Soaring Magazine Index for 1953 organized by issue
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January-February, March-April, May-June, July-August, September-October, November-December
1953
January-February 
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Evolution of Glider Design, 1903 and 1953 (Cover) [Glider Design]
R.G. Distin, Snow Bird meet [Competitions], page 2
A. Raspet, The sailplane in research, training and sport [History], page 3
P.M. Bowers, Western tow planes [Launching\Airplane Towing; Powered Aircraft], page 6
R.S. Barnaby, FAI gliding commission meeting [OSTIV; FAI], page 8
J.T. Rhodes, [Obituaries], page 11
E.J. Reeves, Colorado (Spiraling with E.J.) [Sites], page 12
C.E. Kerr, Jr., Glider that supported boy built by Auburn lad [Gliders], page 13
J.D. Carsey, The president's message [Training], page 15
ed, To the youngsters [Training], page 20
March-April 
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Lippisch Delta Wing glider in full scale tunnel; Soaring Champion (Cover) [Research; Competitions; Betsy Woodward]
J. Spurgeon, 7th annual Pacific Coast mid-winter soaring championships [Competitions], page 2
A.M. Lippisch, The seed that became a tree [Gliders], page 3
E.D. Merry, The noblest of the sports [Training], page 6
C.F. Horne, CAA administrator approves SSA objectives [Civil Aeronautic Authority], page 7
Br. Hormisdas, Up Canada way [Canada; Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 8
Soaring: the avocation of aviation leaders [People\R.J. Dolman and S.W. Smith], page 9
E.J. Reeves, Middle-West (Spiraling with E.J.) [Sites], page 12
A. Raspet, Dr. Joachim Kuettner receives the Paul Tuntland Memorial award [Awards\Paul Tuntland Memorial Award; People\J.P. Kuettner], page 13
P.A. Schweizer, SSA mid-winter directors' meeting [Soaring Society of America], page 15
The 4th OSTIV congress [OSTIV], page 16
Youth shall fly [Youth], page 20
May-June 
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Fauvel AV-36 Flying Wing; Soaring Attracts Beauty (Cover) [Sailplanes; People]
A. Dumestre, Report on the Fauvel AV-36 [Fauvel AV-36; Gliders], page 3
Soaring salutes [Foreign Publications; People\G. W. Haddaway], page 5
Soaring: the avocation of aviation leaders [Scribner, K.], page 6
J.P. Kuettner, Over Death Valley, Skull Mountain and Funeral Peak [Awards\Paul Tuntland Memorial Award; Wave Soaring], page 7
E.J. Reeves, (Spiraling with E.J.) [Sites], page 15
R. Meakin, Up Drafts [Up Drafts.], page 16
OSTIV papers, continued [OSTIV], page 18
Two New Clubs Formed - Two Meetings Reported [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 20
What totals complete aviation education? [Training], page 22
July-August 
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Soaring Contest; Friendship (Cover) [Competitions; Friendship]
B.H. Carmichael, Aerodynamic appraisal of Fauvel AV-36 [Aerodynamics; Fauvel AV-36], page 2
Soaring - the avocation of aviation leaders [People\T.R. Smith and A.L. Wood], page 7
Northwest group pioneers 'progressive' type meet [Competitions], page 8
W.P. Kelsey, Up Drafts [Up Drafts.], page 9
L.E. Edgar, 'Way up there [Medical; Altitude Flights; Wave Soaring], page 10
E.R. Southee, Gliding and soaring in North America [Competitions], page 11
E.R. Southee, Mythology and Legend [History], page 12
E.R. Southee, Bird Flight as a Basis for the Art of Flying [History], page 13
E.R. Southee, Passive Flyers" versus "Power Flyers [History], page 14
E.R. Southee, Revival from World War One [History], page 15
E.R. Southee, The Lindbergh Period [History], page 16
E.R. Southee, Organized National Sponsors for Science-Sport [Competitions], page 17
E.R. Southee, Annual National contests [Competitions], page 18
E.R. Southee, Regional Soaring Contests [Competitions], page 19
20th National Soaring Contest [Competitions], page 21
E.R. Southee, Organized Regional Sponsors for Science-Sport [Competitions], page 22
E.R. Southee, Federal Supervision of Gliders and Glider Pilots [CAA], page 23
E.R. Southee, Armed Forces Glider Program [Military], page 24
E.R. Southee, Soaring Expeditions and Sites [Sites], page 25
E.R. Southee, Gliding and Soaring Schools [Training], page 26
E.R. Southee, Gliding and Soaring Associations and clubs [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 27
E.R. Southee, Gliders as a Vehicle of Research [Sailplanes; Research], page 28
E.R. Southee, Literature of Gliding and Soaring [Literature], page 29
J.D. Carsey, Youth Shall Fly [Youth], page 30
J.P. Kuettner, High flying on "the big wave" [Wave Soaring], page 35
E.J. Reeves, (Spiraling with E.J.) [Competitions], page 40
J.D. Carsey, Editorial [Youth; Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 41
September-October 
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Winners Circle; Two 1-23s over valley (Cover) [Competitions; Sailplanes]
R.G. Distin, The story of the 20th US national soaring contest [Competitions], page 2
F.B. Compton, The 20th National as observed by a senior airlines pilot [Competitions; Cloud Flying], page 8
G. Robinson, Up drafts [Sailplanes\Construction], page 11
E.S. Smith, Gliding on a shoestring, page 12
Former soaring editor receives highest theater honor [Yerian, E.], page 12
O. Schwarzenberger, Switzerland provides financial encouragement [Government Support; Switzerland], page 13
Northern California annual soaring contest [Competitions], page 14
The 6th Mid-West soaring contest [Competitions], page 14
The Wright Memorial glider meet [Competitions], page 14
Third Annual New England soaring meet [Modeling], page 14
L.M. Licher, Soaring modeling [Modeling], page 16
The National Governing Body for Motorless Flight in the United States is Fully Active (SSA News) [Soaring Society of America; Competitions], page 18
New sailplane designs [Sailplanes\Schweizer SGS 1-24\Mitchell\Perl Penetrator\Skylark\Skylark\Windjammer], page 20
Official test of the AV-36 completed [Sailplanes\Fauvel AV-36], page 22
Soaring Society of America is represented in meeting of the FAI [Soaring Society of America; FAI], page 22
E.J. Reeves, (Spiraling with E.J.) [Competitions], page 23
P.M. Bowers, Approved towing attachment [Launching\Towing], page 25
Warren E. Eaton award [Awards\Eaton\Schweizer, E.; Awards\Eaton\Schweizer, P.A.], page 27
November-December 
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1953 Gliders; 1903 Gliders (Cover) [Gliders]
R.S. Barnaby, Gliding experiments that made the 50th anniversary of powered flight possible [History\American], page 2
E.J. Reeves, The 3rd Texas and Southwestern contest [Competitions], page 6
R.H. Johnson, Just 20 miles short of a new world record [Competition Flights], page 8
L.M. Licher, Soaring modeling [Modeling], page 9
H.F.V.M. Shwing, Holland also takes advantage of soaring as youth training medium [Holland; Youth], page 12
N.C.N. Goodhart, 20th US Nationals through British eyes [Great Britain; Competitions], page 13
(SSA News)No author or title, [Soaring Society of America], page 15
NAA Elects Lanphier [NAA], page 17
E.J. Reeves, Spiraling with E. J. (Spiraling with E.J.) [Military], page 18
European Report [West Germany], page 18
L.A. Bonotaux, The Bonotaux plan [Sailplanes\Construction], page 19
J.C. Wolf and M. Wells and R Jackson andA Dawydoff, Recent regional results [Competitions], page 20
SSA Presents Awards to Modelers [Soaring Society of America; Awards], page 22
D. Stacy, SSA participates in aviation workshop [Soaring Society of America], page 23
Ode to the Swoose, page 23
Ceiling Unlimited by Lloyd Morris and Kendall Smith [Literature], page 27
On Being a Bird by Philip Wills [Literature], page 27
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