Soaring Magazine Index for 1958 organized by issue
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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
1958
January-February 
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Rose Marie Licher, Arizona Soaring Association's new soaring site and a TG-3, photo by Rose Marie Licher (Cover) [Covers\Soaring Site]
A Fable [Editorial], page facing 1
Harner Selvidge, Diamond prospecting in the Mojave desert - Part 2 [Awards\Flights; Cross-Country Soaring], page 2
T.M. Tobin, You and a TG-2! [Training], page 6
W.H. Pratt, 1957 French soaring season [International\France], page 8
P.B. MacCready, Jr., Optimum airspeed selector [Sailplanes; Instruments], page 10
N.S. Bailey, 1957 Midwest meet [Competitions], page 12
25th National Bishop to host 1958 Nationals [Sites; Competitions], page 13
J. Perrucci, 1957 Snowbird meet [Competitions], page 14
M.C. Cosgrove, SSA insurance program [Insurance], page 16
J.M. Robertson, Safety First [Safety], page 18
P.M. Bowers, (Interesting gliders) [Sailplanes\Lo-150], page 18
US international soaring team [Competitions], page 19
E.M. Reeves, Twenty years ago [History\American], page 20
B.M. Ryan, (West words) [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 21
(SSA News)No author or title, [Soaring Society of America], page 24
Soaring Magazine [Soaring Society of America\Soaring Magazine], page 25
W.T. Royce, Cloud Reading for Pilots, by Ann Welch (Book Reviews) [Literature\Book Review], page 29
March-April 
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P.M. Bowers, Schweizer 1-19 after C flight, photo by Peter M. Bowers (Cover) [Sailplanes\Schweizer SGS 1-19; Awards]
What's in it for me? [Editorial], page facing 1
T.W. Sanford, Jr., The 12th Annual Torrey Pines meet [Competitions], page 2
B. Bowmar and V. Saudek, Cross-country in Nevada [Crewing; Cross-Country Soaring; Safety], page 5
The new FAI standard class [FAI; Standard Class], page 7
25th annual US national soaring competitions Rules and Regulations [Competitions], page 8
Preparations for the 1958 nationals [Competitions; Sites], page 12
US international soaring team [Competitions], page 13
L.M. Licher, FAI soaring awards rules and procedures [Awards], page 14
P.A. Schweizer, Schweizer sailplane developments [Sailplanes\Schweizer SGS 2-22; Manufacturers\Sailplanes; Sailplanes\Schweizer SGS Sailplanes\Schweizer SGS 1-23; Commercial Operations; Sailplanes\Schweizer SGS 1-26; Sailplanes\Schweizer SGS 1-29; Training], page 17
E.J. Reeves, Twenty years ago [History\American], page 20
B.M. Ryan, (West words) [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 21
(SSA News)No author or title, [Soaring Society of America], page 22
News briefs [Sailplanes\Mu-22; Awards\Lilienthal Medal], page 24
P.M. Bowers, (Interesting gliders) [Sailplanes\Dragonfly], page 25
F.E.W. Smith, Safety [Safety], page 26
May-June 
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J. Oberlerchner, Musger Mg 23, photo by Josef Oberlerchner (Cover) [Sailplanes\Musger Mg 23]
Terminology [Editorial], page facing 1
H. Drew, A new winch for the Vultures [Launching\Winch Towing], page 2
W.H. Pratt, French Sailplanes [Sailplanes\Wassmer Wa 20; International\France; Sailplanes\Breguet 902], page 4
J.L. Brown, Sailplane radios and the antenna [Radio Equipment], page 7
R.D. Barbour, The Thermal G - a new soaring center [Commercial Operations], page 8
J.M Robertson, 1957 accident analysis [Safety], page 9
W.S. Ivans, Jr., In Memoriam R.F. Symons (Obituaries) [Obituaries], page 10
D.S. Bromley, In memoriam to Robert Symons [Literature], page 11
15 Meter class [Competitions], page 11
Report from Bishop [Competitions; Sites], page 12
25th Annual U.S. national soaring competitions contest organization [Competitions], page 13
R. Forker, The 1958 world soaring championships task point system [Competitions], page 14
J. Serafin, Report from Leszno [Competitions; Poland], page 16
Final results [Competitions], page 17
B.M. Ryan, (West words) [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 19
E.J. Reeves, Twenty years ago [History\American], page 20
(SSA News)No author or title, [Soaring Society of America], page 22
L. Carter, Mississippi State College Glider Club [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 25
P.M. Bowers, (Interesting gliders) [Sailplanes], page 27
July-August 
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F. Matteson, Zugvogel on tow, photo by Fred Matteson (Cover) [Air Tow]
P.A Schweizer, 100% support for the internationals (Editorial) [Competitions], page facing 1
H. Naegele and E. Eppler, Plastic sailplane FS-24 Phoenix [Sailplanes\Phoenix], page 2
25th annual US national soaring competitions [Competitions], page 6
E.R. Heatley, 1st annual Tulsa Skyhawks soaring contest [Competitions], page 7
J. Nowak, Toledo glider club, Adrian, Michigan [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs; Sites\Adrian], page 8
F.H. Matteson, 1958 world soaring championships [Competitions], page 10
R.L. Moore, Northwest memorial day soaring meet [Competitions\Local], page 16
S. and G. Bennis, Memorial Day week end soaring meet [Competitions], page 17
F.B. Friedewald, Spiraling around St. Louis [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 18
C.B. Falconar, Wetaskiwin soaring meet [Competitions; Canada], page 19
E.M. Reeves, Twenty years ago [History\American], page 20
B.M. Ryan, (West words) [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 21
(SSA News)No author or title, [Soaring Society of America], page 22
J.M Robertson, Accidents and the CAA [Civil Aeronautic Authority; Safety], page 24
P.M. Bowers, (Interesting gliders) [Sailplanes\Schweizer SGS 2-8], page 25
B.H. Carmichael, Book Review: Fluid-Dynamic Drag by Dr. Ing. S.F. Hoerner [Literature], page 26
E. Menefee, NCSA Memorial Day soaring contest [Competitions\Local], page 27
September-October 
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T. Henderson, HP-8, 1-21; photos by Tom Henderson (Cover) [Sailplanes\Schweizer SGS 1-21; Sailplanes\HP-8]
Every sailplane soaring again (Editorial) [Editorial], page facing 1
P.A. Wilson, Sandbagging the Ross Racer [Competitions; Sailplanes\Ross Racer], page 2
H.F. Wood, Tenth annual Wright memorial glider meet [Competitions\Local], page 4
J.W. Turnbow, 1958 central Texas soaring meet [Competitions\Local], page 6
J.H. Gray, Salesmanship [Publicity], page 7
J.M. Battle, The South rises again [Competitions], page 8
L.M. Licher, 25th annual US national soaring competitions [Competitions\National], page 10
25th National - Statistics 25th annual US national soaring competitions - table of scores - 1958 [Competitions], page 16
J. Gray, 1958 northeastern soaring contest [Competitions], page 20
E.O. Menefee, In Memoriam John B. Sawyer (Obituaries) [Obituaries], page 23
J.H. Lambie, Plans to explore the Elsinore shear line with the OSTIV grant [Meteorology], page 24
J.B. Sawyer, Safety first A word, to the Other Guy [Safety], page 26
P.M. Bowers, Gyro Gliders (Interesting gliders) [Sailplanes\Gyro], page 27
B.M. Ryan, ed., Club News (Club News) [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 28
W. Mooney, Flat on my face [Literature], page 28
(SSA News)No author or title, [Soaring Society of America], page 30
November-December 
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XM-1 designed by James Marske; Breguet 905, French standard class, photo by Lesgourgues (Cover) [Sailplanes\Bruguet 905; Sailplanes\XM-1]
P.A. Schweizer, (Editorial) [Editorial], page facing 1
D.E. McNay, Flight testing the modified 1-26 [Sailplanes\Schweizer SGS 1-26; Test Flying], page 2
P.H. Entz, A new regional contest proposal [Competitions\Regional], page 3
P.H. Entz, 4th annual Pacific Northwest soaring contest [Competitions\Local], page 4
B.H. Carmichael, Experimental investigation of a thick laminar airfoil [Aerodynamic Design], page 6
E. Schweizer, The Schweizer 1-30 [Airplanes\1-30; Powered Aircraft], page 11
R.E. Schreder, The 1958 nationals from the cockpit of the HP-8 [Competitions\Flights], page 12
H.M. Claybourn, Mississippi waves? [Wave Soaring], page 15
R.L. Moore, Diamond C altitude in Washington [Wave Soaring; Awards\Flights], page 16
M.R. Beck, Wurtsboro wave to Gold C altitude [Awards\Flights; Wave Soaring], page 17
F.B. Friedewald, Second annual Illini soaring contest [Competitions], page 18
Jurio Tsuchiya [Obituaries], page 18
E.J. Reeves, Twenty years ago [History\American], page 20
Mooney's D.D. [Sailplanes\Dust Devil], page 21
B.M. Ryan, ed., Club News (Club News) [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 22
H.A. Namtry, Book Review: Gliding, by Derek Piggott (Book Reviews) [Literature\Book Review], page 23
(SSA News)No author or title, [Soaring Society of America], page 25
E. Southee, In Memoriam William R. Enyart (Obituaries) [Obituaries], page 26
Dr. Edward P. Warner (Obituaries) [Obituaries], page 26
1-26 one design regatta and meeting of the 1-26 association [Competitions; Sailplanes\Schweizer SGS 1-26], page 27
J.M Robertson, Safety First Whither statistics? [Safety], page 28
C.B. Falconar, Canadian News [Canada], page 30
E. Shattuck, Tweedie [Club; Youth], page 31
P.M. Bowers, (Interesting gliders) [Sailplanes\Daimler L-15], page 31
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