Soaring Magazine Index for 1973 organized by section

Soaring Magazine Index for 1973 organized by section

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Cover, Foreign Scene, Herold's Hearsay, Homebuilder's Hall, Letter, SSA in Action, Safety Corner, Using the Weather

Cover
Lenticular cloud stack over Tehachapi, January
Blueprints: 1-26 and LP-49, February
Ray Stark, Loop sequence over Long Island in Ka 6 March, March
2-22 flown by Roy Schlemeyer at Odessa, Texas, April
Cover, May 1973, May
Cirrus flown by Springer Jones over Texas, June
Tom Davis, Phoebus B over Richland, Washington, July
2-33 and an Oregon sunset, August
1-26 championships: Black Forest Gliderport 1973, September
Roberto Sada Salinas, Bird, October
My daddy has a sailplane, November
'Tis the season to be jolly-?, December

Foreign Scene
Australian Gliding Federation's sailplane design contest, January, page 10

Herold's Hearsay
Oxygen regulator and mask data, January, page 30
Dr. Richard Eppler, The pleasure was mine?, January, page 30
Radar beacon regulations, January, page 34
An environmental issue?, February, page 37
Experimental aircraft: operational limitation, February, page 38
Mode C Transponders, February, pages 38 or 39
Federal Aviation Agency Implements SFO TCA, February, page 39
Certification of pilots and flight instructors, February, page 39
Vance A. Tucker, Dynamic soaring, March, page 40
March, page 40
Ultralight gliders, FAA position, March, page 40
Vance A. Tucker, Dynamic soaring, excerpt from "Wind Powered Flight", March, page 41
Allegheny ridge running hazards, April, page 34
Soaring convention, San Antonio, Texas, April, page 34
Variometer note, April, page 34
Smoking and oxygen, May, page 37
Start and finish altitudes, May, page 38
New club at Huntsville, Alabama, May, page 39
More on oxygen regulators, June, page 37
A thought on a parachute, June, page 38
Does your Bayside work at cold temperature?, June, page 38
Avoiding sink, July, page 39
Safety on the Blairstown Ridge, July, page 39
Fatality: John Trice in region nine contest, August, page 38
H-301 Libelle Shifty center of gravity, October, page 39
Positive control checks, everyone!, October, page 40
World team selection, November, page 39
What's your drag?, November, page 40
The FFA Administrator, December, page 33
Editorial from "National Aeronautics", December, page 34

Homebuilder's Hall
S. Hall, January, page 36
S. Hall, February, page 32
S. Hall, July, page 40
Wally Marra's "Drifter", September, page 39
S. Hall, September, page 39
S. Hall, Advisory Circular 20-86 "Aviation Education Through Building an Airplane", October, page 41
Wortmann low-speed airfoils, November, page 36
S. Hall, November, page 36
S. Hall, December, page 34
Bede exploring sailplane market, December, page 34
National Association of Sport Aircraft Designers, NASAD, December, page 35

Letter
Critique. Remember the little guy, January, page 2
Paul A. Kurbjun, How about tricycle landing gears?, January, page 3
Rebutting a rebuttal, January, page 3
Geof Steele, Rebutting a rebuttal: Libelle, January, page 3
Better a near miss than a fallen angel, January, page 3
Power training for soaring, January, page 3
Playing with numbers, January, page 4
Helping the direct way, February, page 2
Index of cross-country performance, February, page 2
Dennis Harmon, Index of cross-country performance, reply to, February, page 2
For the cost of one raid, February, page 3
Lap racing and togetherness, February, page 3
The Mojave petroglyphs, February, page 3
Optimum final glide speed, February, page 4
Make noise for silent flight, February, page 4
A message missed, March, page 2
Discount prices?, March, page 2
Power pitch, March, page 2
George Moffat, Slipping and skidding vs coordinated turns, March, page 4
A "Cu" pin with emeralds?, March, page 6
Bernald S. Smith, A "Cu" pin with emeralds? Reply to, March, page 6
Airspace, April, page 2
Trailer graphics, April, page 2
FAA action regarding airspace, April, page 2
Noise: Ford vs Schweizer, cont'd, April, page 2
Time heals many things, April, page 3
Atlas didn't shrug, April, page 3
Clear-vision panels, April, page 3
How to avoid collisions: use your head, April, page 3
Blanik airspeed corrections, April, page 6
Weekday discount tried, April, page 6
John Luttrell, Blanik airspeed corrections, April, page 6
Differentiating insurance costs, April, page 6
John Luttrell, Demurrers from Kirchheim, May, page 2
Attention, Cherokee owners, May, page 2
Timeliness and lead-time, May, page 3
Reply to "Timeliness and lead-time", May, page 3
J. McMasters, The Wortmann airfoil catalogue, May, page 3
Geof Steele, Credit where credit is due, May, page 3
Duster association: A 13-meter contest?, May, page 4
Better late than never, May, page 4
George D. Worthington, Tell it like it is?, May, page 6
Stephen Du Pont, Cheap gliders, May, page 8
Glider vs. power training -. a CFI view, May, pages 5,11
Using the yaw string to center thermals, May, page 8
Hurrah for Stan Hall!, June, page 2
Geof Steele, Dick Schreder on the SSA, the FAA and the CIVV, June, page 3
Canadian invitation, June, page 4
Slipping and skidding, con't, June, page 4
A dangerous precedent, June, page 5
On the ball, Central Indiana Soaring Society, Indianapolis, Indiana, June, page 6
Baring & sharing mistakes, Si!, June, page 6
Baring & sharing mistakes, NO!, June, page 6
Pop rivets, June, page 8
Ridge soaring cloudstreets, June, page 8
EAA and SSA, July, page 2
Stephen Du Pont, Gap sealer, July, page 3
Catharsis and learning reinforcement, July, page 3
HP-11 modification, July, page 3
The Mohawk way, July, page 4
The ultimate do-it-yourselfer? Tocumwal Soaring Centre, July, page 4
Dore J. Montes, Want to fly the Himalayas?, July, page 5
Tony Ryan, Means and the means, July, page 27
William B. Cleary, Competing in the humility machine, July, page 27
Joseph S. Johnson, Too much, too soon?, July, page 27
Now is the time, August, page 2
Scoring systems Attention contest pilots, August, page 2
A checkout payoff, August, page 3
The way to go, Holbrook, W. C. , Jl 73 ?20 Yaw strings: the simplest explanation, August, page 3
Thomas Beltz, Just for the hell of it?, August, page 3
The Javelin, August, page 4
The straight wing - don't knock it!, August, page 4
An offer to help, August, page 4
Laszlo Horvath, 90 mph: too fast in a 1-26? reply to, August, page 5
Uncoordinated turn stalls, August, page 5
Max Peterson, The Javelin: reply to, August, page 5
90 mph: Too fast in a 1-26?, August, page 5
Calculating the whole tow, August, page 30
A fine feathered friend: soaring in Mexico, August, page 31
Ax takes Swedish Nats, August, page 32
In-flight noise measurement, August, page 32
Time for a freeze?, September, page 2
All right, Dad!, September, page 3
First national hang gliding meet, September, page 4
Mano a mano reply, September, page 4
John Firth, HP-11 modifications cont'd., September, page 4
Three useful electronic circuits for sailplanes, September, page 6
Geof Steele, Rules needed "The flap flap, cont'd", October, page 2
low-cost i.e. Cheapsoaring, October, page 3
Thomas Beltz, On birds, October, page 3
Memorial gift, October, page 5
Gus Briegleb, BG plans and kits, October, page 5
South African invitation, October, page 7
Rudy Allemann, The nationals rescored, October, page 8
Volmer Jensen, Bottoms up, October, page 8
Cheers and tips for the team, November, page 2
Accessories A dolly handle, November, page 2
Fly American at Waikerie, November, page 2
Production costs Volume is the answer, November, page 3
Kids are serious, November, page 3
Contest scoring better as it is, November, page 3
The Marske "Pioneer", November, page 4
Kansas stubble fire, December, page 2
Putting fun back in off-field landings, December, page 2
Attention BG-12 owners, December, page 3
Trailer solves garage impasse, December, page 3
Marion Griffith and Douglas Lamont, Answer to: Hang gliding, the executive director, and SOARING, December, page 4
Robert T. Lamson, ALCOR three-view, December, page 5
Richard H. Johnson, Scoring proposal critique, December, pages 5,
Std. class definition: the first was best, December, page 5

SSA in Action
Big noise of 1972, February, page 6
Joy of soaring, by Conway, Carle, February, page 7
Kansas Soaring Association May Host Women's Beet, February, page 9
New directors elected, February, page 9
Geof Steele, National records for standard class, February, page 9
Issues film catalogue, February, page 11
Christinas bonanza, February, page 11
Second annual soaring convention, San Antonio, Texas, March, page 7
Warren Eaton memorial trophy won by Helen Dick, March, page 8
Lilienthal Medal won by Karl Striedieck, March, page 8
Bertha M. Ryan, Women soaring pilots newsletter, March, page 10
FFA tightens CFI launch limitations removal, March, page 11
Kestrel 19 ATC'D, March, page 12
Soaring for diamonds, Lincoln, Joseph C., now available in paperback, March, page 13
Jon McMurty Top non-commercial instructor, 1972, April, page 8
Awards suggested, April, page 8
Texas U gets Parker sailplanes, April, page 9
Office installs telephone answering device, April, page 9
Don Monroe Joins SSA staff, April, page 9
US pilot entry priority lists, April, page 10
Joseph C. Lincoln, Soaring on the wind, April, page 10
Second annual Smirnoff sailplane derby, Los Angeles, CA, May, page 9
Ray Shamblen, Sailplane census, May, page 9
Bill Ivans and Robert H. Buck, CIVV meeting, Paris, France, May, page 10
Richard Schreder and Geof Steele, An HP-17 for Chester?, May, page 11
New SSA state governors, May, page 12
New SSA state governors, May, page 12
International Women's international meet fund, May, page 12
Spring soaring symposium, May, page 12
Standard class trophy fund, May, page 13
Do you have a calendar photo?, May, page 13
Long soaring flights survey, May, page 13
New Zealand nationals decide world team, May, page 14
Geof Steele, "Legal" water for the Standard Libelle, May, page 14
14th Congress, OSTIV, Waikerie, Australia, June, page 12
Nugget testing, June, page 14
George H. Phinney, June, page 15
Kirk Norris, June, page 15
Gus Scheuer, soaring pioneer, July, page 7
A.J. Smith, SSA sailplane design competition, July, page 8
"Mescalero" design revealed, July, page 8
Marion Griffith, Official opening: National Soaring Museum, Elmira, New York, July, page 8
FAA-SSA motorgliding meeting, July, page 9
Sunny Vegso, The women's team: can you help?, July, page 10
New SSA governor of North Dakota, July, page 11
Senior pilot citation of National Pilots Assn. won by M. R. Nevin, sailplane pilot, July, page 11
Robert Semans, Region Eleven Contest, Redding, California, July, page 11
James W. Simmons, Jr., Fred Slingsby, July, page 13
Parker Leonard, July, page 13
Geof Steele, 4th US National Standard Class Soaring Championship, Chester, South Carolina, August, page 7
Chocteau Field, Great Falls, Montana, August, page 7
Wins US standard class championship, August, page 7
Jack Olson, Big Sky gypsy soaring camp, August, page 7
Hope Howard and Judith R. Hutchinson, Region Four North Contest, Frederick, Maryland, August, page 8
Region four north contest, Frederick, Maryland, August, page 8
Winner in region four north contest, Frederick, Maryland, August, page 8
Slingsby Model T-51 Dart has severe metal corrosion on spar, August, page 8
1-26, North American soaring championships. Black Forest Gliderport, Colorado, August, page 8
Sam Francis, Region one contest, Warren, Vermont, August, page 10
Wylie Mullen, Region Seven Soaring Championships, Joliet, Illinois, August, page 10
Billy Hill, Region nine contest, Waverly West Soaring Ranch, Colorado, August, page 11
Phil Ecklund, Region Nine Contest, waverly west soaring ranch, Colorado, August, page 11
Bernald S. Smith, 1975 SSA calendar, September, page 6
Computerized tasks at Waikerie, September, page 7
Lilienthal meet, September, page 8
Rudy Allemann, Region eight contest, Ephrata Airport, Washington, September, page 8
Lawrence Wood, Region ten east, contest, San Marcos, Texas, September, page 9
1st women's world soaring contest, Leszno, Poland, October, page 11
Second in women's world soaring contest, Leszno, Poland, October, page 11
First in women's world soaring contest, Leszno, Poland, October, page 11
Roy McMaster, Region three contest, Elmira, New York, October, page 14
Bernald S. Smith, 1975 SSA calendar, October, page 14
Liam D. English, First director of National Soaring Museum, November, page 7
Elemer Balint, Wave site research, November, page 9
3rd annual John J. Montgomery hang gliding championships, November, page 10
Margery Cosgrove, November, page 12
Roswell E. Franklin, November, page 12
John C.Carver Kolstad award winner, December, page 3
Memorial plague, Wright Brothers, December, page 6
1974 symposia announced, December, page 9
Ralph Barnaby, Memorial Plaque completed, December, page 9
John Luttrell, Region Ten Western Meet, Odessa, Texas, December, page 13
Gren Seibels, Region five contest, Chester, South Carolina, June, pages 13,41,

Safety Corner
Harry N. Perl, April, page 30
Accident report: Concept 70, April, page 30
W.H. Angleman, Coordinated turns, June, page 35
John A. Gavin, Landing stalls, June, page 35
Ken Barrol, July, page 42
Bruce Carmichael, The spiral dive, August, page 35
Joe Conn, Accident report, September, page 37
Richard Schreder, Pilot check, November, page 34
Richard Schreder, Trailer checkout:, December, page 31

Using the Weather
John Aldrich, Mountain waves, February, page 40


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