Soaring Magazine Index for 1947 organized by issue
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Department, Columns, or Sections of the magazine are indicated within
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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
1947
January-February 
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B.S. Barnaby, The Soaring Society's program [Soaring Society of America], page 1
B.S. Shenstone, Gliding in Canada, 1946, page 2
J. Hirvonen, Gliding and soaring in Finland [Finland], page 4
K.J. Comey, Snow bird meet 1946 [Competitions], page 5
R.J. Comey, Snow bird meet 1946, page 5
L.J.E. Finch, Escape glider, page 6
L.J.E. Finch, Escape glider, from Air Review [Colditz Cock; Great Britain; Military Uses of Gliders], page 6
N.J. Hoff, Steel tube fuselages in gliders. . [Construction of Gliders], page 7
H.H. Bjorvand, Sermons from clouds [Literature], page 10
De Havilland Sparrow for a thousand dollars [Sparrow], page 12
The Windspiel [Windspiel], page 12
March-April 
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T.M. Boyer, [Soaring Society of America], page 1
J.B. Pieretti, Brazilian soaring [Brazil], page 2
T.E. Brown, The Wanderlust [Wanderlust], page 4
B.J. Comey, Scoring for soaring [Competitions], page 6
W. Setz, Sporting glider pick-up [Pick-Up Launching], page 10
S.A. Hall, Tips on flying a sailplane on instruments [Instrument Flying], page 13
B. Shupack, Directors' meeting of the SSA [Soaring Society of America], page 15
Contest rules [Competitions], page 18
May-June 
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A.C. Douglas, A survey of British gliding, from The Aeroplane [Government Support; Great Britain], page 2
R. Blaine, 14th National, Wichita Falls Bob Blaine says [Competitions; Sites], page 4
R.F. Blaine, Bob Blaine says, page 4
The Moswey VI [Mosey VI], page 4
E. Kissel, What's cooking [Sites], page 5
A. Raspet, Sailplane performance evaluation [Performance Calculations], page 6
F.B. Compton, 14th National - Rules and Regulations Comments on contest rules [Competitions], page 8
W.H. Setz, 14th National - Crewing We don't know from nothin' [Crewing; Competitions], page 9
V.G. Ross, The Ross Ranger II [Ross Ranger II], page 12
The Ross Ranger II [Ross, V. G.], page 12
The Short Nimbus, from The Aeroplane [Short Nimbus], page 13
H. Huber, Flight testing the Prue 160 [Test Flying], page 14
I. Prue, The Prue 160 sailplane [Prue 160], page 14
E. Bardwell, Memorial day weekend soaring meet [Competitions], page 19
July-August 
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SGC 1-21 flown by Richard Comey, new manager of SSA, to first place in the 14th Nationals at Wichita Falls, Texas, photo by Caudil (Covers) [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGC 1-21]
E.J. Reeves, The president's message, page 1
B. Blaine, 14th National - Operations The 14th annual national soaring contest [Competitions], page 2
R.F. Blaine, The 14th annual national soaring contest [Competitions], page 2
14th National - Statistics [Competitions], page 10
A.E. Slater, The British national competition, from The Aeroplane [Great Britain], page 12
September-October 
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J.C. Comey, 15th National Elmira in '48 [Sites; Competitions], page 1
Sixth annual western championship contest [Competitions], page 2
V. Saudek, Ray Parker chosen western champion, page 3
G. Bardwell, Northeastern championship [Competitions], page 4
G. Casey, Let's think about it! [Cross-Country Soaring], page 6
D.A. Shenstone, (The Canadian scene) [Canada], page 8
B. Shupack, Simplifying contest rules [Competitions], page 9
E. Sirretta, Rules of the 14th national [France], page 9
R. Sirbetta, Rules of the 14th National [Competitions], page 9
F. Compton, National contest rules [Competitions], page 10
F.B. Compton, National contest rules, page 10
Proposed competition rules for the 1948, 15th national [Competitions], page 12
Minutes of SSA directors' meeting [Soaring Society of America], page 14
L. Terwilliager (Alien) [Obituaries], page 16
November-December 
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R.J. Comey, Progress report [Soaring Society of America], page 1
W. Dollfus, Alpine international [Switzerland], page 2
G. Bardwell, Snowbirds, 1947 [Competitions], page 4
French Impressions, from Les Ailes [France], page 5
R.D. Hiscocks, Tug and towed glider rate of climb [Airplane Towing; Performance Calculations], page 6
D.A. Shenstone, (The Canadian scene) [Canada], page 9
L. Follman, Argentine soaring [Argentina], page 10
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