulator, May, page 43
Simulator
Building
Illudium Q-36 GFS
Shane Neitzey, Building the Illudium Q-36 GFS, May, page 48
Soaring
Mountains
Himalayas
Thomas Kawa, Soaring in a Glider Over the Himalayas, September, page 36
Perception
Dale Masters, Like That Guy, June, page 45
Shear Lines
Dolphining
Dale Masters, Catch Me You Can, If . . ., October, page 45
Thermal
Circles
William Snead, The Perfect Soaring Circle, August, page 35
Soaring Mail
Response
Winching World
Bill Daniels, Winching World Suggestion and Challenge, May, page 3
Soaring Safety Foundation
Mission
Rich Carlson, Training AND Safety, the SSF Mission, May, page 10
Solo
Nick Widmar
January, page 55
Stories
Collision Avoidance
Self-control
Dale Masters, Close Encounter, March, page 40
Outlanding
Telephone
Richard Wagner, Landouts and Other Tales, August, page 4

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Technique
Altitude
Curiosity
Dale Masters, 'Twas the Day After Friday the 13th, May, page 42
Cross-Country
First
Daniel Dyck, Going Cross Country for the First Time, November, page 35
Turn
Low altitude
Tom Knauff, Turns Close to the Ground, June, page 48
Techniques
Transition
Flaps
Side-stick
Bob Whelan, Transitioning to a Zuni, March, page 22
Television
PBS
CloudStreet
CloudStreet Broadcasts!, May, page 4
Towing Technique
Descent
John Sherwood, Towing Experience, May, page 4
Towplane
Piper Pawnee PA-25, Front Royal, VA
Dick Otis, Skyline Soaring Club's Piper Pawnee PA-25 on Winter Tow Duty at Front Royal, VA, April, pages 30, 31
Traffic
Jets
18,000+
Dale Masters, Captain Dustoff & the Fast Eddies, August, page 49
Training
1968 to 2014
Don Grillo, (Almost a) Professional Student Glider Pilot, June, page 27
Add-on
Akshay Pendharkar
January, page 55
CFI
Scott Dellinger
March, page 55
Commercial
Brian Cepaitis
March, page 57
James Creveling
March, page 56
Doug Butler
January, page 55
Kevin Steen
February, page 54
Paul Loschiavo
January, page 55
Stobe (Butch) Lander
January, page 55
CFI
Pete Sunder
February, page 55
CFIG
Alasdair Crawford
Charlie Freeman
January, page 54
Chris Fuher
December, page 56
Chuck Zabinski
November, page 56
Greg Aaron
December, page 55
Michael Marshall
October, page 53
Scott Lanis
March, page 56
Tom Wood
December, page 54
Check Ride
Carrie Brewer
December, page 55
Dwight Jenkins
October, page 56
Checkride
Brad Morris
August, page 54
Tom Martynowski
September, page 56
Commercial
Barry Wilson
March, page 57
Bruce White
April, page 55
Charlie Jamieson
January, page 56
Daniel Beans
December, page 56
Dave Warrender
June, page 55
David Suits
January, page 56
David White
October, page 56
Gail Schipper
August, page 57
Helmut Rohs
November, page 57
Jamie Struewing
April, page 57
John Stasiowski
January, page 56
Keith Overstreet
February, page 55
Ken Ring
February, page 55
Marc Lofting
May, page 56
Mathew Gast
January, page 54
Paul Jelinek
October, page 55
Paul Pruitt
September, page 55
Roberto Frias
July, page 55
Ron McVay
December, page 55
Roy Forsstrom
October, page 53
Scott Dellinger
January, page 56
Tom Wood
May, page 56
Tommy Webster
April, page 57
Tyler Bragg
October, page 54
Uwe Prigge
July, page 55
Commercial Paul Bushrow
August, page 56
First Solo
Don Coleman
July, page 56
Alec Guay
November, page 57
Andrew MacKay
February, page 56
Asher Brand
March, page 56
Brian Anschel
July, page 54
Chris Eby
November, page 57
Chris Schwurack
August, page 54
Daniel Torres
October, page 56
Dave Foote
November, page 56
Don Schneider
November, page 57
Ehon Hall
September, page 54
Fred Thompson
August, page 54
Jackson Guinsler
November, page 56
Jason Oubre
September, page 55
Jim Bobiack
August, page 54
John Skikas
February, page 56
Keith Schwab
August, page 54
Logan Beckwith
November, page 56
Maciej Arkuszewski
December, page 54
Mark Albert
March, page 55
Max Hoffman
July, page 54
Max Swancutt
February, page 57
Michael Price
January, page 55
Mike Mainella
August, page 56
Patrick Huchinson
January, page 54
Robert Mann
December, page 54
Thomas Weidner
July, page 55
Tobin Fricke
August, page 56
Tom Martynowski
July, page 56
Tyler Hopenfeld
September, page 56
Foreign
Information
Eric Nielsen, Flying Elsewhere, September, page 4
Glider Rating
Cal Watford
June, page 55
John Hudacek
November, page 57
Instructor (UK)
Youth
Jordan Bridge
May, page 56
Michael Harrison
May, page 56
Olly Metcalfe
May, page 56
Introductory Flight
Derik Olson
December, page 53
Limited flying
Bad instructor
Eric Bick, Why I (Almost Didn't) Fly, May, page 22
Outlandings
Steve du Pont, Off-field Landings on Unlevel Ground, August, page 46
Private
Aki Kaniel
July, page 55
Andrew MacKay
August, page 56
Anna Conway
September, page 57
Bhaskar Reddy
November, page 57
Bill Volko
November, page 56
Bob Ferguson
February, page 56
Brian Anschel
August, page 54
Chris Carswell
June, page 55
Chris Nye
October, page 53
Chris Odgen
December, page 56
David Boyd
December, page 56
David Hart
August, page 55
David Murphy
February, page 55
Dominik Pasalic
October, page 53
Don Feeley
April, page 55
Don Schlafer
December, page 56
Douglas Clark
August, page 55
Gary Heroneme
April, page 55
Harrison Mast
October, page 54
Jerry Hargis
January, page 56
Joe Lee
June, page 55
Mario Simula
June, page 55
Marton Kun-Szabo
February, page 56
Nate Ballintyn
April, page 57
Pablo Saso-Perkins
October, page 55
Patrick Greenwood
October, page 55
Philip du Plessis
January, page 54
Piotr Strzelec
January, page 54
Quin Weidner
August, page 55
Ralph Strahm
April, page 57
Rebecca Colby
May, page 56
Rick Russell
September, page 55
Rob Range
September, page 54
Rustam Khashimkhodjaev
December, page 53
Steve Bohlmann
December, page 55
Thomas Gainer
December, page 54
Toshi Kanda
June, page 55
Trey Bergman
July, page 55
Wayne Daniel
March, page 57
Yasuo Akiyama
February, page 55
Zach Sevison
March, page 55
Private Noel Chun
August, page 54
Safety
Tom Knauff, Standardization, December, page 48
Solo
Alan Moore
April, page 57
Alex Hunt
November, page 56
Alex Piliptchak
December, page 54
Allistair Moses
October, page 56
Amir Dubey
May, page 56
Andrew Winslow
October, page 56
Art Mahoney
July, page 54
Atsuna Masuda
June, page 56
Austin Hatcher
November, page 57
Barry Hazelton
July, page 54
Barry Hazeltov
May, page 56
Bill Gacki
December, page 53
Bob Arant
October, page 55
Brad Morris
June, page 56
Brian Vieth
January, page 54
Burke Stafford
December, page 56
Catherine Collins
July, page 55
Charles Fulton
October, page 55
Chris Connelly
October, page 55
Chris Odgen
September, page 55
Chris Tyhurst
October, page 54
Craig Mckeand
November, page 57
Dan Katuzienski
July, page 56
David Greenhut
January, page 55
Dominik Pasalic
October, page 53
Don Meyer
January, page 56
Frank Jordan
June, page 55
Garrett McEwen
December, page 55
George Wiederkehr
December, page 56
Jackson Guinsler
December, page 54
James Rosethal
September, page 56
James Walsh
October, page 53
Jason Hoppenrath
February, page 55
Jennifer Crum
January, page 55
Jim Graham
January, page 55
Joe Ethridge
October, page 54
John Pomeroy
October, page 54
John Richard
December, page 53
Katherine Dew
June, page 55
Larry Teeters
December, page 53
Marc Loftin
February, page 56
Matt Kuehn
February, page 54
Matthew White
October, page 56
Michael Gonzales
June, page 56
Michael Romanko
September, page 55
Mike Pattison
February, page 57
Nate Bolles
March, page 57
Oleg Gorenko
December, page 55
Olivier Dore
January, page 54
Pat Combs
January, page 54
Pat Greenwood
January, page 56
Paul Hoffman
October, page 54
Paul Riley
October, page 53
Rick Curtis
September, page 55
Roger Hackler
December, page 56
Ross Shake
December, page 54
Scott Van Inwagen
August, page 56
Thomas Greenhill
October, page 56
Tim Clark
September, page 57
Tom Braymer
September, page 54
Tom Schaap
October, page 55
Toshi Kjanda
February, page 57
Walter Wasowski
February, page 54
Spins
Richard Sayer, A Question on Spins, September, page 45
Student
James Thompson
October, page 56
Towing
Key Dismukes, Becoming a Tow Plane Pilot, June, page 34
Youth
November, page 56
CFI
Patrick Good
February, page 55
First Solo
Aaron Wickenhagen
December, page 54
Alex Odom
August, page 55
Alex Woodward
December, page 54
Benjamin Ojeda
March, page 56
Brandon Pierson
July, page 56
August, page 55
Dana Bartigis
September, page 56
EliasFarley
April, page 57
Fernando Gorrin-Rivas
January, page 56
Gabriel Castillo
August, page 56
Greggor Hines
July, page 55
Harrison Mast
July, page 56
Jake Gores
December, page 55
Jake Spellacy
March, page 56
Jonah Koch
August, page 55
Jonas Heurer
July, page 54
Julius Tabery
October, page 54
Justin Larsen
July, page 54
Kate Lampert
June, page 56
Mark Braymer
August, page 55
Matt Atkins
August, page 56
Mike Deschene
February, page 55
Milana Knaplaund
September, page 55
Nick Walsh
December, page 55
Noah Henry
October, page 57
Noah Reno
August, page 54
Rae Mancuso
February, page 54
Ryan Hamley
July, page 56
Steve Strobel
September, page 56
Taylor Geeting
November, page 56
Travis Baker
July, page 54
Trent Sullivan
April, page 57
Tyler Hebrink
February, page 56
William Eric Strotz
June, page 56
Zachary Spatz
December, page 53
First Solo Morgan Thiers
October, page 54
Fist Solo
Garron Ireton
March, page 55
Private
Aidan Apicos
September, page 54
Elias Farley
December, page 53
Griffin Cluck
April, page 55
Josh Glaab
April, page 55
Marie-Claire LaBerge
January, page 55
Megan Crosby
March, page 56
Sequoia Chun
February, page 56
Tyler Dockum
September, page 55
Tyler Hebrink
September, page 56
Solo
Bobby Ellis
April, page 55
Dan Katuzienski
August, page 55
Josh Shaver
October, page 54
Kevin Shafer
February, page 54
Tyler Leach
February, page 54
Yuka Noguchi
February, page 54
Travel
Discounts
Hawaii
Pilot License
Lee La Follette, Saving Money with Your Glider Pilot's Certificate, October, page 4
Turbulence
Wave
Thermals
Crystal
Dale Masters, Aeolus Feeling Feisty, April, page 42

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URL
Shortened
Jim Kellett, URL Simplification, July, page 6

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Veterans
Gliders
Wounded Warriors in El Paso County, CO, August, page 8
Vintage
Greek
Cavka
Cavka Glider, November, page 4

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Wave
Boulder
Eric Bick, April, page 2
Weather
Low Clouds
Fog
Dan Gudgel, Advection Fog/Stratus, January, page 44
WSPA
Frauke Elber, April, page 3
Eric Bick, Discussion of Soaring Articles, August, page 2

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Youth
Article
World
Jill McCaw, Youth in Soaring Initiatives, June, page 3
Selfies
Safety
Peter Krebs, May Issue Covers, September, page 4


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