Soaring Magazine Index for 1946 organized by issue
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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
1946
January-February
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B. Shupack, ed., Our new directors, page 1
R.S. Barnaby, Recapitulation [Airplane Towing; Gliders], page 2
E.J. Reeves, Soaring over Texas [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 6
W. Dollfus, Alpine soaring [Mountain Soaring; Switzerland], page 9
W.Z. Stepniewski, Design diving speed of gliders [Aerodynamic Design], page 10
Design diving speed of gliders [Stepniewski, W.Z.], page 10
R.H. Jonnson, The Baby's last flight [Baby Albatross; Safety], page 13
W.B. Hammond, The case for the single-place training glider in the public schools [Training], page 14
The Bumblebee [Bumblebee; Gliders], page 17
March-April
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S.A. Hall, Formula for getting ahead, page 1
R.H. Rush, Cargo glider versus cargo plane and helicopter [Gliders], page 2
Cargo glider versus cargo plane and helicopter [Rush, R.H.], page 2
J.A. Simpson, The evolution of the sailplane [History], page 6
F.E. Hurtt, Schweizer's new two-place utility [2-22], page 12
A soaring school in action [Commercial Operations], page 15
May-June
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Soaring, the essence of private flying, page 1
H.A. Provisor, Glider training in Canada [Canada; Training], page 2
C.W. Luebker, Post-liberation soaring in France [France], page 5
R. Lopez, Directional and longitudianl stability in a Canard glider [Canard Type Aircraft], page 6
A. Raspet, Angle of Attack Indicator The angle of attack indicator [Instruments], page 9
Changing horses in mid-air [Airplane Towing], page 12
1946 SSA officers and board of directors [Soaring Society of America], page 13
Herman Stiglmeier, Just wind [Competitions], page 15
M. Warner, Australian news [Australia], page 16
July-August
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Regulations covering records for gliders and powered gliders (Cover) [Cover]
Safety and sailplanes [Safety], page 1
13th National - Rules and. Regulations Contest rules and regulations [Competitions], page 2
W. Schweizer, Production methods in glider manufacture [Manufacturers of Gliders], page 4
B.S. Shenstone, Glider towing hooks and releases [Canada; Towing], page 6
R. Noonan, The double pulley tow [Towing], page 8
L.D. Montgomery, [Obituaries], page 11
Wise Dallas, Jr., [Obituaries], page 11
A new gliding and soaring service: Gliding and Soaring Service, Inc. [Commercial Operations], page 13
M. Warner, Australian news, cont. [Australia], page 16
No author or title, [Record Flights], page 17
September-October
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What next in sailplanes [1-21], page 1
T.M. Boyer, The 13th annual national soaring contest [Competitions], page 2
Herman Stiglmeier, Fifth annual western states championship soaring meet [Competitions], page 4
C. Birch-Jensen, The Swedish championship competition [Sweden], page 6
P.A. Schweizer, Schweizer's proposed high-performance sailplane [1-21], page 8
A. Dawydoff, Guy Storer's Olympia [Olympia], page 11
The Weihe [Weihe], page 13
Florida SSA invited by Governor to establish a permanent site in Florida [Sites], page 14
P. Tuntland, High altitude in Florida [Record Flights], page 15
H.F. Schwing, Gliding and soaring in the Netherlands [Netherlands], page 16
13th National - Statistics Performance [Competitions], page 18
B.S. Shenstone, Glider towing hooks and releases, cont. [Canada; Towing], page 22
Stanley C. Fierstein, [Obituaries], page 25
Meeting of the board of directors [Soaring Society of America], page 26
T. Horsley, Soaring Flight [Literature], page 27
W.B. Pagan, L.D. Montgomery [Obituaries], page 28
November-December
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A.B. Schultz, Eyes to the future [American History], page 1
F.B. Compton, Standardization of contest rules [Competitions], page 2
W. Dolfus, Mountain climbing with sailplanes [Mountain Soaring; Switzerland], page 4
J.A. Simpson, The design of sailplane dive brakes [Canada; Aerodynamic Design], page 6
R.H. Johnson, Distance over the desert [Record Flights], page 10
F. Chardon, Optimum sailplane design [Aerodynamic Design], page 11
Meeting of the board of directors [Soaring Society of America], page 16
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