Soaring Magazine Index for 1970 organized by issue
Soaring Magazine Index for 1970 organized by issue
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Department, Columns, or Sections of the magazine are indicated within
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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
1970
January 
R.F. Blaine, Winch Guillotine [Launching\Winches\Construction], page 3
K. Strack, Alpine soaring (Letter) [International\Austria], page 5
Thanks, Miles Coverdale! [People\M.B. Coverdale], page 6
L.M. Licher, Semiannual SSA directors' meeting [Soaring Society of America], page 7
Countdown to Marfa ' 70 [Competitions\National], page 7
B.S. Smith, ed., Accident Prevention [Safety], page 8
T. Page, Southern Region 7 contest [Competitions\Regional], page 8
37th National - Rules and Regulations Nationals entry procedures [Competitions\National], page 8
Northern Region 10 contest [Competitions\Regional], page 9
Region 11 contest [Competitions\Regional], page 10
W.M. Foley, The Standard Cirrus [Sailplanes\Cirrus], page 12
D. Lamont, Showdown over Gila Bend [Records\Flights], page 14
W.A. Scott, Showdown over Gila Bend, page 14
A.H. Parker, A last Hurrah for the Sisu? [Records\Flights; Sailplanes\Sisu 1a], page 23
P.H. Schweizer, How to break a world speed record... sort of [Cross-Country Soaring; Literature], page 24
F.T. Holman, Deals with wheels [Launching\Autotow], page 26
M. Coverdale, (Safety corner) [Safety], page 29
February 
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Moffat says it ain't so (Letter) [People\G.B. Moffat, Jr.], page 1
G.B. Moffat, Jr., Moffat says it ain't so (Letter) [Competitions\Flying], page 4
J. Firth, Too much, too soon? (Letter) [Safety], page 4
R.F. Gray, NZ/US photo exchange (Letter) [Photography], page 4
P. Riedel, Peter Riedel for motorgliders (Letter) [Motorgliders], page 5
1969 Canadian Nationals [Competitions\International; International\Canada], page 7
Region 8 contest [Competitions\Regional], page 8
G.B. Moffat, Jr., Marfa/1969: The new ships [Sailplanes\FK-3; Sailplanes\AS-W 15; Sailplanes\BJ-4; Sailplanes\Cirrus; Sailplanes\Kestrel; Sailplanes\Libelle], page 10
G.B. Moffat, Jr., Moffat says it ain't so (Letter) [Safety], page 14
Harris Hill Soaring Corp. Museum Committee, The National Soaring Museum [Archives and Museums], pages 14,
J.M. Caldwell, Thoughts of a young pilot on the coming of winter [Literature], page 19
L.M. Licher, Annual SSA directors' meeting [Soaring Society of America], page 20
L.M. Licher, SSA Awards banquet [Soaring Society of America], page 22
L.M. Licher, SSA annual general meeting of members [Awards\Soaring Society of America], page 22
R. McMaster, The ABC flight training program [Training; People\E.V. Martz], page 23
M. Coverdale, (Safety Corner) [Safety], page 26
March 
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1970 US sailplane directory, part I [Sailplanes\Directory], entire issue
April 
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1970 US sailplane directory, part II [Sailplanes\Directory], entire issue
May 
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J.C. Wright, "Farewell to a good friend", Claybourn Marshall [Obituaries], page 4
T. Lewis, Langewiesche on the reason for bottom rudder while turning (Letter) [Aerodynamics], page 4
J. Olson, Snap II (Letter) [Sailplanes\Snap II; Aerodynamics; Construction of Gliders], page 5
J.H. Shaw, 1969 1-26 Sweepstakes [Competitions; Sailplanes\Schweizer SGS 1-26], page 7
Region 1 contest [Competitions\Regional], page 8
Region 12 contest [Competitions\Regional], page 8
Southern Region 10 contest [Competitions\Regional], page 8
Standard Class rulings [Sailplanes\Standard Class], page 9
H. Hinze, A bit about birds [Literature; Birds], page 11
S. Royce, Pleasure soaring in a combat war zone [International\Egypt], page 13
B.M. Rogers, Gentlemen, start your engines! [Motorgliders\AS-K 14; Motorgliders\D-37; Motorgliders\Mose 2; Motorgliders\SF-25B Falke; Motorgliders\SFS-31], page 16
C.D. Herold, et al., DSP: a new contest task [Competitions], page 20
F.X. Wortmann, On the optimization of airfoils with flaps [Aerodynamics], page 23
J.C. Lincoln, Marshall Claybourn, 1925-1970 [People\Marshall Claybourn; Obituaries], page 28
M. Coverdale, (Safety Corner) [Safety], page 29
June 
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1970 Torrey Pines meet [Competitions\Local], page 5
More awards for Alex [Awards\People\S.A. Aldott], page 5
R.T. Allemann, G.B. Moffat, Jr., B.M. Rogers and A.J. Smith, America's first World Soaring Championships, Coming at you [Competitions\World], page 6
D. Lamont, A sailplane contest watcher's guide [Competitions], page 11
W.S. Ivans, Jr., The officials, page 14
The officials [Competitions; People\E.H. Butts; People\P. Gehriger; People\F. Kahl], page 14
B. Briegleb, What makes one pilot try and be better than every other one! [Competitions\FLights], page 15
P.F. Bikle, Polars of eight [Sailplanes\Kestrel; Sailplanes\BG-12; Sailplanes\DFS Olympia; Sailplanes\Cirrus; Sailplanes\Schweizer SGS 1-26; Performance Calculations; Sailplanes\Phoebus; Sailplanes\T-6; Test Flying], page 16
D. Lamont, Talking with a champion [Sailplanes\Mu-22; Competitions\Flying], page 24
Roster of pilots for the 1970 championships [Competitions\National], page 27
July 
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L.R. Schnier, SSA and the FAA (Letter) [Federal Aviation Agency], page 4
R. Salvo, Repairing fiberglass [Maintenance and Repair], page 4
H. Smith, Jr., A question of aerodynamics (Letter) [Aerodynamics], page 5
S. Royce, Pete Conrad [People\P.B Conrad], page 6
World records for Lincoln [People\J.C. Lincoln; Records\Flights], page 8
E.P Williams, An encounter with the black bear [Competitions\Flights], page 10
No author or title, [Competitions\Flights], page 10
G. Seibels, The intelligent woman's guide to soaring pilots and crewing [Crewing; Literature], pages 13,
J.C. Lincoln, On the scene at Marfa [Competitions\National], page 18
H. Woedl, Speed and distance [Cross-Country Soaring], page 24
P.F. Bikle, Sun up, Gear up [Performance Calculations; Test Flying], page 25
M. Coverdale, (Safety Corner) [Safety], page 30
August 
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M. and V. McRiley, Explorimenting in Mexico? (Letter) [International\Mexico; People\D.S. May], page 4
R.H. Miller, Tilting tail feathers (Letter) [Aerodynamics], page 4
M. Simons, Sailplane identified (Letter) [Sailplanes\M-22 Turul], page 5
G. Seibels, Region 5 contest [Competitions\Regional], pages 6,
J.S. Herman, Region 1 contest [Competitions\Regional], page 6
H. Dick, Region 12 contest [Competitions\Regional], page 8
Australian nationals [Competitions\Australia], page 9
Trailer guide [Trailers], page 9
International results [Competitions\International], page 11
P.F. Bikle, Description of the T-6 sailplane [Sailplanes\T-6], page 12
B.M. Rogers, Changing of the guard [People\D. Lamont; Soaring Society of America\Soaring Magazine], page 16
H.L. Bloxom, Thermals in ny living room [Photography; Meteorology], page 19
P. Newgard, Blowing down to Mexico [Cross-Country Soaring], page 23
J.H. Lambie, Flying the Fauvel AV-36 Flying wing [Sailplanes\Fauvel AV-36], page 27
M. Coverdale, (Safety Corner) [Safety], page 28
September 
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W.A. Scott and B. Greene, 720-mile record claim [Records\Flights], page 4
M. and D.B. Barritt, Ladies too [Canada; Records\Flights], page 5
Making the most of Marfa [People\K. Holighaus; Records\Flights], page 8
J.C. Lincoln, With the US team at Marfa [Competitions\World], page 10
M. Coverdale, (Safety corner) [Safety], page 36
October 
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W.A. Prescott, Say it with music (Letter) [Literature], page 5
D. Rathbone, (SSA in Action), page 6
(SSA in Action)No author or title, [Soaring Society of America; Awards], page 6
Neubert 100 km-speed claim [Records\Flights; People\W. Neubert], page 9
R. Wolters, A letter from Elmira [Competitions], page 13
P.F. Bikle, T-6 performance [Performance Calculations; Sailplanes\T-6; Test Flying], page 25
H. Fischer, The 1-26 North American Championships [Competitions\1-26], page 31
M. Coverdale, (Safety Corner) [Safety], page 35
November 
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W. Allen, (SSA in Action), page 8
(SSA in Action)No author or title, [Soaring Society of America\Soaring Magazine], page 8
L. Brooks, Northern Region 10 contest [Competitions\Regional], page 11
37th National Desert arena [Competitions\National], page 12
B. Ryan, 37th National - Statistics Table of scores [Competitions\National], page 18
B.M. Ryan, Table of scores [Competitions\National], page 18
P. Hogue, as told to D. Reynolds and C.L. Artman, The rough-hewn genius [History\American], page 21
P.F. Bikle, AS-W 12 and Libelle H-301B performance tests [Sailplanes\AS-W 12; Performance Calculations; Test Flying], page 26
L.M. Licher, Semiannual SSA directors' meeting, page 30
L.M. Licher, Six Soaring Society Regional Directors elected [Soaring Society of America\Directors], page 30
M. Coverdale, (Safety corner) [Safety], page 32
December 
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F. Hatfield, Soaring in South Africa [International\South Africa], page 4
J.M. Foreman and Richard Miller, You, too (Letter) [Aerodynamics], page 4
J.H. Lambie, Downhill racer [Sailplanes], page 16
J. Ree, The screw of a Tern [Safety; Sailplanes\Tern], page 18
Desert arena, part II [Competitions], page 20
M. Coverdale, (Safety corner) [Safety], page 31
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