Soaring Magazine Index for 1974 organized by issue
Soaring Magazine Index for 1974 organized by issue
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January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
1974
January 
Arlen Moore, SS-1 (Cover) [Sailplanes\SS-1; Cover]
Alain Guay, New French two-place sailplane (Letter) [Design], page 3
Stephen Du Pont, Ruddervator check (Letter) [Safety], page 3
More on "2-1-0" scoring (Letter) [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-26], page 4
What to expect at Waikerie (Letter) [Competitions\World; International\Australia], page 4
Bernald S. Smith, Cost: a new class definition? (Letter) [Cost], page 5
Geof Steele, Cost: a new class definition? Smith, Bernald (Letter) [Cost], page 5
Geof Steele, A new one from Darmstadt (Letter) [Sailplanes\DG-100; Design], page 6
Are ELT's required for gliders? (SSA in Action) [Instrumentation\Avionics], page 8
Donation frcm Harris Hill Soaring Corporation (SSA in Action) [Archives and Museums], page 9
First hang gliding champ (SSA in Action) [Competitions; Hang Gliders; Ultralights; People\Chris Wells], page 10
Adams, M.J. Rosemary, Almendinger (SSA in Action) [Obituaries], page 11
Dez Kelemen, Retrieve story [Crewing], page 11
E. Scurr, Green air, by David Harper (SSA in Action) [Literature], page 11
W.S. Ivans, Jr., CIVV report, Paris, France [FAI; International\France], page 13
Arlen Moore and Patrick McGrath, Jr., Building the SS-1 - Soaring the Steens [Construction\Sailplanes; Design; Sailplanes\SS-1; Sites\Oregon; Techniques\Mountain Soaring; Homebuilts], page 14
Stan Hall, The Baby's first soaring flight [Sailplanes\Baby Albatross; Techniques\Wave Soaring], page 19
George D. Worthington, Dunderhead's thunderhead [Techniques\Wave Soaring; Meteorology; Safety], page 21
Fred Robinson, Beating airsickness [Physiology\Motion Sickness], page 26
David B. Sheldon, 'Tis folly to be wise [Cross-Country Soaring; Techniques\Wave Soaring], page 28
Malcolm J. Abzug, Thermaling turn rate and turn diameter [Aerodynamics; Techniques\Wave Soaring], page 30
Bernie Carris, (Safety Corner), page 32
Records Schweizer Soaring School (Safety Corner) [Safety], page 32
The energy crisis and soaring (Herold's Hearsay) [Ecology], page 34
S. Hall, (Homebuilder's Hall) [Homebuilding], page 36
Accidents and Push-Pull Control Systems Changes (Homebuilder's Hall) [Design; Homebuilding; Safety; Construction\Sailplanes], page 36
February 
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BS-1 (Cover) [Sailplanes\BS-1; Cover]
Pie-in-the-sky? (Letter) [Aerodynamics; Sailplanes; Homebuilding], page 2
A new name needed: "cloudsloping" (Letter) [Techniques\Cloud Flying; Techniques\Thermal Soaring], page 3
Answer to young soaring bugs' prayers (Letter) [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs; Youth], page 5
New SSA directors (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America; People\A.J. Smith; People\Gustav Scheurer; People\Guenther Christiansen; People\Tom Page; People\Brian Utley; People\Fred Robinson; People\William B. Cleary], page 7
Swiss "Eife" homebuilder kit (SSA in Action) [Sailplanes\Elfe; Construction\Sailplanes; Homebuilding], page 10
Thomas Beltz, Owl's wing - slow-speed flight: Random Gusts [Birds], page 11
Geof Steele, The PIK-20, Chandler, T, page 14
Ted Chandler, The PIK-20 [Design; Sailplanes\PIK-20], page 14
R. McMaster, The Saga of Triple One Easy Mike [Techniques\Mountain Soaring; Sailplanes\Cirrus], page 18
Bill Graves, Designing the Graves variometer system [Instrumentation\Variometers], page 20
Tom Knauff, Just smile and charge it to experience, sob [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-26; Techniques\Ridge Soaring], page 24
B. Orison, Crupier It's an ill wind [Cross-Country Soaring; Economics], page 26
John Sinclair, Sinclair flies his new duster (Homebuilder's Hall) [Sailplanes\Duster; Homebuilding], page 32
S. Hall, (Homebuilder's Hall) [Homebuilding], page 32
Porter flies his new Cherokee II (Homebuilder's Hall) [People\Fred Porter; Sailplanes\Cherokee II], page 33
Treetop landings are for the Birds (Safety Corner) [Safety\Techniques\Wave Soaring; Crewing], page 35
Dive brakes (Safety Corner) [Safety], page 36
Thomas Beltz, The soaring flight of vultures (Herold's Hearsay) [Birds], page 37
Aircraft cost per pound (Herold's Hearsay) [Costs], page 37
March 
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Soaring the Alps (Cover) [Cover]
Women's records (Letter) [Women], page 2
Ron Williams, "Dyno I", a Kasper Wing derivative (Letter) [Sailplanes], page 3
Poet's solo (Letter) [Literature], page 4
Geof Steele, How about two "standard" classes? (Letter), page 5
George Moffat, World open class soaring champion; 14th world gliding championships (SSA in Action) [Competitions\World], page 7
World 14th world gliding championships (SSA in Action) [Competitions\World], page 7
Turning the clock back; Part 2 flight (SSA in Action) [People\Helmut Reichmann; American History], page 8
H. Michael and S. Riggs, MIT seminar, ultralight flying (SSA in Action), page 9
Irven Culver, MIT seminar, ultralight flying (SSA in Action), page 9
Volmer Jensen, MIT seminar; ultralight flying (SSA in Action) [Ultralights], page 9
Receives New York State grant (SSA in Action) [Archives and Museums], page 9
Ann Welch, Pilot's weather (SSA in Action) [Literature], page 11
James Nash-Webber, "Motorless Flight Research", M.J. Abzug, ed. (SSA in Action) [Literature], page 12
Floyd Sweet, Michael Stroukoff (SSA in Action) [Obituaries], page 13
D. Althaus, Wind-tunnel measurements on bodies and wing-body combina- tions [Aerodynamics\Wind Tunnel], page 17
Ray Elsmore, 58 miles per gallon [Techniques\Wave Soaring; Motorgliding], page 21
Jan Scott, Restoring antique sailplanes [Sailplanes\Vintage], page 24
Bob Walters, Building the Duster [Homebuilding; Construction\Sailplanes; Design; Sailplanes\Duster], page 26
Jim Marske, The Monarch [Construction\Sailplanes; Sailplanes\Monarch], page 28
Soaring is getting safer (Herold's Hearsay) [Safety], page 30
D.J. Montes, Winch accident (Safety Corner) [Safety], page 32
Rudy Mozer, (Safety Corner), page 32
Jack Greene, Fiberglass-and-balsa construction for the homebuilder, Part I (Homebuilder's Hall) [Construction\Sailplanes], page 34
April 
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George Moffat (Cover) [Cover]
Stephen Du Pont, Aerobatics as safety training (Letter) [Safety], page 2
Kasper Bede, Flying wings (Letter) [Sailplanes], page 3
Contest rules and the energy crisis (Letter) [Conservation], page 3
Anti-histamines: a word to the wise (Letter) [Physiology\Motion Sickness; Safety], page 4
Standard Class rules (Letter) [Standard Class], page 6
The Graves variometer (Letter) [Instrumentation], page 6
Thomas M. Farr, Jr., Compatible trailer wiring (Letter) [Trailers], page 7
Exceptional Service Award, (SSA in Action) [People\George Uveges; Awards\SSA\Exceptional Service Award; People\Ed Butts], page 9
3rd national soaring convention (SSA in Action) [Conferences, Convenstions, and Meetings], page 9
SSA Exceptional Achievement Award (SSA in Action) [Awards\Soaring Society of America\Exceptional Achievement; People\William C. Holbrook; People\George Moffat], page 9
SSA awards banquet (SSA in Action) [People\Wallace A. Scott, II; Awards\Barringer Memorial Trophy], page 9
SSA directors' meeting (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America\Directors], page 9
Warren Eaton Memorial Trophy (SSA in Action) [Awards\Soaring Society of America\Eaton; People\Tom Page], page 9
Earl L. Elliott, Dave Petty [Obituaries], page 12
Victor M. Saudek, Karl O. Lange [Obituaries], page 12
Geof Steele, New technology: PIK-20 and LS-2; 14th world gliding championships, Waikerie, Australia, Colton, S. and Page, T [Sailplanes\PID-20; Sailplanes\LS-2; Competitions\World], page 14
Sylvia Colton and Tom Page, 14th World Gliding Championships, Waikerie, Australia [Sailplanes\LS-2; Competitions\World; Techniques\Team Flying], page 14
Class comparisons for Waikerie (Herold's Hearsay) [Competitions\World], page 35
Lawrence Gehrlein, (Safety Corner) [Safety], page 36
Winch operation (Safety Corner) [Techniques\Wave Soaring; Safety], page 36
Fiberglass-and-balsa construction. Part II: Home- builder's Hall [Construction\Sailplanes], page 38
May 
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Torrey Pines, California (Cover) [Cover]
Multiple towing (Letter) [Techniques\Wave Soaring], page 2
Reporting tow pilot accidents (Letter) [Techniques\Wave Soaring; Insurance; Safety], page 2
Gren Seibels, Open regionals - educational mortification (Letter) [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-26], page 4
Wally Scott, Open regionals - educational mortification Scott (Letter) [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-26], page 4
Peter K. Bice, Figuring great circle distances (Letter) [Cross-Country Soaring], page 5
Peter Bowers, Northwest soaring symposium (SSA in Action), page 7
No author or title, [Soaring Symposia], page 7
Membership categories established, Third Annual Historical Symposium announced (SSA in Action) [Archives and Museums], page 7
Nimbus II ATC'd (SSA in Action) [Nimbus II], page 7
Waheed Mirza, Soaring in Pakistan (SSA in Action) [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs; International\Pakistan], page 9
J.C. Lincoln, Free as a bird, by Philip Wills (SSA in Action) [Literature], page 10
Lloyd M. Licher, Executive director's report (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America], page 14
Marion S. Griffith, Jr., President's report (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America], page 14
The second Big Sky glider expedition, Chocteau, Montana, drawings by Jack Olson [Expeditions; Sites\Montana; Meteorology], page 18
W. Wright, excerpt from "Experiments and Observations in Soaring Flight", Commentary by Ralph Barnaby [Literature], page 21
Wilbur Wright, Experiments and observations in soaring flight, commentary by Ralph Barnaby [History\Soaring], page 21
J. Luttrell, A hangar story [Costs; Hangars], page 38
Solar power battery charger (Herold's Hearsay) [Instrumentation], page 41
Tow pilot statistics revised (Herold's Hearsay) [Techniques\Wave Soaring], page 42
Tinbus II (Homebuilder's Hall) [Homebuilts; Sailplanes\Tinbus II], page 43
John Luttrell, Busted canopy? (Homebuilder's Hall), page 46
Busted canopy? (Homebuilder's Hall) [Construction\Sailplanes], page 46
June 
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Ibex (Cover) [Sailplanes\Ibex; Cover]
Power stepdown warning (Letter) [Instrumentation], page 2
Contest reporting June 1974 (Letter) [Competitions], page 3
Multiple tow cautions (Letter) [Techniques\Wave Soaring; Safety], page 4
Thomas Beltz, Jonathan Livingston Schweizer (Letter), page 5
1973 Lilienthal medalist: Ann Welch (SSA in Action) [People\Ann Welch; Awards\Lilienthal Medal], page 6
W.S. Ivans, CIVV report, Paris, France (SSA in Action) [CIVV; FAI], page 7
Ray Shamblen, Census Sailplane census: (SSA in Action) [Sailplanes], page 9
Karl W. Kretschmer, Arthur Zimmerman (SSA in Action) [Obituaries], page 11
Ted Hamm and G. Bahnson, Federal aviation regulations for glider pilots (SSA in Action) [Literature], page 11
A.J. Smith, Design competition report (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Design; Design\Competitions], page 12
Peter M. Bowers, Design considerations of a simple sailplane [Aerodynamics; Construction\Sailplanes; Design; Costs\Sailplanes\Bantam II], page 14
Alcide Santilli, Those winds in flight - a new wrinkle? [Techniques\Wave Soaring; Meteorology], page 21
Edward P. Williams, Sugarin' off, A Visit to a Soaring Site - Springfield Hartness Airport [Sites\Springfield, Vermont; Meteorology], page 26
Jack Lambie, A heavy trip in a light ship [Aerodynamics; Sailplanes; Literature], page 28
Use of Douglas fir - substitute for spruce (Homebuilder's Hall) [Costs; Construction; Homebuilding], page 31
Charles V. Lindsay, (Using The Weather) [Meteorology], page 36
John Aldrich, Weather on public TV (Using the Weather) [Meteorology], page 36
July 
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Thermalling (Cover) [Cover]
Towing: Airplane Dual tows (Letter) [Techniques\Wave Soaring], page 6
SSA Safety chairman. Dr. Will Hayes (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America; Safety], page 9
Schweizer 1-35 ATC'd - production begins (SSA in Action) [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-35], page 9
What to study? (SSA in Action) [Test Guide Foe Glider Pilots], page 9
FAA hang gliding advisory (SSA in Action) [Federal Aviation Agency; Hang Gliders], page 10
Gren Seibels, Region five contest: Chester, South Carolina (SSA in action) [Competitions\Regional], page 11
Feminine state records (SSA in Action) [Records; Women], page 11
Ridge soaring the Alleghenies Bald Eagle Ridge, Knauff, Thomas (SSA in Action) [Literature], page 13
Connie Viancour, 1974 Smimoff Sailplane Derby [People\William C. Holbrook; Competitions\Smirnoff; Sailplanes\Libelle], page 16
Rick Apgar, Flying the Pioneer II [People\Paul Bikle; Homebuilts; Sailplanes\Pioneer II; Test Flying], page 22
Dr. James L. Nash-Webber, Technology '74 - MIT Symposium preview [Soaring Symposia], page 26
Briegleb "BG" series (Homebuilder's Hall) [Homebuilding], page 28
California sailplanes "Duster" (Homebuilder's Hall) [Sailplanes\Duster; Homebuilding], page 29
Homebuilt sailplanes (Homebuilder's Hall) [Sailplanes\Duster; Sailplanes\Tern], page 29
Homebuilt sailplanes (Homebuilder's Hall) [Sailplanes\D-8], page 29
Miller "Tern" (Homebuilder's Hall) [Sailplanes\Term; Homebuilding], page 29
Pacific Aircraft D-8 (Homebuilder's Hall) [Homebuilding], page 29
EPB-1 "Flying Plank" (Homebuilder's Hall) [Sailplanes\EPB-1; Sailplanes\Pioneer II; Sailplanes\SG-1], page 30
Marske "Pioneer II" (Homebuilder's Hall) [Homebuilding], page 30
Scanlan SG-1: Homebuilder's Ball [Homebuilding], page 30
Commercial operation data (Herold's Hearsay) [Commercial Operations], page 32
Ordering an "N" number (Herold's Hearsay) [Registration], page 32
John Aldrich, Contest meteorologist; Gene Larcom (Using the Weather) [People\Gene Larcom; Meteorology], page 35
P. Schweizer, Lessons to be learned (Safety Corner) [Safety], page 42
August 
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Ed Hall, Bird (Cover) [Cover]
Schweizer aircraft 1974 sailplane directory [Sailplanes], page 6
One-design class 1974 sailplane directory [Sailplanes], page 39
1974 sailplane directory [Sailplanes], page 56
1974 sailplane directory [Sailplanes], page 90
1974 sailplane directory [Sailplanes], page 94
1974 sailplane directory [Sailplanes], page 99
September 
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Osprey (Cover) [Covers\Osprey]
Geof Steele, Moffat on the modern standard class Moffat, G (Letter), page 2
George Moffat, Moffat on the modern standard class (Letter) [Costs], page 2
Hang gliding at Torrey Pines (Letter) [Sites\Torrey Pines; Hang Gliders; Safety], page 3
New ultralight design (Letter) [Design; Ultralights\Petrel], page 3
Aviation Exploring Unit, as Rewarding as Your First Solo (Letter) [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs; Youth], page 4
Training Costs and Youth (Letter) [Costs; Youth], page 4
A good "met" man (Letter) [Meteorology], page 5
Marion S. Griffith, Jr., President's report (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America], page 8
Gus Briegleb, 3 into 12 - one, Savage, Mark A. BRIEGLEB, KEN Claims 100 km speed triangle record (SSA in Action), page 10
David Scott, SSA's man in Washington (SSA in Action) [Legislation; Soaring Society of America; People\David Scott], page 10
World 100 km speed triangle record claimed by Ken Briegleb: SSA to action [Records], page 10
Claims women's 100 km triangle speed record (SSA in Action) [People\Lee Tweed], page 11
Women's 100 km triangle speed record claimed by Lee Tweed: SSA to action [Records], page 11
Jake Van Dyke, Region seven contest, Salem, Illinois (SSA in Action) [People\Brian Utley; People\Sterling Starr; Competitions\Regional], page 12
MIT symposium program corrections (SSA in Action) [Soaring Symposia], page 12
Bruce Carmichael, A return to the great ridge [Archives and Museums], page 14
Lloyd M. Licher, Executive director's report (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America], page 15
Wes Boyd, 41st US national soaring championships, Adrian, Michigan [People\Ben Greene; Competitions\National], page 18
1974 table of scores 41st US national soaring championships, Adrian, Michigan [Competitions\National], page 26
Dick Monagahan, Building the Osprey [Construction\Sailplanes; Design; Homebuilding\Osprey], page 30
Evils of flutter and how to deal with them, Part I (Homebuilders Hall) [Aerodynamics], page 33
Charles V. Lindsay, (Using The Weather) [Meteorology], page 36
John Aldrich, (Using the Weather) [Meteorology], page 36
Need for local sounding at your soaring site: Using the Weather [Meteorology], page 36
Announcing the Bede Wing (Herold's Hearsay) [Design], page 39
Batteries are potentially dangerous (Herold's Hearsay) [Instrumentation; Safety], page 39
Benjamin S. Kelsey, (Safety Corner), page 40
Hilltop Approaches in Strong Winds (Safety Corner) [Meteorology; Techniques\Wave Soaring; Safety], page 40
October 
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Malcolm Bagshaw, 1-26 (Cover) [Cover; Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-26]
Wally Scott, Wing loadings: better than a pine box (Letter) [Ballast; Legislation; Safety], page 2
Super floater (Letter) [Hang Gliders], page 2
Low-velocity newsletter: "Helios" (Letter) [Ultralights], page 5
1975 SSA calendar: art winners (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America; People\Millard Wells; People\Jack Olson], page 7
Bernald S. Smith, SSA group insurance (SSA in Action) [Insurance], page 9
J.R. Hutchinson, Region 4 no-contest meet: (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional], page 9
1975 soaring convention slated (SSA in Action) [Conferences, Convenstions, and Meetings], page 9
1st soaring aerobatic contest: Saulgau, Germany, (SSA in Action) [International\Germany; Aerobatics], page 12
James S. Herman, 1974 Region one contest, Sugarbush Vermont (SSA in action) [Competitions\Regional; People\Sam Francis], page 14
Vern Oldershaw, Wins "outstanding design" trophy (SSA in Action), page 14
"Outstanding design" trophy (SSA in Action) [Design; Homebuilts], page 14
"Technical Soaring" bibliography (SSA in Action) [Bibliography], page 14
Burt Elliot, 1974 Region Four Contest, Frederick, Maryland (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional; People\Thomas Beltz], page 17
Richard A. Wolters and R. Jain, Once upon a thermal (SSA in Action) [Literature], page 18
William E. Doherty, Book reviews After solo - soaring adventures in a 1-26 (SSA in Action) [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-26; Literature], page 18
Red Wright, 5th US standard class soaring championships, New Mexico [People\Richard H. Johnson; Sailplanes\Nugget; Competitions\National; Meteorology; Sites\New Mexico], page 21
David Scott, Report on FAA action; Potomac Pipeline (SSA in Action) [Federal Aviation Agency], pages 11,39
5th US national standard class soaring championships, Hobbs, NM, page 28
9th North American 1-26 championships, California, Pearblossom [Meteorology; Competitions\1-26; Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-26; People\Harry Baldwin; Meteorology; Competitions\1-26], page 30
M.R. Nevin, (Safety Corner) [Safety], page 39
Evils of flutter and how to deal with them, Part II (Homebuilder's Hall) [Aerodynamics], page 40
Charles V. Lindsay, (Using The Weather) [Meteorology], page 44
John Aldrich, (Using the Weather) [Meteorology], page 44
Forecasting the altitude of thermals (Using the Weather) [Meteorology], page 44
November 
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2-33 (Cover) [Cover; Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 2-33]
Dore J. Montes, Mountain soaring in Hope, British Columbia, Canada (Letter) [Sites\British Columbia], page 3
Sharing Torrey Pines (Letter) [Hang Gliders; Sites], page 3
Like flying a lawn chair: "Monarch" (Letter) [Hang Gliders], page 4
In defense of the RF-4D motorglider (Letter) [Motorgliders], page 5
Wisconsin soaring youth boosters (Letter) [Youth], page 7
Betsy Shannon, Claims Standard Class 100 km record (SSA in Action), page 9
1975 National soaring convention announced (SSA in Action) [Conferences, Convenstions, and Meetings], page 9
Standard Class 100 km record claimed by Manfred Sczesny: SSA to action [People\Manfred Sczesny; Records], page 9
S. Fried, George W. Angell (SSA in Action) [Obituaries], page 11
Lloyd Hunter, Region three contest, Dansville, NY (SSA in Action) [People\Joe Conn; Competitions\Regional], page 14
Sam Crane, Region five south contest, Cordele, Georgia (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional], page 14
N.Y. Dansville, Region six contest (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional], page 16
Hutchinson, Kansas: Region ten contest (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional; People\Marion S. Griffith, Jr.; Sites\Kansas], page 17
Carl Herold, "Winning on the wind", by George Moffat [Literature; Book Review], page 18
George Moffat, Winning on the wind [Competitions], page 19
Daniel Walton, A brief wind tunnel test of the Kasper Airfoil [Aerodynamics\Kasper Airfoil; Aerodynamics\Wind Tunnel], page 26
Woodson K. Woods, The wave of Mauna Kea [Sites\Mauna Kea, Hawaii; Meteorology; Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 2-32], page 28
Henry Preiss, Winch cable [Launching\Winch; Techniques\Wave Soaring], page 32
The Alleghenies expressway [Techniques\Ridge Soaring; People\Karl Striedieck], page 33
Mark A. Savage, A midair over Ohio [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-26; Ohio; Safety], page 34
Handy hints for homebuilding (Homebuilder's Hall) [Homebuilding], page 36
B. Wister, Technical help for designers (Homebuilder's Hall) [Homebuilding], page 40
Bob Wister, Technical help for designers (Homebuilder's Hall) [Design], page 40
Charles V. Lindsay, (Using The Weather) [Meteorology], page 40
John Aldrich, Forecasting thermal strength (Using the Weather) [Meteorology], page 40
1973 glider accidents (Safety Corner) [Safety], page 42
December 
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James Carpenter, Cartoon (Cover) [Cover]
Illegal ballasting (Letter) [Ballast], page 2
Foot-launching the "Hippie" (Letter) [Launching\Landing Gear], page 3
Ultralights and lead shot (Letter) [Ballast; Ultralights], page 3
Model flying safety lessons (Letter) [Safety], page 4
More on downwind turns (Letter) [Aerodynamics], page 6
Teen program a dismal failure (Letter) [Youth], page 8
Dual scoring harassment (Letter) [Competitions], page 9
Ray Young, First Vintage Sailplane Regatta, Elmira, N.Y. (SSA in Action) [Vintage], page 10
James Carpenter, Cover artist, competition reporter (SSA in Action), page 11
Richard C. du Pont memorial flight (SSA in Action) [People\Richard C. Du Pont], page 12
Schweizer Aircraft Corp. youth assist (SSA in Action) [International\Canada; Youth], page 12
Region nine contest, Estrella Gliderport, Arizona (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional; Sites\Estrella Gliderport, Arizona; People\Thomas Brandes], page 13
Region twelve contest (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional; People\Thomas Brandes; People\Russell Owens], page 14
Bill Ivans, Region eleven contest (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional], page 15
James L. Le Sueur (SSA in Action) [Obituaries], page 15
CIVV Report, Paris, France (SSA in Action) [FAI], page 16
Instrument panels at Waikerie [People\Thomas Brandes; Instrumentation; Sites\Waikerie], page 18
John Luttrell, Second international symposium MIT, page 22
P. MacCready and J. McMasters, Second international symposium MIT [Test Flying; Mountain Soaring; Meteorology; Aerodynamics; Design; Instrumentation; Massachusetts; Soaring Symposia; Sailplanes], page 22
J. Haberstroh, Hazards of Rogallo hang gliding [Hang gliders; Safety], page 28
Richard H. Johnson, Winning with the PIK at Hobbs, New Mexico [Ballast; Construction\Sailplanes; Meteorology; Sites\Hobbs, New Mexico; Sailplanes\Pik-20], page 30
Richard Maryott, (Safety Corner), page 36
How's your attitude? (Safety Corner) [Safety], page 36
1973 glider accidents: (Safety Corner) [Safety], page 37
John Aldrich, Forecasts of the upper winds (Using the Weather) [Meteorology], page 38
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