Soaring Magazine Index for 1939 organized by subject

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A, C, F, G, I, L, M, P, R, S, T, W, None

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Aerobatics

International aerobatic meet, June, page 6

Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs

A bid for recognition, April, page 6

Club operation, July, page 8

Club news, October, page 1

American History

A.L. Lawrence, The good cause, March, page 1

H.N. Wightman, Our national program, April, page 1

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Civil Aeronautic Authority

The CAA soaring training program, July, page 4

Competitions

J.K. Litell, Three days at Torrey Pines, February, page 9

Contest progress report preparations under way, April, page 10

Preparations for Elmira, June, page 3

The decennial celebration, July, page 2

Aerobatics: International aerobatic meet, June, page 6

Flights: W.P. Brown, 280 mile goal flight, September, page 4

Local: The Southern California meet, May, page 2; Texas takes the spotlight, June, page 2; The southwestern soaring contest, July, page 5; The Eastern states meet, August, page 8; The American Open soaring meet, September, page 2; The Eastern states meet, September, page 3; V.M. Saudek, Contest results - American Open, Eastern states, October, page 2; L.B. Barringer, Hudson Valley fall meet, November, page 2; R.J. Auburn, November contests - Snowbird, December, page 2; R.F. Blaine, November contests - third Chicagoland, December, page 3

National: A.L. Lawrence, 10th National - Rules and. Regulations Review of the SSA annual meeting, March, page 4; The tenth annual national soaring contest, May, page 10; A.L. Lawrence, 10th National The best one yet, August, page 2; American Open soaring meet, August, page 8; Statistics of the 10th annual National soaring contest, September, page 13

Rules: A.L. Lawrence, 10th National - Rules and. Regulations Review of the SSA annual meeting, March, page 4

Construction

J. Buxton, Home construction, July, page 10

Sailplanes: Static testing, November, page 5

Winches: S. Freeman, The Wings Club winch, September, page 9

Cross-Country Soaring

P. Riedel, Across the Continental Divide, August, page 6

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France

S.F. Smith, Gliding in France, February, page 2

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Germany

H. Knoffle, Dismantling a sailplane at 16,400 feet altitude, March, page 2

The 20th Rhoen contest, from Flugsport, October, page 5

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Instruments

The Fox cloud-base predictor, from Sailplane, May, page 9

M. Raspet, Thermal sniffers, December, page 7

Barographs: V.M. Saudek, Barographs for the one that got away, October, page 6

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Launching

Airplane Towing
T. Bellak, Some notes on airplane towing of sailplanes, January, page 5

Autotow
G. Scheurer, Auto tow or winch for primary glider training?, April, page 4

Winch Towing
G. Scheurer, Auto tow or winch for primary glider training?, April, page 4

Winches
S. Freeman, The Wings Club winch, September, page 9

Licenses

Sailplane
Licensing of foreign ships, May, page 13

Literature

A. Dawydoff, Benny in Gliderland, September, page 12

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Meterology

Fronts
L.D. Montgomery, Front soaring from Sleeping Bear, November, page 4

Military

20,000 pilots a year, February, page 1

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Performance

Calculations
J.M. Uritis, The selection of optimum aspect ratio and a direct method of calculating the performance for a sailplane, January, page 6
D.R. Zuck, Higher cruising speeds, April, page 8

Poland

C.M. Wood, Soaring in Poland, January, page 2

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Records

Flights
R.A. Hall, State Soaring comes to the Southeast, September, page 5

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Safety

H. Knoffle, Dismantling a sailplane at 16,400 feet altitude, March, page 2

P. Nissen, Enthusiasm and experience, December, page 5

Accidents: R.F. Blaine, Accident Reports Accident report, October, page 12

Sailplanes

AFH-4
The AFH-4, high performance sailplane, from Flugsport, February, page 7

Baby Albatross
D. Essery, The soaring test pilot flies the Baby Albatross, July, page 11

Briegleb BG-6
W.G. Briegleb, The Briegleb utility BG-6, June, page 10

City of Utica
S.W. Smith, The Smith two-seater "City of Utica", March, page 8

Construction
J. Buxton, Foolproof aileron check, December, page 11

Goevier
M. Schempp, Two-seater utility sailplane, June, pages 9,6

Kolibri
The Kolibri high performance sailplane, March, page 3

Kranich
A Kranich for high altitude, from Flugsport, February, page 6

MIT
J. Kendricks, The MIT sailplane, July, page 12

Nomad
R.M. Stanley, A critique of "Nomad", September, page 6

Olympic
P. Riedel, translator, The Olympic sailplane, May, page 4

Reiher
The Reiher high performance sailplane, January, page 4

Schwable II
The Schwalbe II high performance sailplane, March, page 11

Viking
A new British sailplane, the "Viking", from Sailplane, February, page 4

Sites

H. Montgomery, Triangle gliderport, April, page 2

Arizona: Robert T. Luepke, Possible sites in Arizona, Soaring sites - XIII, March, page 7

Glen Ellyn: The Chicagoland glider port in Glen Ellyn, August, page 1; Glider port in Glen Ellyn, August, page 10

Mount Diablo: A.F. Hoeflich, Mount Diablo, California Soaring sites - XI, January, page 9

Sleeping Bear: L.D. Montgomery, Front soaring from Sleeping Bear, November, page 4

Stephensburg: J.L. Barton, The Stephensburg site XIV, May, page 8

Steptoe Butte: G.E. Davidson, Steptoe Butte Soaring sites - XII, February, page 8

Torrey Pines: J.K. Litell, Three days at Torrey Pines, February, page 9

Soaring Society of America

January, page 13

February, page 12

Can we become self-supporting?, May, page 1

Directors: Election of Directors - information and voting instructions, December, page 14

Meetings: A.L. Lawrence, Review of the SSA annual meeting, March, page 4

Soaring Magazine: Contributions by members, September, page 1; Club news, October, page 1; Where is my December Soaring?, December, page 1

South Africa

The third South African annual gliding rally, from Gliding, May, page 7

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Techiniques

Thermal
W.P. Brown, Ocean thermals, December, page 4
J.K. Litell, From the back seat, December, page 6

Techniques

Cloud Flying
D. Sanborn, Clouds over Diablo, January, page 8
U. Fischer, July 4th cloud flight, August, page 5
R.M. Stanley, Soaring to the ice level, August, page 9
R.A. Hall, More soaring in the Southeast, October, page 4
J. Robinson, Exploring a desert thunderstorm, November, page 3

Dynamic Soaring
A.J. Carson, Kite soaring to gain altitude, February, page 5
A.B. Schultz, A logical answer to the downwind turn, November, page 6

Instrument Flying
R.M. Stanley, Soaring on instruments, October, page 8
R.M. Stanley, Soaring on instruments, November, page 8

Thermal Soaring
J. Robinson, Flights Desert thermals, June, page 7
R.A. Hall, More soaring in the Southeast, October, page 4

Test Flying