Soaring Magazine Index for 1954 organized by issue
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January-February, March-April, May-June, July-August, September-October, November-December
1954
January-February 
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TSA's Pfeiffer Winch; Bill Hoverman and 1-23D Snowbird Meet (Cover) [Winch; Competitions]
R. Distin and H. Burr, 1953 annual Snow Bird meet [Competitions], page 2
J. Sargent, Southern California soaring championships [Competitions], page 6
L.R. Arnold, Youth "check-out" via radio [Radio Communications; Youth; Training], page 7
A.B. Schultz, Sailplane and glider kits and planes [Sailplanes\Construction; Licenses, Sailplane], page 8
21st National goes to Southern California [Competitions], page 9
SSA joins IAS and AMS in technical meetings [IAS; AMS], page 9
Torrey Pines Meet [Competitions], page 9
G. Storer, Youth gets an opportunity [Training; Youth], page 10
F.H. Matteson, European report [Sites; Europe], page 11
H.J. Stiglmeier, Let's improve our trailers [Trailers], page 12
T. Page, Tow-line drag 'chute solution [Towing], page 13
J. Greenbaum, Report from Colorado [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 14
P.M. Bowers, Unusual gliders [Sailplanes\Oka], page 15
E.J. Reeves, (Spiraling with E.J.), page 16
H.R. Jex, Technical aeromodeling [Aerodynamics; Modeling], page 19
R.C. Kidder, Improved access for P-R assembly [Sailplanes\Pratt-Read], page 21
W.S. Ivans, Jr., Cross-country soaring [Cross-Country Soaring], page 23
March-April 
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Danish Rhönbuzzard; Harry Perl in his Penetrator (Cover) [Sailplanes]
H.N. Perl, The Perl Penetrator [Perl Penetrator], page 2
F.J. Sweet, 50 years later [History\American], page 6
A. and D. Raspet, Bathtub aerodynamics [Modeling], page 7
P.B. McCready, Jr., Optimum airspeed selector [Instruments; Mu-22; Cross-Country Soaring], page 8
R.J. Comey, The "Yacht-club" approach [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs; Airports and Gliderports; Publicity], page 10
F.H. Matteson, Team flying [Competitions], page 11
A.E. Slater, Camphill - site for 1954 world contest [Competitions; Sites; Great Britain], page 12
P. Weishaupt, Soaring in Denmark [Denmark], page 13
A. van Ishoven, Belgian Report [Belgium], page 14
F.B. Compton, Seeding Report [Competitions], page 14
E.J. Reeves, Elsinore (Spiraling with E.J.) [Sites], page 16
Gehrlein's cash awards proved great boon to Harris Hill [Gehrlein, L.], page 17
B. Shupack, SSA joins IAS and AMS in technical meetings [IAS], page 18
B.L. Wiggin, SSA Joins IAS and AMS in technical meetings [AMS], page 18
5th OSTIV congress [OSTIV], page 19
The McDonnell Convertiplane [Powered Aircraft], page 19
SSA mid-winter directors meeting [Soaring Society of America], page 21
P.M. Bowers, Unusual gliders [Sailplanes\FG-II], page 22
P.A. Schweizer, A report on the Schweizer 1-26 [Sailplanes\Schweizer SGS 1-26], page 23
J.D. Carsey, More printed matter on a real air youth program [Youth], page 28
May-June 
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Maggie Kensey solos 2-22; Ohio Aviation Board Director with Rudy Opitz (Cover) [People]
G.R. Wilson, An editorial [Youth], page facing 1
Progress report for 21st national contest [Bonotaux, L.A.], page 1
J. Spurgeon, Torrey Pines meet [Competitions], page 2
F. Hoinvllle, World championships [Competitions], page 3
B.H. Carmichael, What price performance [Aerodynamics; Performance Calculations], page 6
Harris Hill fatality [Safety; Soaring Society of America\Safe Practices Committee], page 10
P.B. MacCready, Jr., Measurements of vertical currents [Meteorology; Instruments], page 11
E.J. Reeves, Seven lads and a lass in TSA's first youth training class [Youth], page 12
Three unique clubs [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 13
L.A. Bonotaux, Progress report for 21st national contest [Competitions\National], page 15
E.J. Reeves, (Spiraling with E.J.) [Airports and Gliderports], page 16
Contest Rules and Regulations for Twenty-First Nation Soaring Contest [Competitions\Rules], page 18
(SSA News)No author or title, [Soaring Society of America], page 20
P.M. Bowers, Interesting Gliders (Interesting gliders) [Military; Sailplanes], page 22
New Italian Record [Records; Italy], page 22
L.M. Licher, Soaring modeling [Modeling], page 23
various, authors Science Study Series, Paperback Review, Noble, G.K. The Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright, McFarland, M.W., ed. [Literature], page 24
W.H. Pratt, Soaring in France [France], page 24
Ace Pilot Rescued [Robert F. Symons], page 24
Japanese Distance Record [Records; Japan], page 24
Largest Gliding Organization [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs; Britain], page 25
Report from the Schweizers [Sailplanes; Schweizer], page 25
July-August 
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I.A. 41 Uruba; EPB-1 (Cover) [Sailplanes]
Sixth annual Wright Memorial glider meet [Competitions], page 2
F.H. Matteson, Northern California annual meet [Competitions], page 3
N.J. Lipstein, Winch towing fundamentals [Launching\Winch Towing], page 6
Two-Way Business Flight [Business; Stan Smith], page 8
H.R. Jex, Technical aeromodeling [Aerodynamics; Modeling], page 9
Modeling events during 21st national [Modeling], page 11
SSA Safe Practices Committee| J.M Robertaon, New Jersey fatality [Safety], page 12
E. Zarbin, Arizona's first soaring club [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 13
A. Backstrum, The EPB-1 "Flying Plank" [Sailplanes\EPB-1], page 14
E.J. Reeves, (Spiraling with E.J.) [Competitions], page 16
R.J.McQuilkin, Sailplane Mach 1 [Design; Homebuilding], page 17
Largest entry ever indicated for 21st National [Competitions], page 18
(SSA News)No author or title, [Soaring Society of America], page 20
M. Pike, Gliding in Rhodesia [Sites\International\Rhodesia], page 22
P.M. Bowers, Interesting Gliders (Interesting gliders) [Sailplanes\Franklin], page 22
The Mobilet 150 2-way Radio [Radios], page 22
Education, Research, Recreation, Soaring Society of America [Soaring Society of America], page 23
Looking back [History\American], page 28
September-October 
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Lyle Maxey in M-K-P; Don Mitchell's Nimbus (Cover) [Sailplanes]
F.J. Sweet, Editorial [Soaring Society of America], page facing 1
21st National story [Competitions], page 2
21st National, Awards [Awards], page 4
J.H. Aldrich, Operations Elsinore weather conditions [Meteorology; Competitions], page 6
E.J. Reeves, Miscellaneous observations on pilots, people, rigs and operations at the 21st performances [Competitions], page 8
P.M. Bowers, Flying the Fauvel [Sailplanes\Fauvel AV-36], page 12
C.R. Ellis, Waltzing with a cloud [Literature], page 13
L.M. Licher, 21st national soaring model gliding meet [Modeling], page 13
D. Lewis, Collecting gold and diamonds [Award Flights], page 14
A.H. Schmid, PGC summer training camp [Training], page 15
New England soaring meet [Competitions], page 16
F. Lawrence, Northeastern soaring contest [Competitions], page 17
J.A. Powell, The EPB-1 "Flying Plank" [Sailplanes\EPB-1], page 18
H.R. Jex, Technical aeromodeling - III [Aerodynamics; Modeling], page 19
E.J. Reeves, (Spiraling with E.J.), page 20
R.H. Johnson, My most interesting flight during the 21st National contest [Competitions\National; Competitions\Flights], page 22
G.C. Sweeney, Soaring in Egypt [Sites\International\Egypt], page 23
J.D. Carsey, Jon Carsey now SSA immediate past president [Soaring Society of America], page 23
(SSA News)No author or title, [Soaring Society of America], page 24
J.D. Carsey, To have served as president [History\American], page 26
P.M. Bowers, Interesting Gliders (Interesting gliders) [Sailplanes], page 26
E.J. Reeves, You were the ones who made the 21st National the success it was [Competitions], page 28
L.M. Licher, Germany wins Nordic finals [Germany; Modeling], page 29
Gliding in Israel [Israel], page 29
Larissa Stroukoff Scholarships [Awards], page 29
P.A. Schweizer, The Schweizer 1-26 [Sailplanes; Schweizer\SGS 1-26], page 30
Six distinguished soaring men nominated to Hall of Fame [Awards\Hall of Fame], page 31
A.B. Millay, Philadelphia "Open House" [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 32
New World Records [Records], page 32
Looking back [History\American], page 34
November-December 
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MG-19; 1-23E (Cover) [Sailplanes]
F.J. Sweet, Editorial [Soaring Society of America], page facing 1
B.L. Wiggin, The world contest [Competitions], page 2
A. Raspet and R. Parker, The low-drag sailplane [Aerodynamics; Sailplanes\Tiny Mite], page 10
L.A. DeLange, The value of gliding and soaring for training airline and military pilots [Training], page 13
E.J. Reeves, (Spiraling with E.J.) [Competitions], page 16
E.D. Craik, TSA's venture into real estate [Sites\TSA], page 17
Glider airworthiness [Civil Aeronautic Authority; Licenses, Sailplane], page 19
(SSA News)No author or title, [Soaring Society of America], page 20
Youth will fly [Youth], page 21
D.C. Johnson, The conquest of Pikes Peak [Mountain Soaring], page 22
J. Tsuchiya, Interesting Gliders [Sailplanes], page 22
L. Gehrlein, The flying Gehrleins [Cross-Country Soaring], page 23
Notes and Quotes from club bulletins [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 27
O. Schwarzenberger, European news [Europe], page 28
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