Soaring Magazine Index for 1941 organized by issue
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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 '[ ]'.
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January-February, March-April, May-June, July-August, September-October, November-December
1941
January-February
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R.S. Barnaby, Another gliding boom? [USA], page 1
J.S. Charles and E. Lee, What did Shelly say to the Duke? [Air Shows and Demonstrations], page 3
A.L. Pinocheitti, Soaring flight in Argentina [Argentina], page 4
The Albatross soaring club of Argentina [Argentina], page 6
J. Robinson, Record American distance flight [Record Flights], page 8
K.M. Stanley, An introduction to soaring, part III [Ridge Soaring], page 10
R.M. Stanley, An introduction to soaring, part III [Wave Soaring; Thermal Soaring], page 10
March-April
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Structural deficiencies of gliders [Maintenance and Repair; Safety], page 1
Navy and Congressional leaders see glider demonstration, Army [Air Shows and Demonstrations; Military Uses of Gliders; Training], page 2
New glider schools [Training], page 2
J. Robinson, Blind flying in icing conditions [Cloud Flying], page 3
R. Eikenberry, A worthwhile suggestion [Training], page 4
Annual west coast contest [Competitions\Local], page 6
R.M. Stanley, An introduction to soaring, part IV [Airplane Towing; Training; Winch Towing; Cloud Flying; Competitions; Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 8
No author or title, [Soaring Society of America], page 13
May-June
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The Air Corps investigates soaring [Air Shows and Demonstrations; Military Uses of Gliders; Training], page 1
Henry H. Wightman, [Obituaries], page 2
Henry Stilgmeier, Soaring in a thundercloud [Cloud Flying; Baby Albatross], page 3
H. Millgard, Swedish soaring center, Aalleberg [Sweden], page 4
Glider companies organize [Manufacturers of Gliders], page 5
F.R. Dent, How to live a long time in a short time [Cloud Flying], page 6
Glider factories are booming [Manufacturers of Gliders], page 7
Soaring schools prosper [Training], page 8
July-August
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P. Leonard, A general analysis of our national gliding and soaring problem [Government Support; USA], page 1
H.H. Arnold, Speaking for the army [Military Uses of Gliders; Training], page 3
B.L. Wiggin, That's the weather of it [Meteorology], page 4
E. Roth, A new emphasis at the twelfth annual national soaring contest [Competitions], page 6
C.H. Jaschke, Motorless flight [Volner J-10], page 9
11:36 1/2 a.m.-Sunday edition [Roundair], page 10
Sinbad 1st "Sinbad 1st" [Sinbad], page 11
September-October
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N.C. licensing of individual gliders [Licenses, Sailplane], page 1
R.F. Blaine, Who can tell us about motorless flight training? [Training], page 3
A survey of glider accidents: 1939, 1938 and 1940 [Safety], page 4
Philip Wills, On blind-flying blindly [Cloud Flying], page 6
Circling in thermals [Thermal Soaring], page 7
J. Buxton, Ridge soaring [Ridge Soaring], page 8
November-December
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D. Stacy, SSA participates in aviation workshop, pages preceding 1
J. and D. Stacey, [Literature], pages preceding 1
D. Stacy, Ode to the Swoose, page 1
English subsidy plan [Government Support], page 1
A. Dawydoff, Airhopper log [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs; Training], page 2
J.C. Neilan, Are we lucky? - letter from England to Bob Stanley in America [Great Britain], page 3
B.L. Wiggin, He has flown through the air [Thermal Soaring], page 4
B.L. Wiggin, compiler, The Power House [Meteorology], page 5
W. Neugent, The story of the "Screaming Wiener" [Screaming Wiener], page 6
Slope soaring from Muskegon to St. Joseph, Michigan [Ridge Soaring], page 7
R.H. Johnson, To the Atlantic [Competitions; Cross-Country Soaring], page 8
Requirements for glider pilots licenses [Civil Aeronautic Authority; Licenses, Pilot], page 10
News flashes from abroad [Hungary], page 99
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