Soaring Magazine Index for 1951 organized by issue
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January-February, March-April, May-June, July-August, September-October, November-December
1951
January-February 
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B.H. Carmichael, Some effects of altitude [Flights\Altitude], page 2
R.S. Barnaby, International position of American motorless flight [Competitions; OSTIV], page 2
W.S. Ivans, Jr., 8 miles high [Flights\Altitude; Flights\Record], page 3
A. Raspet, Progress report [Aerodynamics; Birds; Meteorology], page 6
H.E. Burr, The snowbird 1950 [Competitions], page 7
D.A. Shenstone, (The Canadian scene) [Canada], page 11
E. Krohne, Give the crews a break [Crewing], page 11
Scribner crashes [Safety], page 13
A.B. Schultz, (Letter) [Medical Aspects of Flight], page 14
March-April 
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R.H. Ball, A practical electric variometer [Instruments\Variometers], page 3
A. Raspet and M. Swartzberg, The Peravia barograph [Instruments\Barographs], page 6
T. Nelson, VHF radio for gliders [Radio Equipment], page 9
Pacific coast midwinter championships [Competitions], page 10
B. Jacoby, A vortex possibility of the Sierra wave [Meteorology\Wave], page 11
Condensed report of SSA directors meet [Soaring Society of America\Directors], page 12
A. Dawydoff, Suzanne Melk [Obituaries], page 15
D.A. Shenstone, (The Canadian scene) [Canada], page 16
R.S. Barnaby, The first world championship soaring contest [Competitions], page 17
May-June 
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W.H. Coverdale, Jr., FAI awards (Cover) [Awards\FAI]
J.D. Carsey, You and soaring [Publicity], page 2
E.J. Reeves, The Soaring Society of America [History\American; Publicity; Soaring Society of America], page 3
F.J. Sweet, Gliding and soaring - and how it's done [Publicity], page 4
D.C. Ryon, United we fly [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 7
F. Compton, Soaring records [Flights\Record], page 8
F. Compton, Soaring sites [Sites], page 8
W.H. Coverdale, Jr., FAI awards [Awards], page 9
A. Raspet, The role of the sailplane in aerodynamic research [History; Scientific Uses of Gliders], page 10
W.H. Coverdale, Jr., Soaring meets and contests [Competitions], page 11
R.J. Comey, So you want to buy a glider! [Sailplanes], page 14
July-August 
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Harris Hill During the 18th Nationals (Cover) [Competitions]
J. Carsey, Gliding … and our bid for good will [Editorial], page 1
H.E. Burr, The 18th National [Competitions], page 2
18th national - Statistics Final standings of the 18th National [Competitions], page 4
Election results and minutes of annual directors meeting [Soaring Society of America\Directors], page 6
3rd annual Wright memorial meet [Competitions], page 8
E. Knight, 4th midwest contest [Competitions], page 9
E. Kissel, Soaring waves at Warm Springs airport [Meteorology\Wave], page 10
Chicagoland soaring meet [Competitions\Local], page 10
L.R. Arnold, Twelve hours in a TG-3 [Flights\Record], page 11
R.F. Symons, Two up to 38,650 [Flights\Record; Flights\Altitude], page 12
A.M. Lippisch, The performance of sailplanes in circling flight [Aerodynamics; Dynamics of Flight; Meteorology\Convection], page 13
A. Dawydoff, Stove-pipe glider [Sailplanes\Emouchet], page 18
R.H. Johnson, The development of the Ross-Johnson 5 sailplane [Sailplanes\Ross-Johnson 5], page 19
FAI Award -- First Half 1951 [Awards], page 21
Spain in '52 [Competitions], page 21
D.A. Shenstone, Canadian Scene -- Observations on the Behavior of Sationary Thermals (The Canadian scene) [Meteorology\Convection; Canada], page 22
News from Clubs and Members [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 23
September-October 
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A Look at the Odessa Records Camp (Cover) [Records]
J.D. Carsey, Dr. W. B. Klemperer (Editorial) [Awards], page 1
Odessa records camp [Records; People\R. Watkins; People\J.S. Charles; People\H. Klitgord; People\W.J. Krohne; People\W. Wiberg; People\E. Yerian], page 2
R.H. Johnson, We break 500! [Flights\Record; Records\Flights; Sailplanes\Ross-Johnson 5], page 3
F. Compton, N.S.S. Approves New Records [Records], page 6
E.J. Reeves, Gold and diamonds discovered at Odessa [Flights\Award; Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 7
B.H. Carmichael, An analysis of Johnson's flight [People\R.H. Johnson; Sailplanes\Ross-Johnson 5; Records\Flights], page 14
A. Raspet, Systematic improvement of the drag polar of the sailplane RJ-5 [Aerodynamics; Sailplanes\Ross-Johnson 5], page 17
T. Nelson, A practical sailplane hangar [Construction\Hangars], page 22
D.A. Shenstone, Canadian Scene (The Canadian scene) [Canada], page 24
November-December 
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Ted Nelson and Harry Perl in the Hummingbird over the hills near Warm Spring Gliderport, CA (Cover) [Sailplanes]
J.D. Carsey, Observations [Editorial], page 1
T. Nelson, Fun with the Hummingbird [Sailplanes\Hummingbird], page 2
R.D. Hiscocks, "Wing profiles"Part II [Aerodynamics], page 4
19th National goes to Texas [Competitions], page 7
J.D. Graves, The 10th annual west coast contest [Competitions\Local], page 8
D.A. Shenstone, Canadian Scene "L'Affaire Mu" (The Canadian scene) [Sailplanes\Mu 13D; Canada], page 16
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