Soaring Magazine Index for 1971 organized by issue
Soaring Magazine Index for 1971 organized by issue
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January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
1971
January 
J. Marske, Does "Open" = "Unrestricted"? (Letter) [Competitions], page 4
R. Carpenter, Magnificent obsession. Part II (Letter), page 5
C. Nearing, (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Design; Sailplanes\Standard Class], page 6
J. Marske, Does "Open" = "Unrestricted"? (Letter) [Open Class], page 6
Herschel Smith, EAA'er updates BG-6 [Sailplanes\BG-6; Construction\Sailplanes], page 8
C. Silverman, New US feminine speed record, page 9
G. Seibels, Northern Region 4 contest [Competitions\Regional], page 9
New US feminine speed record [Records\Flights], page 9
Production Nimbus announced [Sailplanes\Nimbus], page 9
Northern Region 11 contest [Competitions\Regional], page 10
Southern Region 4 contest [Competitions\Regional], page 10
Southern Region 11 contest [Competitions\Regional], page 13
J. Hart, Flight test - Italian style. Hart [Sailplanes\Caproni A-21j; Italy; Test Flying], page 14
G. Seibels, New Castle. Virginia Blue grass soaring [Sites], page 16
R. Barnaby, A soaring plane mobile [Modeling], page 19
P. Bikle, Airspeed calibration [Instruments; Performance Calculations; Test Flying], page 22
I. Prue, Safety corner [Safety], page 29
February 
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G. Abels, Water ballast and safety (Letter) [Safety], page 4
J. Faust, A different drummer for SSA? (Letter) [Sailplanes], page 4
R. Wister, Tilting tailfeathers, Si! (Letter) [Dynamics of Flight], page 5
S. DuPont, Tilting tailfeathers, No! (Letter) [Dynamics of Flight], page 5
B.M. Ryan, (SSA in Action), page 6
L. Licher, New FAI sporting code [Awards], page 6
L. Licher, Regional directors elected [Soaring Society of America], page 6
(SSA in Action)No author or title, [Awards], page 6
Making a record claim? send a map too [Awards], page 7
SSA'ers help "Motorgliding" off the ground [Literature; Powered Sailplane Association], page 9
Southern Region 10 contest [Competitions\Regional], page 9
W. Scott and B. Greene, The big one [Record Flights], page 10
P. Cameron, The family that flies together stays together! [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 16
P. Bikle, Flight test performance summary [Performance Calculations; Test Flying], page 18
Paul Bikle - an appreciation [People\P.F. Bikle], page 34
I. Prue, Safety Corner [Safety], page 36
March 
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PRO and CONtests,, various authors (letters) [Soaring Society of America\Soaring Magazine], page 4
(SSA in Action)No author or title, [Competitions\Design; Open Class; Soaring Society of America; Standard Class], page 6
What's up down under [International\Australia], page 12
NAA to publish magazine [Literature], page 13
A. Hurst, Concept 70 [Sailplanes\Concept-70], page 16
R.A. Wolters, A letter from the Mt. Washington wave [Techniques\Wave Flying; Literature], page 20
G.B. Moffat, Jr., The Nimbus at Marfa [Competitions\Flights; Sailplanes\Nimbus], page 23
P. Lempart, Massachusetts students [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 26
H. Dick, How to organize a Regionals Championships [Competitions\Regional], page 28
P. Hess, Polars in the cockpit [Performance Calculations], page 32
J.M. Foreman, Ni-Cad battery pack charger [Batteries], page 34
G. Seibels, In defense of competition [Competitions], page 36
I. Prue, (Safety corner), page 38
April 
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D. Kohga, Japanese sailplanes (Letter) [International\Japan; Sailplanes\LSS-02; Sailplanes\Mita III], page 4
H.R. Parnell, Jr., Airspace: a view from the other side of the fence (Letter) [Safety], page 4
M.E. Henderson, A can of worms (Letter) [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 5
G. Parcell, (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America\Soaring Magazine], page 6
Top SSA instructors named for 1970 [Training], page 7
Bryan, Ohio goes all-out for '71 nats [Competitions\National], page 8
Readers' preference survey [Soaring Society of America\Soaring Magazine], page 10
National Soaring Site How to get a national soaring site free [Sites], page 11
E.J. Seagars, The polluted sky [Airspace; Federal Aviation Agency; Sites], page 14
H.R. Parnell, Jr., Airspace; a view from the other side of the fence (Letter) [Airspace], page 18
Marion S. Griffith, Jr., SSA and the airspace problem [Federal Aviation Agency], page 18
C.D. Glattly, Soaring site acquisition [Sites], page 19
L.N. Hull, They aren't manufacturing land anymore [Sites], page 20
J.H. Allen, The operational mix solution [Sites], page 21
The Invicta project [Sailplanes\Invicta TJ2], page 22
R. Wayt, Destination: Yellowstone [Cross-Country Soaring], page 30
B.D. Baldry, The little one [Literature], page 31
B.S. Smith, CIVV report [Sailplanes\Standard Class; FAI], page 33
L.M. Licher, SSA semi-annual meetings [Competitions\Design; Sites; Soaring Society of America; Standard Class], page 34
I. Prue, (Safety corner) [Safety], page 37
J. Aldrich, Using the weather [Meteorology], page 38
May 
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L.E.[B?] Holland, More on battery charger (Letter) [Batteries], page 3
E. Scurr, - the spirit of the symposia (SSA in Action) [Soaring Symposia], page 4
Betty, Take a bow [Soaring Society of America\Soaring Magazine], page 8
A.J. Smith, Design competition news [Competitions\Design], page 10
R. MacIntyre, Alan Cameron and Peter Lyons win NZ championships [Sailplanes\Mu-22; New Zealand], page 10
M. and D. Barritt, Standard class championships news [Competitions\National], page 13
The return of the floaters? [Sailplanes], page 14
(The Foreign Scene)No author or title, [Sailplanes; International\Poland], page 15
H.E. Thor, BJ-1 [Sailplanes\BJ-1; Sailplanes\Construction], page 16
P.A. Schweizer, The Schweizer story [Manufacturers of Sailplanes], page 20
Estrella Sailport Soaring sites; a visit to Estrella Sailport [Commercial Operations\Sites], page 26
C.V. Lindsay, Sailplane flights into a classical Appalachian Mountain wave. . [Meteorology; Wave Soaring], page 30
I. Prue, Safety corner [Safety], page 36
June 
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L. Harrison, (Letter) [College soaring], page 2
(SSA in Action)No author or title, [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs; Sites], page 4
G. Seibels, Region 5 contest [Competitions\Regional], page 7
(The Foreign Scene)No author or title, [Sailplane\A-21J; Sailplanes\An-66 C], page 11
Nugget [Construction\Sailplanes; Sailplanes\LP-15 Nuggett], page 12
S. DuPont, HP-16 [HP-16], page 16
P. Bikle, Polars of eight [Sailplanes\AS-W 15; Sailplanes\Cirrus; Sailplanes\DFS Olympia; Sailplanes\LS-1C; Sailplanes\Libelle; Sailplanes\1-34; Sailplanes\T-6; Sailplanes\LP-49], page 20
P.F. Bikle, Polars of eight [Performance Calculations; Test Flying], page 20
J. Firth, Radio buyer's guide [Radio Equipment], pages 22,21
Wasserkuppe! [History\Germany], page 23
L.M. Licher, Items from the executive director [Sailplanes], page 39
J. Aldrich, Using the weather [Meteorology], page 40
July 
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J. Olson, (SSA in Action), page 4
transl., by Hannes Linke (The Foreign Scene) [Sailplanes\Hi 26], page 9
J.H. Lambie, Kitty Hawk revisited [Airgraft\Wright Flyer], page 12
Sailplane launch by pulse jet [Jet Launch], page 17
C. Herold, Them that has, and them that's going to [Safety], page 18
F.B. Smith, Incident on a ridge [Safety], page 21
L.P. Hunter, Class definition by gross weight [Sailplanes], page 26
E.H. Replogle, Let America show the way to a 13-meter class [Sailplanes], page 28
J. Faust, The great universal hang glider championships [Hang gliders], page 32
R.E. Brown, Sailplane aerodynamics [Aerodynamics], page 34
I. Prue, (Safety Corner) [Safety], page 35
August 
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V. Saudek, The Nader principle in hang gliding (Letter) [Hang gliders], page 2
C-70 is top flight [Sailplanes\Concept-70; Test Flying], page 8
J. Conn, Region 6 contest [Competitions\Regional], page 10
J.S. Herman, Region 1 contest [Competitions\Regional], page 10
G. Christiansen, Region 2 contest [Competitions\Regional], page 11
(The Foreign Scene)No author or title, [International\Japan], page 13
R.H. Miller, The road not taken [Sailplanes\Condor], page 14
R.K. Barcus, Rigging the Diamant [Sailplanes\DFS Olympia], page 16
E. Katinszky, Tales from the ticking box [Instruments; Cross-Country Soaring], page 18
Baudelaire, Poetry. No title [Literature], page 23
W.T.S. Smith, Water glider, page 24
A. Dawydoff and B.M. DeBlicquy, Soaring in the Arctic [Arctic Soaring], page 26
W. Adams, Caution: student handle with care [Training], page 28
E.B. Burton, Positive vorticity advection [Meteorology], page 30
E.B. Burton, Positive vorticity advection, page 30
C. Herold, (Herold's Hearsay) [Airspace; Federal Aviation Agency], page 34
A. Ide, Items from the executive director, Licher, L.M., page 35
L.M. Licher, Items from the executive director [Awards\Flights], page 35
I. Prue, Safety Corner [Safety], page 36
September 
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A. Ide, From Silver C #2000 (Letter), page 2
V. Jensen, First controlled hang glider? (Letter) [Hang gliders], page 2
(The Foreign Scene)No author or title, [International\Germany; International\Great Britain; Sailplanes\Sirius II], page 6
R. Allemann, An introduction to soaring in the Columbia Basin [Sites\Columbia Basin], page 12
T. Boyer, Standard Class Ephrata diary [Sites\Ephrata; Competitions\National], page 15
T.M. Boyer, Ephrata diary [Sites\Ephrata], page 15
J.C. Lincoln, 1971 1-26 North American championships [Competitions\1-26], page 28
E. and B. Hill, Hill's bells [Literature], page 37
L.M. Licher, SSA semi-annual meeting [Soaring Society of America], page 38
I. Prue, (Safety Corner) [Safety], page 39
C.D. Herold, (Herold's Hearsay), page 40
October 
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B. Palmer, Powered parawing (Letter) [Hang gliders], page 2
(SSA in Action)No author or title, [Youth], page 4
A.B Fuchs, (SSA in Action), page 6
American Soaring Handbook, by Alice Fuchs [Literature\Aerodynamics], page 6
How to Make and Fly Paper Airplanes, page 10
H. Lawrence, The ridge [Literature], page 12
G. Seibels, 38th National Bryan 1971 [Competitions\National], page 14
B.M. Ryan, 38th National Soaring Championships - Statistics Table of scores [Competitions\Nationals], page 32
What happened to the HP-16 and Concept 70? [Sailplanes\Concept-70; Sailplanes\HP-16], page 34
C.D. Herold, (Herold's Hearsay), page 35
I. Prue, Safety corner [Safety], page 36
November 
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J.S. Hamilton, Airspace: everybody's job (Letter) [Airspace; Federal Aviation Agency], page 2
S. DuPont, A retractable venturi (Letter) [Instruments], page 3
(SSA in Action)No author or title, [Conferences and Conventions], page 6
Dick Wolters: The Art and Technique of Soaring [Literature], page 7
Joseph C. Lincoln: On Quiet Wings [Literature], page 7
Region 4 contest [Competitions\Regional], page 8
G. Hatchell, Region 5 contest [Competitions\Regional], page 10
F. Hewitt, Northern Region 7 contest [Competitions\Regional], page 11
Southern Region 7 contest [Competitions\Regional], page 11
17th annual 1-26 regatta results [Competitions\1-26], page 14
H. Krauth, The flying wing: blunder or blessing? [Sailplanes], page 18
W. Mozdyniewicz, translated by J. Serafin, Cloudstreet flying [Techniques\Thermal Soaring], page 26
A. Stuart, Building a Tern [Construction\Sailplanes; Sailplanes\Tern], page 28
H.V. Senn, Thermals in a garbage can [Meteorology], page 31
J.H. Aldrich, Using the weather [Meteorology], page 35
T. Page, Position paper: will the SSA go hang? [Soaring Society of America], page 36
C. Herold, Caution; student, handle with care (Herold's Hearsay), page 38
December 
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M.E. Wald, Safety point (Letter) [Safety], page 4
(SSA in action)No author or title, [People\M.R. Opitz], page 6
New Schreder design [Sailplanes\RS-15], page 8
S.V. Colton, Region 12 contest [Competitions\Regional], page 9
L. Brooks, Region 10 contest [Competitions\Regional], page 12
F. Worthington, Travels with George [Crewing], page 18
G. Seibels, Cockpit wizard [Instruments], page 23
Hang Gliders Did someone say slow and low? [Hang gliders], page 24
B. Blodget, Some accident observations [Safety], page 28
W.J. Mouton, Jr., How to fly a real self-launched sailplane [Motorgliders\SF-27M], page 31
C. Herold, (Herold's Hearsay) [Oxygen Equipment], page 37
S. Horvath, Safety corner [Safety], page 39
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