Soaring Magazine Index for 1952 organized by issue
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January-February, March-April, May-June, July-August, September-October, November-December
1952
January-February 
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W. Wiberg, I musta done it wrong [Safety], page 2
A. Raspet, Artificial Horizon Notice from OSTIV [Instruments], page 3
F.B. Lane, Germany starts back [Germany], page 4
R.H. Ball, Radio for Gliders [Radio Equipment], page 6
E.J. Reeves, A summer's tale [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs; Crewing], page 10
H.N. Perl, Military Gliders of World War II [Military; Training; History\American], page 12
KIM-2 Stahanovec [Sailplanes\Kim-2; USSR], page 16
J. Spurgeon, Flattopping the TG-2 [Sailplanes\Schweizer TG-2], page 17
V.W. Harris, The UMG III glider [Sailplanes\UMG III], page 18
D.A. Shenstone, (The Canadian scene) [Mu 13D; Canada], page 21
March-April 
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W.B. Klemperer, Karl-Eric Ovgard [Sailplanes\Kirby Kadet; Obituaries; Safety], page 1
J.D. Carsey, Aviation and American youth [Youth], page 2
A. Raspet, The sailplane in aerodynamic research [Aerodynamics; Scientific Uses of Gliders], page 3
L.R. Arnold, Check 'em! [Safety], page 7
J. Spurgeon, 6th annual mid-winter championships, Torrey Pines, San Diego [Competitions], page 8
19th US national soaring competition to be in Texas [Competitions], page 9
R.T. White, American participation In the internationals? [Competitions], page 10
G.E. Haddaway, Congratulations, SSA [CNAO], page 11
Annual mid-winter directors' meeting [Soaring Society of America], page 12
19th National - Rules and Regulations Results of poll [Competitions], page 14
W. Stevenson, Rx for Dayton's towing bug [Launching\Airplane Towing], page 15
D.A. Shenstone, Soaring Association of Canada holds annual general meeting [Canada], page 16
P.F. Bikle, Civil air regulations for glider pilots [Civil Aeronautic Authority], page 18
F.J. Sweet, Report of the fifth session of the Conference of National Aviation Organizations [CNAO], page 20
C.J. Smith, The EASC winch [Launching\Winch Towing], page 24
The Olympia Eon [Sailplanes\Olympia], page 26
May-June 
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J.D. Carsey, Billions for the top, but what for popular goodwill? [USA], page 1
E.J. Reeves, SSA to send six top performers to Spain [Competitions], page 2
J.D. Carsey, Industry, publication, aviation enthusiasts support SSA's appeal [Competitions], page 2
P.H. Entz, Members! Members! Members! [Soaring Society of America], page 4
Aeronautics Commission to send Johnson to international [People\Johnson, R.H.; Competitions; Mississippi Aeronautics Commission], page 5
J. Bierens, Sailplane N909D [Sailplanes\Construction], page 6
J. Kuettner, On the possibility of soaring on traveling waves in the jetstream [Meteorology], page 9
F.H. Matteson, Our club "works" [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 16
A. Raspet, Unsolved - the problem of Leonardo da Vinci [Human-Powered Flight], page 18
J.D. Dure, Turning errors of vertical gyro instruments [Instruments], page 20
J. Spurgeon, American youth on the wing [Youth], page 21
F. Heberling and M. Swartzberg, Canopies for sailplanes [Sailplanes\Construction], page 23
E. Krohne, Morning flight [Literature], page 26
J. Spurgeon, American youth on the wing [Youth], page 27
W.G. Briegleb, Use of the rudder [Training], page 30
W. Hirth, Twelve commands for soaring pilots [Literature], page 31
M.M. Waghorn, News of clubs and members [Australia], page 32
V. Carson, Frustration [Literature], page 35
July-August 
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W.H. Coverdale, America goes to Spain Aboard the S.S. Exochorda (Cover) [Cover]
America was there! [Competitions\World], page 1
J.D. Carsey, From deep in Texas to deeper at Cuatros Vientos [Competitions\World], page 2
W. Setz, The 1952 world soaring championships [Competitions\World], page 4
F. Hoinville, Australian ace reports from Spain [People\Hoinville, F.; Competitions\World], page 7
Fifth mid-west soaring contest [Competitions\Local], page 8
J.E. Loufek, West coast soaring championship [Competitions\Local], page 10
P.M. Bowers, Super-duper towplane [Launching\Airplane Towing], page 11
D.D. Webster, NAA invites SSA members to fuller participation in benefits [National Aeronautic Association], page 17
W.H. Coverdale, Jr., Some thoughts on contest flying [Competitions], page 20
September-October 
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Paul Schweizer and 1-24; Doug Bradley, Youngest Contestant (Cover) [Sailplanes; Competitions]
The 19th national [Competitions\National], page 2
19th National - Statistics Here's your complete contest at a glance [Competitions], page 3
picture story, Youth flew at the 19th [Competitions; Youth], page 6
picture story, Guys, gals and gliders [Competitions], page 8
E. Yerian, 19th National Color of the contest [Competitions], page 10
R.H. Johnson, Dick Johnson's story [Competition Flights], page 10
B. Fleming, Canada's national [Canada], page 13
Northeastern states contest [Competitions], page 14
Technical conference held at the nationals [Aerodynamics], page 15
J.D. Carsey, The president's message [History; Soaring Society of America], page 21
E.J. Reeves, California (Spiraling with E.J.) [Sites], page 23
J.D. Carsey, Avigator radios used by US team at internationals [Radio Equipment], page 25
Youth must fly! [Youth], page 28
November-December 
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Gehrleins; Girl, glider , tetrahedron (Cover) [People]
W.S. Ivans, Jr., 322 miles [Awards\Flights; Competitions\Flights], page 2
R. Todd, 19th National - Crewing for a champion [Competitions], page 3
Soaring places and faces, picture story [Sites], page 4
B. Carmichael and G. Storer, Quickie modification of 1-19 primary accomplished at Mississippi State [Aerodynamics; Sailplanes\Schweizer SGS 1-19; People\Bradley, D.], page 6
$1,000 distance award offered at Elmira [Awards; People\Gehrlein, L.], page 8
P.F. Bikle, Paul Bikle joins Diamond C elite [People\Bikle, P.F.; Awards\Flights], page 9
W.B. Klemperer, US soaring enthusiasts visit Austria, Yugoslavia [Sailplanes\Kirby Kadet; Austria; Yugoslavia], page 9
'52-'53 SSA governors appointed [Soaring Society of America], page 10
Mid-winter meeting to be in New York [Soaring Society of America], page 10
E.J. Reeves, Washington State (Spiraling with E.J.) [Sites], page 12
J.D. Carsey, The president's message [History; Soaring Society of America], page 15
Opinions invited [Youth], page 20
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