Soaring Magazine Index for 1939 organized by author

The contents have all been re-entered by hand, so there are going to be typos and confusion between author and subject, etc...
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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, H, K, L, M, N, R, S, U, W, Z, None

A
Auburn, R.J.: November contests - Snowbird [Competitions\Local], December, page 2
B (up to table of contents)
Barringer, L.B.: Hudson Valley fall meet [Competitions\Local], November, page 2
Barton, J.L.: The Stephensburg site XIV [Sites\Stephensburg], May, page 8
Bellak, T.: Some notes on airplane towing of sailplanes [Launching\Airplane Towing], January, page 5
Blaine, R.F.: Accident Reports Accident report [Safety\Accidents], October, page 12; November contests - third Chicagoland [Competitions\Local], December, page 3
Briegleb, W.G.: The Briegleb utility BG-6 [Sailplanes\Briegleb BG-6], June, page 10
Brown, W.P.: 280 mile goal flight [Competitions\Flights], September, page 4; Ocean thermals [Techiniques\Thermal], December, page 4
Buxton, J.: Home construction [Construction], July, page 10; Foolproof aileron check [Sailplanes\Construction], December, page 11
C (up to table of contents)
Carson, A.J.: Kite soaring to gain altitude [Techniques\Dynamic Soaring], February, page 5
Cooper, B.P.: Test report [Test Flying], February, page 4
D (up to table of contents)
Davidson, G.E.: Steptoe Butte Soaring sites - XII [Sites\Steptoe Butte], February, page 8
Dawydoff, A.: Benny in Gliderland [Literature], September, page 12
Downs, G.: How does gliding experience affect power instruction? [Training], May, page 6
E (up to table of contents)
Essery, D.: The soaring test pilot flies the Baby Albatross [Sailplanes\Baby Albatross; Test Flying], July, page 11
F (up to table of contents)
Fischer, U.: July 4th cloud flight [Techniques\Cloud Flying], August, page 5
Freeman, S.: The Wings Club winch [Launching\Winches; Construction\Winches], September, page 9
H (up to table of contents)
Hall, R.A.: State Soaring comes to the Southeast [Records\Flights], September, page 5; More soaring in the Southeast [Techniques\Cloud Flying; Techniques\Thermal Soaring], October, page 4
Hoeflich, A.F.: Mount Diablo, California Soaring sites - XI [Sites\Mount Diablo], January, page 9
K (up to table of contents)
Kendricks, J.: The MIT sailplane [Sailplanes\MIT], July, page 12
Knoffle, H.: Dismantling a sailplane at 16,400 feet altitude [Germany; Safety], March, page 2
L (up to table of contents)
Lawrence, A.L.: The good cause [American History], March, page 1; 10th National - Rules and. Regulations Review of the SSA annual meeting [Competitions\Rules; Competitions\National], March, page 4; Review of the SSA annual meeting [Soaring Society of America\Meetings; Training], March, page 4; How they stay up [Training], June, page 5; 10th National The best one yet [Competitions\National], August, page 2
Litell, J.K.: Three days at Torrey Pines [Competitions; Sites\Torrey Pines], February, page 9; From the back seat [Techiniques\Thermal], December, page 6
Luepke, Robert T.: Possible sites in Arizona, Soaring sites - XIII [Sites\Arizona], March, page 7
M (up to table of contents)
Montgomery, H.: Triangle gliderport [Sites], April, page 2
Montgomery, L.D.: Front soaring from Sleeping Bear [Meterology\Fronts; Sites\Sleeping Bear], November, page 4
N (up to table of contents)
Nissen, P.: Enthusiasm and experience [Safety], December, page 5
R (up to table of contents)
Raspet, M.: Thermal sniffers [Instruments; Thermal Detection Systems], December, page 7
Riedel, P.: Across the Continental Divide [Cross-Country Soaring], August, page 6
Riedel, P., translator: The Olympic sailplane [Sailplanes\Olympic], May, page 4
Robinson, J.B. (a.k.a. J. Robinson): Flights Desert thermals [Techniques\Thermal Soaring], June, page 7; Exploring a desert thunderstorm [Techniques\Cloud Flying], November, page 3
S (up to table of contents)
Sanborn, D.: Clouds over Diablo [Techniques\Cloud Flying], January, page 8
Saudek, Victor M. (a.k.a. Victor Saudek, Vic Saudek, V.M. Saudek, V. Saudek): Contest results - American Open, Eastern states [Competitions\Local], October, page 2; Barographs for the one that got away [Instruments\Barographs], October, page 6
Schempp, M.: Two-seater utility sailplane [Sailplanes\Goevier], June, pages 9,6
Scheurer, G.: Auto tow or winch for primary glider training? [Training; Launching\Winch Towing; Launching\Autotow], April, page 4
Schultz, A.B.: A logical answer to the downwind turn [Techniques\Dynamic Soaring], November, page 6
Smith, S.F.: Gliding in France [France], February, page 2
Smith, S.W.: The Smith two-seater "City of Utica" [Sailplanes\City of Utica], March, page 8
Stanley, R.M.: Soaring to the ice level [Techniques\Cloud Flying], August, page 9; A critique of "Nomad" [Sailplanes\Nomad], September, page 6; Soaring on instruments [Techniques\Instrument Flying], October, page 8; Soaring on instruments [Techniques\Instrument Flying], November, page 8
U (up to table of contents)
Uritis, J.M.: The selection of optimum aspect ratio and a direct method of calculating the performance for a sailplane [Performance\Calculations], January, page 6
W (up to table of contents)
Wightman, H.N.: Our national program [American History], April, page 1
Wood, C.M.: Soaring in Poland [Poland], January, page 2
Z (up to table of contents)
Zook, E.: Vacation glider camp [Training], September, page 8
Zuck, D.R.: Higher cruising speeds [Performance\Calculations], April, page 8
None (up to table of contents): Soaring schools [Training], January, page 1; The Reiher high performance sailplane [Sailplanes\Reiher], January, page 4; (SSA News) [Soaring Society of America], January, page 13; 20,000 pilots a year [Military; Training], February, page 1; A new British sailplane, the "Viking", from Sailplane [Sailplanes\Viking], February, page 4; A Kranich for high altitude, from Flugsport [Sailplanes\Kranich], February, page 6; The AFH-4, high performance sailplane, from Flugsport [Sailplanes\AFH-4], February, page 7; (SSA News) [Soaring Society of America], February, page 12; The Kolibri high performance sailplane [Sailplanes\Kolibri], March, page 3; The Schwalbe II high performance sailplane [Sailplanes\Schwable II], March, page 11; A bid for recognition [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs], April, page 6; Contest progress report preparations under way [Competitions], April, page 10; Can we become self-supporting? [Soaring Society of America], May, page 1; The Southern California meet [Competitions\Local], May, page 2; The third South African annual gliding rally, from Gliding [South Africa], May, page 7; The Fox cloud-base predictor, from Sailplane [Instruments], May, page 9; The tenth annual national soaring contest [Competitions\National], May, page 10; Licensing of foreign ships [Licenses\Sailplane], May, page 13; What use is it? [Training], June, page 1; Texas takes the spotlight [Competitions\Local], June, page 2; Preparations for Elmira [Competitions], June, page 3; International aerobatic meet [Competitions\Aerobatics; Aerobatics], June, page 6; Government training [Training], July, page 1; The decennial celebration [Competitions], July, page 2; The CAA soaring training program [Civil Aeronautic Authority; Training], July, page 4; The southwestern soaring contest [Competitions\Local], July, page 5; Training [Training], July, page 7; Club operation [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs], July, page 8; The Lawrence sailplane, July, page 13; The Chicagoland glider port in Glen Ellyn [Sites\Glen Ellyn], August, page 1; Government training [Training], August, page 4; American Open soaring meet [Competitions\National], August, page 8; The Eastern states meet [Competitions\Local], August, page 8; Glider port in Glen Ellyn [Sites\Glen Ellyn], August, page 10; Contributions by members [Soaring Society of America\Soaring Magazine], September, page 1; The American Open soaring meet [Competitions\Local], September, page 2; The Eastern states meet [Competitions\Local], September, page 3; Statistics of the 10th annual National soaring contest [Competitions\National], September, page 13; Club news [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs; Soaring Society of America\Soaring Magazine], October, page 1; The 20th Rhoen contest, from Flugsport [Germany], October, page 5; Winter soaring [Winter Soaring], November, page 1; Static testing [Construction\Sailplanes], November, page 5; Where is my December Soaring? [Soaring Society of America\Soaring Magazine], December, page 1; Election of Directors - information and voting instructions [Soaring Society of America\Directors], December, page 14

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