Soaring Magazine Index for 1973 organized by issue
Soaring Magazine Index for 1973 organized by issue
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January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
1973
January 
Lenticular cloud stack over Tehachapi (Cover) [Meteorology; Cover]
Critique. Remember the little guy (Letter) [Soaring Society of America\Soaring Magazine], page 2
Geof Steele, Rebutting a rebuttal: Libelle (Letter) [Sailplanes\Libelle], page 3
Paul A. Kurbjun, How about tricycle landing gears? (Letter), page 3
Better a near miss than a fallen angel (Letter) [Safety], page 3
Power training for soaring (Letter) [Training; Youth], page 3
Rebutting a rebuttal (Letter) [Sailplanes\Libelle], page 3
Playing with numbers (Letter) [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-26], page 4
Marion S. Griffith, Jr., President's report, Marion S. Griffith, Jr [Soaring Society of America], page 7
D. Halacy and J. Tallon, Soaring [Literature], page 10
Australian Gliding Federation's sailplane design contest (Foreign Scene) [International\Australia; Competitions\Design], page 10
J. McMasters and Curtis Cole, Massachusetts Institute of Technology symposium report, McMasters, J. and Cole, Curtis [Techniques\Mountain Soaring; Conferences, Conventions, and Meetings], page 12
MIT symposium report [Instrumentation; Meteorology], page 13
Hans Zacher, Flight test film: MIT symposium [Sailplanes\SB-9], page 14
J. McMasters and Curtis Cole, MIT symposium report [Aerodynamics; Design], pages 14,15,16,17
MIT symposium report [Test Flying], page 14
Structures and materials: MIT symposium report [Construction\Sailplanes], page 14
Self-launching sailplanes: MIT symposium report [Motorgliders], page 15
W.S. Ivans, CIVV report [Women\International\Yugoslavia; International\Australia\Waikerie; Airspace; Motorgliding; FAI], page 20
Accidents at Vrsac: CIVV report [Safety], page 20
1974 world championships discussed; CIVV report [Competitions\World], pages 20-21
Standard class: CIVV report [Records], page 21
G. Moffat, Ships at Vrsac [Sailplanes\Glasflugel 604; Sailplanes\AS-W 17; Sailplanes\A-15; Sailplanes\Cirrus; Sailplanes\Jantar; Sailplanes\LS-1; Sailplanes\Libelle; Sailplanes\Nimbus II; Sailplanes\Orion], page 22
Best US competition pilots of 1972 [Competitions], page 24
Martin Simons, Flying the Salto [Sailplanes\Salto], page 28
Dr. Richard Eppler, The pleasure was mine? (Herold's Hearsay), page 30
Oxygen regulator and mask data (Herold's Hearsay) [Instrumentation], page 30
Radar beacon regulations (Herold's Hearsay) [Federal Aviation Agency], page 34
John Aldrich, Shear Lines Smog delineates Mojave shear lines: Using the Weather [Meteorology], page 36
S. Hall, (Homebuilder's Hall) [Homebuilts], page 36
February 
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Blueprints: 1-26 and LP-49 (Cover) [Cover; Sailplanes\1-26; Sailplanes\LP-49]
Dennis Harmon, Index of cross-country performance, reply to (Letter) [Performance], page 2
Helping the direct way (Letter) [Youth], page 2
Index of cross-country performance (Letter) [Cross-Country Soaring; Sailplanes\HP-10; Performance; Sailplanes\Weihe], page 2
For the cost of one raid (Letter) [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs; Youth], page 3
Lap racing and togetherness (Letter) [Competitions], page 3
The Mojave petroglyphs (Letter) [Literature], page 3
Make noise for silent flight (Letter) [Publicity], page 4
Optimum final glide speed (Letter) [Instrumentation], page 4
Big noise of 1972 (SSA in Action) [Federal Aviation Agency], page 6
Joy of soaring, by Conway, Carle (SSA in Action) [Literature], page 7
Geof Steele, National records for standard class (SSA in Action), page 9
Kansas Soaring Association May Host Women's Beet (SSA in Action) [Women], page 9
New directors elected (SSA in Action) [People\Hal Lattimore; People\Rudy Allemann; People\John Ryan; People\John Williams; People\John Brittingham; Soaring Society of America\Directors; People\Floyd Sweet], page 9
Christinas bonanza (SSA in Action) [Archives and Museums], page 11
Issues film catalogue (SSA in Action) [Archives and Museums], page 11
Richard H. Johnson, Living with the AS-W 17 [People\Gerhard Waibel; Sailplanes\AS-W 17; People\Geof Steele], page 12
Richard Schreder, Living with the AS-W 17, page 14
39th US national soaring championship, Minden, Nevada; AS-W 17 [Sites\Minden, Nevada; Competitions\National], page 14
George Green, Three for the 49er, page 16
Terry Haug, Three for the 49er, page 16
Tom Ruddy, Three for the 49er, page 16
Three for the 49er [Homebuilts; Sailplanes\LP-49], page 16
Garey Hudson, From a suitcase [Homebuilts; Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-26C], page 17
Paul W. Herrick, Passenger glider tourist attraction [Design; Sites\Florida; Sailplanes], page 22
Fred Robinson, Why does it cost so much?, page 26
Maj. H.H. Bruhlman, Keeping the air in Air Cadets [Training; Military; International\Canada; Youth], page 26
Al Parker, Why does it cost so much?, page 28
Why does it cost so much? [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs; Costs; People\Jon Putnam; People\George Tweed; People\Mark Wild], page 28
T. Elmore, Time heals many things [International\Austria; Sailplanes\Cirrus; Cross-Country Soaring; Safety; Competitions\Classes\Standard], page 30
S. Hall, (Homebuilder's Hall) [Homebuilts], page 32
"Speedy" Bond, If at first you don't succeed Fly, fly again, page 34
If at first you don't succeed. Fly, fly again! Bond, "Speedy" [Women], page 34
Robert L. Moore Wins Eagle Eye Award for photography [People\Robert L. Moore; Photography; Museums], page 35
An environmental issue? (Herold's Hearsay) [Federal Aviation Agency], page 37
Experimental aircraft: operational limitation (Herold's Hearsay) [Experimental Aircraft; Federal Aviation Agency], page 38
Mode C Transponders (Herold's Hearsay) [Federal Aviation Agency], pages 38 or 39
Certification of pilots and flight instructors (Herold's Hearsay) [Certification; Federal Aviation Agency], page 39
Federal Aviation Agency Implements SFO TCA (Herold's Hearsay) [Federal Aviation Agency], page 39
John Aldrich, Mountain waves (Using the Weather) [Meterology], page 40
March 
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Ray Stark, Loop sequence over Long Island in Ka 6 March (Cover) [Cover; Sailplanes\Ka 6]
A message missed (Letter) [Sailplanes\AS-W 12; Techniques\Wave Soaring; Safety], page 2
Discount prices? (Letter) [Costs], page 2
Power pitch (Letter) [Training], page 2
Stephen Du Pont, Interthermal vs final-glide speed [Instrumentation], page 3
George Moffat, Slipping and skidding vs coordinated turns (Letter) [Sailplanes\Nimbus II; Sailplanes\Cirrus; Techniques\Wave Soaring], page 4
Bernald S. Smith, A "Cu" pin with emeralds? Reply to (Letter) [Awards], page 6
A "Cu" pin with emeralds? (Letter), page 6
Second annual soaring convention, San Antonio, Texas (SSA in Action) [Conferences, Conventions, and Meetings], page 7
Lilienthal Medal won by Karl Striedieck (SSA in Action) [People\Karl Striedieck; Awards\Lilienthal Medal], page 8
Warren Eaton memorial trophy won by Helen Dick (SSA in Action) [People\Helen Dick; Awards\Eaton], page 8
Bertha M. Ryan, Women soaring pilots newsletter (SSA in Action) [Women], page 10
FFA tightens CFI launch limitations removal (SSA in Action) [Federal Aviation Agency; Techniques\Wave Soaring], page 11
Kestrel 19 ATC'D (SSA in Action) [Federal Aviation Agency; Sailplanes\Kestrel 19], page 12
Doppler radar technique for identifying bird species in flight: Random gusts [Birds\Instrumentation], page 13
Soaring for diamonds, Lincoln, Joseph C., now available in paperback (SSA in Action) [Literature], page 13
Irven Culver, Ultralight round table [People\John Luttrell; People\Peter Lissaman; People\Bruce Carmichael; Aerodynamics; Ultralight; People\Henry Jex; People\Taras Kiceniuk, Jr.], page 16
Bennett M. Rogers, My first flight to a storm cloud, excerpt from Flying is my life, by Hanna Reitsch [Literature], page 21
Lloyd M. Licher, Executive director's report [Soaring Society of America], page 30
Mark A. Savage, 3 into 12 = one [Design; Sailplanes\BG-12; Homebuilts], page 32
Ted Sharp, SSA financial operation [Soaring Society of America], page 36
Bob Kramer, Air sailing gliderport, Inc. [Sites\Air Sailing, Nevada], page 37
John Aldrich, Temperature inversion: Using the Weather [Meteorology], page 39
Vance A. Tucker, Dynamic soaring (Herold's Hearsay) [Techniques\Dynamic Soaring], page 40
(Herold's Hearsay)No author or title, [Sailplanes\Census], page 40
Ultralight gliders, FAA position (Herold's Hearsay) [Ultralight], page 40
Vance A. Tucker, Dynamic soaring, excerpt from "Wind Powered Flight" (Herold's Hearsay) [Birds], page 41
April 
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2-22 flown by Roy Schlemeyer at Odessa, Texas (Cover) [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 2-22; Cover]
Airspace (Letter) [Airspace], page 2
FAA action regarding airspace (Letter) [Federal Aviation Agency], page 2
Noise: Ford vs Schweizer, cont'd (Letter) [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 2-32], page 2
Trailer graphics (Letter) [Trailers], page 2
Atlas didn't shrug (Letter) [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs; Youth], page 3
Clear-vision panels (Letter) [Equipment; Construction\Sailplanes; Techniques\Wave Soaring], page 3
How to avoid collisions: use your head (Letter) [Safety], page 3
Time heals many things (Letter) [Costs; Safety], page 3
John Luttrell, Blanik airspeed corrections (Letter) [Sailplanes\Blanik], page 6
Blanik airspeed corrections (Letter) [Instrumentation; Sailplanes\Blanik L-13], page 6
Differentiating insurance costs (Letter) [Insurance\Sailplane], page 6
Weekday discount tried (Letter) [Costs; Sites\Holiday Haven], page 6
Awards suggested (SSA in Action) [Awards; Training\Flight Instructors], page 8
Jon McMurty Top non-commercial instructor, 1972 (SSA in Action) [Mountain Soaring], page 8
Don Monroe Joins SSA staff (SSA in Action) [People\Don Monroe], page 9
Office installs telephone answering device (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America], page 9
Texas U gets Parker sailplanes (SSA in Action) [International\Pakistan; History\American\Texas], page 9
Joseph C. Lincoln, Soaring on the wind (SSA in Action) [Literature], page 10
US pilot entry priority lists (SSA in Action) [Competitions], page 10
A.J. Smith, Getting to know the Nimbus II [People\Klaus Holighaus; Sailplanes\Schempp-Hirth\Nimbus II], page 12
Stan Hall, The case for homebuilding [Sailplanes\Cherokee; Homebuilts], page 16
L. Horvath, I missed the big one [Awards\Diamond Badge; Meteorology; Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-26], page 19
G. Rogers, To kill a soaringbird [People\Bennett M. Rogers; People\Thomas Beltz], page 22
Jack Olson, Ultralight designs [Construction\Sailplanes; Design; Ultralight; Landing Gear], page 24
Art Zimmermann, American glass, du Pont, S, page 26
John Luttrell, American glass, du Pont, S, page 26
Stephen du Pont, American glass [Sailplanes\Austria SH-1; Sailplanes\Concept 70; Construction\Sailplanes], page 26
Harry N. Perl, (Safety Corner), page 30
Accident report: Concept 70 (Safety Corner) [Sailplanes\Concept 70; Safety], page 30
Allegheny ridge running hazards (Herold's Hearsay) [Techniques\Ridge Soaring], page 34
Soaring convention, San Antonio, Texas (Herold's Hearsay) [Conferences, Conventions, and Meetings], page 34
Variometer note (Herold's Hearsay) [Instrumentation], page 34
May 
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Cover, May 1973 (Cover) [Cover; Sailplanes\A-21]
John Luttrell, Demurrers from Kirchheim (Letter) [Costs; Maintenance and repair; Comparison Flights; Sailplanes\Nimbus II], page 2
Attention, Cherokee owners (Letter) [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs; Homebuilts; Newsletters], page 2
Geof Steele, Credit where credit is due (Letter), page 3
J. McMasters, The Wortmann airfoil catalogue (Letter) [Aerodynamics\Wortmann Airfoil], page 3
Reply to "Timeliness and lead-time" (Letter) [Herold, Carl], page 3
Timeliness and lead-time (Letter) [Operation Limitations], page 3
Better late than never (Letter) [Instrumentation], page 4
Duster association: A 13-meter contest? (Letter) [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs; Competitions; Sailplanes\Duster; Homebuilts], page 4
George D. Worthington, Tell it like it is? (Letter) [Safety], page 6
Stephen Du Pont, Cheap gliders (Letter) [Construction\Sailplanes], page 8
Glider vs. power training -. a CFI view (Letter) [Training], pages 5,11
Using the yaw string to center thermals (Letter) [Techniques\Wave Soaring; Techniques\Thermal Soaring], page 8
Ray Shamblen, Sailplane census (SSA in Action), page 9
Second annual Smirnoff sailplane derby, Los Angeles, CA (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Smirnoff], page 9
Bill Ivans and Robert H. Buck, CIVV meeting, Paris, France (SSA in Action) [FAI\CIVV], page 10
Richard Schreder and Geof Steele, An HP-17 for Chester? (SSA in Action) [Sailplanes\HP-17; Homebuilts], page 11
International Women's international meet fund (SSA in Action) [People\Erica Scurr; Women; Competitions], page 12
New SSA state governors (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America], page 12
New SSA state governors (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America\Governors], page 12
Spring soaring symposium (SSA in Action) [Archives and Museums; Conferences, Conventions, and Meetings], page 12
Do you have a calendar photo? (SSA in Action) [Photography], page 13
Long soaring flights survey (SSA in Action) [Cross-Country Soaring], page 13
National Hang Glider Meet: Random Gusts [Hang gliders], page 13
Standard class trophy fund (SSA in Action) [Awards; Competitions\Class\Standard], page 13
Geof Steele, "Legal" water for the Standard Libelle (SSA in Action) [Federal Aviation Agency; Sailplanes\Libelle], page 14
New Zealand nationals decide world team (SSA in Action) [People\Alan Cameron; International\New Zealand], page 14
Howard B.[E. or R.?] Ebersole and Dave McNay, The Raspet flight research laboratory [People\Professor E.F. Blick; People\Bruce Carmichael; People\Ray Parker; People\Guy Storer; People\Dr. August H. Raspet; People\H.R. Ebersole; People\Marshall Claybourn; People\Richard H. Johnson; Instrumentation; Test Flying; History\American], page 16
Gren Seibels, The view from down under [People\Gil Parcell; Conferences, Conventions, and Meetings; Literature\Humor; Competitions], page 19
John Helton, Making the most of what you have! [Sites\California; Meteorology], page 24
John Firth and Geof Steele, Get the "H" back into your HP [People\Paul Bikle; Construction\Sailplanes\HP-11; Homebuilts], page 26
Warren A. Messner, Removable tailwheel saddle [Construction\Sailplanes; Homebuilts; Sailplanes\K-8], page 30
Paul W. Herrick, Look out! There's a glider on your tail! [Airplanes\Piper Pa-25 Pawnee; Launching\Aerotowing], page 32
Dita Aldott Winner of "Award Print" citation, Move over, Alex! [Photography; People\Dita Aldott], page 35
Smoking and oxygen (Herold's Hearsay) [Safety], page 37
Hang gliding a spectator sport: Harold's Hearsay [Hang Gliders], page 38
Start and finish altitudes (Herold's Hearsay) [Techniques\Wave Soaring; Safety], page 38
New club at Huntsville, Alabama (Herold's Hearsay) [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 39
June 
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Cirrus flown by Springer Jones over Texas (Cover) [Cover; Sailplanes\Cirrus; People\Springer Jones]
Hurrah for Stan Hall! (Letter) [Homebuilts; Costs], page 2
Geof Steele, Dick Schreder on the SSA, the FAA and the CIVV (Letter) [Soaring Society of America; Federal Aviation Agency; FAI], page 3
Canadian invitation (Letter) [International\Canada], page 4
Slipping and skidding, con't (Letter) [Techniques\Wave Soaring], page 4
A dangerous precedent (Letter) [Airspace], page 5
Baring & sharing mistakes, NO! (Letter) [Safety], page 6
Baring & sharing mistakes, Si! (Letter) [Safety], page 6
On the ball, Central Indiana Soaring Society, Indianapolis, Indiana (Letter) [Publicity; Sites\Indiana], page 6
Pop rivets (Letter) [Construction\Sailplanes; Homebuilts], page 8
Ridge soaring cloudstreets (Letter) [Techniques\Ridge Soaring], page 8
14th Congress, OSTIV, Waikerie, Australia (SSA in Action) [Conferences, Conventions, and Meetings\OSTIV; FAI], page 12
Gren Seibels, Region five contest, Chester, South Carolina (SSA in action) [Competitions\Regional; People\Quentin "Ice" Berg; People\A.J. Smith; People\Geof Steele], pages 13,41,
Nugget testing (SSA in Action) [People\Geof Steele; People\Paul Bikle; People\Jack Laister; Sailplanes\Nugget], page 14
George H. Phinney, (SSA in Action) [Obituaries], page 15
Kirk Norris (SSA in Action) [Obituaries], page 15
Max Peterson, [Construction\Sailplanes; Design; Homebuilts; Sailplanes\J-4 Javelin], page 19
Philip H. Hess, Golden triangle minus 7 [Techniques\Wave Soaring; Sailplanes\C-70; Sites\Calistoga Soaring Center, California], page 22
V.M. Saudek, The Stratosailplane revisited. [Construction\Sailplanes; Design; Instrumentation; Research; Meteorology], page 26
Mano a mano, Wemple, Don [People\Don K. Wemple; Competitions], page 31
John A. Gavin, Landing stalls (Safety Corner) [Safety; Techniques\Wave Soaring], page 35
W.H. Angleman, Coordinated turns (Safety Corner) [Techniques\Wave Soaring; Safety], page 35
More on oxygen regulators (Herold's Hearsay) [Instrumentation], page 37
A thought on a parachute (Herold's Hearsay) [Commercial Operations; Parachutes], page 38
Does your Bayside work at cold temperature? (Herold's Hearsay) [Instrumentation\Radios], page 38
July 
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Tom Davis, Phoebus B over Richland, Washington (Cover) [Sailplanes\Phoebus B; Cover]
EAA and SSA (Letter) [Soaring Society of America; Experimental Aircraft Association; Homebuilts; 13-Meter Ciass], page 2
Stephen Du Pont, Gap sealer (Letter) [Construction\Sailplanes], page 3
Catharsis and learning reinforcement (Letter) [Safety], page 3
HP-11 modification (Letter) [Sailplanes\HP-11], page 3
The Mohawk way (Letter) [Youth], page 4
The ultimate do-it-yourselfer? Tocumwal Soaring Centre (Letter) [International\Australia], page 4
Dore J. Montes, Want to fly the Himalayas? (Letter) [International\India], page 5
Gus Scheuer, soaring pioneer (SSA in Action) [History\Soaring], page 7
A.J. Smith, SSA sailplane design competition (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Design], page 8
Marion Griffith, Official opening: National Soaring Museum, Elmira, New York (SSA in Action) [Archives and Museums], page 8
"Mescalero" design revealed (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Design; People\George Applebay; Design\Competitions], page 8
FAA-SSA motorgliding meeting (SSA in Action) [Federal Aviation Agency], page 9
Sunny Vegso, The women's team: can you help? (SSA in Action) [Women], page 10
Robert Semans, Region Eleven Contest, Redding, California (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional; People\Malcolm Bagshaw], page 11
New SSA governor of North Dakota (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America\Governors; People\Thomas A. Nord], page 11
Senior pilot citation of National Pilots Assn. won by M. R. Nevin, sailplane pilot (SSA in Action) [People\M.R. Nevin; Awards], page 11
Smirnoff sailplane derby winner [People\Goran Ax; Competitions\Smirnoff; Sailplanes\Kestrel 17], page 12
James W. Simmons, Jr., Fred Slingsby (SSA in Action) [Obituaries], page 13
Parker Leonard (SSA in Action) [Obituaries], page 13
Paul Smith and Geof Steele, 1973 symposium on competitive soaring [Conferences, Conventions, and Meetings; Sailplanes\AS-W 17; Sailplanes\Cirrus; Competitions; Design; Sailplanes\Nimbus II; Sailplanes\1-35; Commercial Operations], page 16
William C. Holbrook, The way to go [Sites\Piper Memorial, Pennsylvania; Sailplanes\Libelle; Meteorology; Records\Flights; Techniques\Ridge Soaring], page 20
Lisa Holbrook, The ups and downs of crewing [Crewing], page 22
Bill Williams and David McGuire, III, Chem-weld, a photographic essay [Construction; People\Geof Steele; Sailplanes\Nugget], page 24
Joseph S. Johnson, Too much, too soon? (Letter) [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs; Youth], page 27
Tony Ryan, Means and the means (Letter) [Competitions; Costs; International\New Zealand; Youth], page 27
William B. Cleary, Competing in the humility machine (Letter) [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-26; Competitions\1-26], page 27
Edgar Herbert, Building the Pioneer II flying wing [Construction\Sailplanes; Homebuilts; Sailplanes\Pioneer II], page 32
James Hayes, The tiger was good to me [Sailplanes\BG-12; Techniques\Wave Soaring; Homebuilts], page 35
Avoiding sink (Herold's Hearsay) [Techniques\Wave Soaring], page 39
Safety on the Blairstown Ridge (Herold's Hearsay) [Techniques\Ridge Soaring; Safety], page 39
S. Hall, (Homebuilder's Hall) [Design; Homebuilts], page 40
Ken Barrol, (Safety Corner) [Safety], page 42
August 
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2-33 and an Oregon sunset (Cover) [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 2-33; Cover]
Now is the time (Letter) [Airspace; Federal Aviation Agency], page 2
Scoring systems Attention contest pilots (Letter) [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-26], page 2
Thomas Beltz, Just for the hell of it? (Letter) [Aerodynamics], page 3
A checkout payoff (Letter) [Safety], page 3
The way to go, Holbrook, W. C. , Jl 73 ?20 Yaw strings: the simplest explanation (Letter) [Techniques\Wave Soaring], page 3
An offer to help (Letter) [Costs], page 4
The Javelin (Letter) [Costs; Sailplanes\Javelin], page 4
The straight wing - don't knock it! (Letter) [Aerodynamics], page 4
Laszlo Horvath, 90 mph: too fast in a 1-26? reply to (Letter) [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-26], page 5
Max Peterson, The Javelin: reply to (Letter), page 5
90 mph: Too fast in a 1-26? (Letter) [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-26; Safety], page 5
Uncoordinated turn stalls (Letter) [Techniques\Wave Soaring], page 5
Geof Steele, 4th US National Standard Class Soaring Championship, Chester, South Carolina (SSA in Action) [Competitions\National], page 7
Jack Olson, Big Sky gypsy soaring camp (SSA in Action), page 7
Chocteau Field, Great Falls, Montana (SSA in Action) [Sites\Montana], page 7
Wins US standard class championship (SSA in Action) [People\Karl Striedieck], page 7
Hope Howard and Judith R. Hutchinson, Region Four North Contest, Frederick, Maryland (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional], page 8
1-26, North American soaring championships. Black Forest Gliderport, Colorado (SSA in Action) [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-26], page 8
Region four north contest, Frederick, Maryland (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional], page 8
Slingsby Model T-51 Dart has severe metal corrosion on spar (SSA in Action) [Sailplanes\Slingsby; Federal Aviation Agency], page 8
Winner in region four north contest, Frederick, Maryland (SSA in Action) [People\Thomas Beltz], page 8
Sam Francis, Region one contest, Warren, Vermont (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional], page 10
Wylie Mullen, Region Seven Soaring Championships, Joliet, Illinois (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional], page 10
Billy Hill, Region nine contest, Waverly West Soaring Ranch, Colorado (SSA in Action) [Sites\Colorado; Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-26], page 11
Phil Ecklund, Region Nine Contest, waverly west soaring ranch, Colorado (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional], page 11
Geof Steele, Makula at Minden, Serafin, J, page 14
John Serafin, Makula at Minden [Canopies\Sailplanes\A-21; Techniques\Wave Soaring; Meteorology; Sites\Minden, Nevada], page 14
1973 Smirnoff sailplane derby [Competitions\Smirnoff], pages 18,19
Jack Lambie, My storm flight over Chicago [Meteorology], page 21
Calculating the whole tow (Letter) [Launching\Aerotow], page 30
A fine feathered friend: soaring in Mexico (Letter) [International\Mexico], page 31
Ax takes Swedish Nats (Letter) [International\Sweden; People\Goran Ax], page 32
In-flight noise measurement (Letter) [Noise], page 32
Bruce Carmichael, The spiral dive (Safety Corner) [Techniques\Wave Soaring; Meteorology; Techniques\Cloud Flying; Safety], page 35
S. Hall, Tailless sailplane: Homebuilder's Hall [Design\Sailplanes; Homebuilts; Construction\Sailplanes], page 36
Fatality: John Trice in region nine contest (Herold's Hearsay) [Safety], page 38
September 
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1-26 championships: Black Forest Gliderport 1973 (Cover) [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-26; Cover]
Time for a freeze? (Letter) [Competitions\Classes\Standard], page 2
All right, Dad! (Letter) [Youth], page 3
John Firth, HP-11 modifications cont'd. (Letter) [Sailplanes\HP-11; Homebuilts], page 4
First national hang gliding meet (Letter) [Hang Gliders], page 4
Mano a mano reply (Letter) [Competitions; People\Don K. Wemple], page 4
Bernald S. Smith, 1975 SSA calendar (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America], page 6
Three useful electronic circuits for sailplanes (Letter) [Instrumentation], page 6
Computerized tasks at Waikerie (SSA in Action) [Competitions\World], page 7
Rudy Allemann, Region eight contest, Ephrata Airport, Washington (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional], page 8
Lilienthal meet (SSA in Action) [Hang Gliders; People\Jack Lambie], page 8
Lawrence Wood, Region ten east, contest, San Marcos, Texas (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional], page 9
Geof Steele, Chester 1973, page 10
Gren Seibels, Chester, 1973 [Meteorology; Competitions], page 10
4th US national standard class soaring championships [Competitions\National], page 21
John W. Firor, Inside clouds [People\Ron Ferguson; Instrumentation; Meteorology; Research; Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 2-32], page 24
Mike Moore, 1973 1-26 nationals [Competitions\1-26; Sites\Colorado], page 27
8th National 1-26 North American championships, Sites^Colorado Springs, Colorado [Competitions\1-26], page 33
Joe Conn, Accident report (Safety Corner) [Safety], page 37
S. Hall, (Homebuilder's Hall) [Homebuilts], page 39
Wally Marra's "Drifter" (Homebuilder's Hall) [People\Wally Marra; Sailplanes\Drifter; Homebuilts], page 39
Wanted; a few real pros: Homebuilder's Hall [Design; Construction\Sailplanes], page 40
October 
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Roberto Sada Salinas, Bird (Cover) [Cover; Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 2-32]
Geof Steele, Rules needed "The flap flap, cont'd" (Letter) [Competitions\National], page 2
Thomas Beltz, On birds (Letter) [Birds\Aerodynamics], page 3
low-cost i.e. Cheapsoaring (Letter) [Costs], page 3
Gus Briegleb, BG plans and kits (Letter) [Homebuilts], page 5
Memorial gift (Letter) [Archives and Museums], page 5
South African invitation (Letter) [International\South Africa], page 7
Rudy Allemann, The nationals rescored (Letter) [Competitions], page 8
Volmer Jensen, Bottoms up (Letter) [Hang Gliders], page 8
1st women's world soaring contest, Leszno, Poland (SSA in Action) [Competitions; Women], page 11
First in women's world soaring contest, Leszno, Poland (SSA in Action) [People\Pelagia Majewska], page 11
Second in women's world soaring contest, Leszno, Poland (SSA in Action) [People\Sue Martin], page 11
Bernald S. Smith, 1975 SSA calendar (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America], page 14
Roy McMaster, Region three contest, Elmira, New York (SSA in Action) [People\Quentin Berg; Competitions\Regional], page 14
Quentin Berg [Obituaries], page 14
Lloyd M. Licher, SSA Directors' meeting [Soaring Society of America\Directors], page 18
Marion S. Griffith, Jr., President's report [Soaring Society of America], page 18
Joseph C. Lincoln, 40th US National soaring championships. Liberal, Kansas, Part I [Techniques\Thermal Soaring; Sailplanes\AS-W 17; People\George Moffat; Competitions\National], page 22
Schweizer Aircraft Corp. report [Manufacturers\Schweizer Aircraft Corporation; Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-35], page 36
H-301 Libelle Shifty center of gravity (Herold's Hearsay) [Sailplanes\HP], page 39
Positive control checks, everyone! (Herold's Hearsay) [Safety], page 40
S. Hall, Advisory Circular 20-86 "Aviation Education Through Building an Airplane" (Homebuilder's Hall) [Homebuilts; Youth; Federal Aviation Agency], page 41
November 
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My daddy has a sailplane (Cover) [Cover]
Accessories A dolly handle (Letter) [Construction\Sailplanes], page 2
Cheers and tips for the team (Letter) [Competitions\World; International\Australia\Waikerie], page 2
Fly American at Waikerie (Letter) [International\Australia\Waikerie], page 2
Contest scoring better as it is (Letter) [Competitions], page 3
Kids are serious (Letter) [Youth], page 3
Production costs Volume is the answer (Letter) [Construction\Sailplanes\Costs], page 3
The Marske "Pioneer" (Letter) [Homebuilts; Sailplanes\Pioneer II; Techniques\Thermal Soaring], page 4
Liam D. English, First director of National Soaring Museum (SSA in Action) [Archives and Museums], page 7
Elemer Balint, Wave site research (SSA in Action) [Techniques\Wave Soaring], page 9
3rd annual John J. Montgomery hang gliding championships (SSA in Action) [Competitions\California; Design; Ultralight], page 10
Margery Cosgrove (SSA in Action) [Obituaries], page 12
Roswell E. Franklin (SSA in Action) [Obituaries], page 12
Richard Schreder, Experimental category: Meeting with the FAA [Federal Aviation Agency\Sailplanes], page 14
Robert Lamson, ALCOR, The First Pressurized Sailplane [Instrumentation; Meteorology\Design\Equipment\Oxygen; Sailplanes\Alcor; Construction\Sailplanes], page 16
Bill Adams, Rental costs A comment [Costs], page 22
G. Voltz, A report [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs; Costs], page 22
Joseph C. Lincoln, 40th US National soaring championships. Liberal, Kansas, Part II [People\Jerry Rhine; People\Robert Tucker; People\Curtis McNay; People\Jim Le Sueur, Jim; Competitions\National], page 24
J.C. Lincoln, 40th US national soaring championships. Liberal, Kansas, Part II [Competitions\National; People\George Moffat; People\Richard H. Johnson], page 30
Richard Schreder, Pilot check (Safety Corner) [Safety; Sailplanes\RS-15], page 34
Robert Wayt, Diamonds, a pair [Sailplanes\Diamant; Youth], pages 22,,48
S. Hall, (Homebuilder's Hall) [Homebuilts], page 36
Wortmann low-speed airfoils (Homebuilder's Hall) [Aerodynamics\Wortmann Airfoil}Design\Wortmann Airfoil], page 36
World team selection (Herold's Hearsay) [Competitions\World; International\New Zealand], page 39
What's your drag? (Herold's Hearsay) [Launching\Airplane Towing], page 40
December 
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'Tis the season to be jolly-? (Cover) [Cover]
Kansas stubble fire (Letter) [Fires], page 2
Putting fun back in off-field landings (Letter), page 2
Attention BG-12 owners (Letter) [Sailplanes\BG-12], page 3
John C.Carver Kolstad award winner (SSA in Action) [People\John C.Carver; Awards\Kolstad], page 3
Trailer solves garage impasse (Letter) [Homebuilts], page 3
Marion Griffith and Douglas Lamont, Answer to: Hang gliding, the executive director, and SOARING (Letter) [Airspace; Hang Gliders; Soaring Society of America\Soaring Magazine], page 4
Richard H. Johnson, Scoring proposal critique (Letter), pages 5,
Robert T. Lamson, ALCOR three-view (Letter), page 5
Std. class definition: the first was best (Letter) [Competitions\Classes\Standard], page 5
Memorial plague, Wright Brothers (SSA in Action) [Launching], page 6
Ralph Barnaby, Memorial Plaque completed (SSA in Action) [History\American; People\Wright Brothers], page 9
1974 symposia announced (SSA in Action) [Conferences, Conventions, and Meetings], page 9
Gren Seibels, South region four contest, New Castle, Virginia [People\Karl Striedieck; Competitions\Regional], page 11
C. Edwin Sessions, Region Five South Contest [Competitions\Regional], page 12
E. Sessions, Region Five South Contest [People\Dave Culpepper; Competitions\Regional; People\Brian Utley], page 12
Richard Divelbiss, Region North Six Contest, Ionia, Michigan [People\Victor Peres; Competitions\Regional], page 12
John Luttrell, Region Ten Western Meet, Odessa, Texas (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional], page 13
Sylvia Colton, Region Twelve Contest. El Mirage, California [People\Gus Briegleb; Competitions\Regional], page 13
Betsy Howell, The best crew is your husband [Crewing; Sailplanes\Cirrus], page 17
Jack Cox, The revolutionary Kasper Wing [Aerodynamics; People\Thomas Beltz; Design\Sailplanes; Awards\Klemperer; People\Witold Kasper; Meteorology; Test Flying], page 20
Dez Keleman, The whistle of the great shepherd [Techniques\Cloud Flying; Meteorology; Techniques\Thermal Soaring], page 24
"Speedy" Bond, The Soaring cure [Women], page 29
Richard Schreder, Trailer checkout: (Safety Corner) [Safety; Trailers], page 31
The FFA Administrator (Herold's Hearsay) [Federal Aviation Agency], page 33
S. Hall, (Homebuilder's Hall) [Homebuilts], page 34
Bede exploring sailplane market (Homebuilder's Hall) [People\Jim Bede; Homebuilts; Aircraft\BD-5; Construction\Sailplanes], page 34
Editorial from "National Aeronautics" (Herold's Hearsay) [National Aeronautic Association], page 34
National Association of Sport Aircraft Designers, NASAD (Homebuilder's Hall) [Homebuilts], page 35
Opening forces on Schempp-Hirth type dive brakes: Home- builder's Hall [Aerodynamics; Design; Homebuilts; Safety], pages 35,1,12
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