Soaring Magazine Index for 1939 organized by issue

Soaring schools [Training], page 1
C.M. Wood, Soaring in Poland [Poland], page 2
The Reiher high performance sailplane [Sailplanes\Reiher], page 4
T. Bellak, Some notes on airplane towing of sailplanes [Launching\Airplane Towing], page 5
J.M. Uritis, The selection of optimum aspect ratio and a direct method of calculating the performance for a sailplane [Performance\Calculations], page 6
D. Sanborn, Clouds over Diablo [Techniques\Cloud Flying], page 8
A.F. Hoeflich, Mount Diablo, California Soaring sites - XI [Sites\Mount Diablo], page 9
(SSA News)No author or title, [Soaring Society of America], page 13

20,000 pilots a year [Military; Training], page 1
S.F. Smith, Gliding in France [France], page 2
B.P. Cooper, Test report [Test Flying], page 4
A new British sailplane, the "Viking", from Sailplane [Sailplanes\Viking], page 4
A.J. Carson, Kite soaring to gain altitude [Techniques\Dynamic Soaring], page 5
A Kranich for high altitude, from Flugsport [Sailplanes\Kranich], page 6
The AFH-4, high performance sailplane, from Flugsport [Sailplanes\AFH-4], page 7
G.E. Davidson, Steptoe Butte Soaring sites - XII [Sites\Steptoe Butte], page 8
J.K. Litell, Three days at Torrey Pines [Competitions; Sites\Torrey Pines], page 9
(SSA News)No author or title, [Soaring Society of America], page 12

A.L. Lawrence, The good cause [American History], page 1
H. Knoffle, Dismantling a sailplane at 16,400 feet altitude [Germany; Safety], page 2
The Kolibri high performance sailplane [Sailplanes\Kolibri], page 3
A.L. Lawrence, 10th National - Rules and. Regulations Review of the SSA annual meeting [Competitions\Rules; Competitions\National], page 4
A.L. Lawrence, Review of the SSA annual meeting [Soaring Society of America\Meetings; Training], page 4
Robert T. Luepke, Possible sites in Arizona, Soaring sites - XIII [Sites\Arizona], page 7
S.W. Smith, The Smith two-seater "City of Utica" [Sailplanes\City of Utica], page 8
The Schwalbe II high performance sailplane [Sailplanes\Schwable II], page 11

H.N. Wightman, Our national program [American History], page 1
H. Montgomery, Triangle gliderport [Sites], page 2
G. Scheurer, Auto tow or winch for primary glider training? [Training; Launching\Winch Towing; Launching\Autotow], page 4
A bid for recognition [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 6
D.R. Zuck, Higher cruising speeds [Performance\Calculations], page 8
Contest progress report preparations under way [Competitions], page 10

Can we become self-supporting? [Soaring Society of America], page 1
The Southern California meet [Competitions\Local], page 2
P. Riedel, translator, The Olympic sailplane [Sailplanes\Olympic], page 4
G. Downs, How does gliding experience affect power instruction? [Training], page 6
The third South African annual gliding rally, from Gliding [South Africa], page 7
J.L. Barton, The Stephensburg site XIV [Sites\Stephensburg], page 8
The Fox cloud-base predictor, from Sailplane [Instruments], page 9
The tenth annual national soaring contest [Competitions\National], page 10
Licensing of foreign ships [Licenses\Sailplane], page 13

What use is it? [Training], page 1
Texas takes the spotlight [Competitions\Local], page 2
Preparations for Elmira [Competitions], page 3
A.L. Lawrence, How they stay up [Training], page 5
International aerobatic meet [Competitions\Aerobatics; Aerobatics], page 6
J. Robinson, Flights Desert thermals [Techniques\Thermal Soaring], page 7
M. Schempp, Two-seater utility sailplane [Sailplanes\Goevier], pages 9, 6
W.G. Briegleb, The Briegleb utility BG-6 [Sailplanes\Briegleb BG-6], page 10

Government training [Training], page 1
The decennial celebration [Competitions], page 2
The CAA soaring training program [Civil Aeronautic Authority; Training], page 4
The southwestern soaring contest [Competitions\Local], page 5
Training [Training], page 7
Club operation [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 8
J. Buxton, Home construction [Construction], page 10
D. Essery, The soaring test pilot flies the Baby Albatross [Sailplanes\Baby Albatross; Test Flying], page 11
J. Kendricks, The MIT sailplane [Sailplanes\MIT], page 12
The Lawrence sailplane, page 13

The Chicagoland glider port in Glen Ellyn [Sites\Glen Ellyn], page 1
A.L. Lawrence, 10th National The best one yet [Competitions\National], page 2
Government training [Training], page 4
U. Fischer, July 4th cloud flight [Techniques\Cloud Flying], page 5
P. Riedel, Across the Continental Divide [Cross-Country Soaring], page 6
American Open soaring meet [Competitions\National], page 8
The Eastern states meet [Competitions\Local], page 8
R.M. Stanley, Soaring to the ice level [Techniques\Cloud Flying], page 9
Glider port in Glen Ellyn [Sites\Glen Ellyn], page 10

Contributions by members [Soaring Society of America\Soaring Magazine], page 1
The American Open soaring meet [Competitions\Local], page 2
The Eastern states meet [Competitions\Local], page 3
W.P. Brown, 280 mile goal flight [Competitions\Flights], page 4
R.A. Hall, State Soaring comes to the Southeast [Records\Flights], page 5
R.M. Stanley, A critique of "Nomad" [Sailplanes\Nomad], page 6
E. Zook, Vacation glider camp [Training], page 8
S. Freeman, The Wings Club winch [Launching\Winches; Construction\Winches], page 9
A. Dawydoff, Benny in Gliderland [Literature], page 12
Statistics of the 10th annual National soaring contest [Competitions\National], page 13

Club news [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs; Soaring Society of America\Soaring Magazine], page 1
V.M. Saudek, Contest results - American Open, Eastern states [Competitions\Local], page 2
R.A. Hall, More soaring in the Southeast [Techniques\Cloud Flying; Techniques\Thermal Soaring], page 4
The 20th Rhoen contest, from Flugsport [Germany], page 5
V.M. Saudek, Barographs for the one that got away [Instruments\Barographs], page 6
R.M. Stanley, Soaring on instruments [Techniques\Instrument Flying], page 8
R.F. Blaine, Accident Reports Accident report [Safety\Accidents], page 12

Winter soaring [Winter Soaring], page 1
L.B. Barringer, Hudson Valley fall meet [Competitions\Local], page 2
J. Robinson, Exploring a desert thunderstorm [Techniques\Cloud Flying], page 3
L.D. Montgomery, Front soaring from Sleeping Bear [Meterology\Fronts; Sites\Sleeping Bear], page 4
Static testing [Construction\Sailplanes], page 5
A.B. Schultz, A logical answer to the downwind turn [Techniques\Dynamic Soaring], page 6
R.M. Stanley, Soaring on instruments [Techniques\Instrument Flying], page 8

Where is my December Soaring? [Soaring Society of America\Soaring Magazine], page 1
R.J. Auburn, November contests - Snowbird [Competitions\Local], page 2
R.F. Blaine, November contests - third Chicagoland [Competitions\Local], page 3
W.P. Brown, Ocean thermals [Techiniques\Thermal], page 4
P. Nissen, Enthusiasm and experience [Safety], page 5
J.K. Litell, From the back seat [Techiniques\Thermal], page 6
M. Raspet, Thermal sniffers [Instruments; Thermal Detection Systems], page 7
J. Buxton, Foolproof aileron check [Sailplanes\Construction], page 11
Election of Directors - information and voting instructions [Soaring Society of America\Directors], page 14

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