Soaring Magazine Index for 1974 organized by section

Soaring Magazine Index for 1974 organized by section

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Cover

Arlen Moore, SS-1, January

BS-1, February

Soaring the Alps, March

George Moffat, April

Torrey Pines, California, May

Ibex, June

Thermalling, July

Ed Hall, Bird, August

Osprey, September

Malcolm Bagshaw, 1-26, October

2-33, November

James Carpenter, Cartoon, December

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Herold's Hearsay

The energy crisis and soaring, January, page 34

Thomas Beltz, The soaring flight of vultures, February, page 37

Aircraft cost per pound, February, page 37

Soaring is getting safer, March, page 30

Class comparisons for Waikerie, April, page 35

Solar power battery charger, May, page 41

Tow pilot statistics revised, May, page 42

Ordering an "N" number, July, page 32

Commercial operation data, July, page 32

Batteries are potentially dangerous, September, page 39

Announcing the Bede Wing, September, page 39

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Homebuilder's Hall

S. Hall, January, page 36

Accidents and Push-Pull Control Systems Changes, January, page 36

John Sinclair, Sinclair flies his new duster, February, page 32

S. Hall, February, page 32

Porter flies his new Cherokee II, February, page 33

Jack Greene, Fiberglass-and-balsa construction for the homebuilder, Part I, March, page 34

Tinbus II, May, page 43

Busted canopy?, May, page 46

John Luttrell, Busted canopy?, May, page 46

Use of Douglas fir - substitute for spruce, June, page 31

Briegleb "BG" series, July, page 28

Pacific Aircraft D-8, July, page 29

Homebuilt sailplanes, July, page 29

Miller "Tern", July, page 29

California sailplanes "Duster", July, page 29

Homebuilt sailplanes, July, page 29

EPB-1 "Flying Plank", July, page 30

Marske "Pioneer II", July, page 30

Evils of flutter and how to deal with them, Part II, October, page 40

Handy hints for homebuilding, November, page 36

Bob Wister, Technical help for designers, November, page 40

B. Wister, Technical help for designers, November, page 40

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Homebuilders Hall

Evils of flutter and how to deal with them, Part I, September, page 33

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Letter

Stephen Du Pont, Ruddervator check, January, page 3

Alain Guay, New French two-place sailplane, January, page 3

What to expect at Waikerie, January, page 4

More on "2-1-0" scoring, January, page 4

Geof Steele, Cost: a new class definition? Smith, Bernald, January, page 5

Bernald S. Smith, Cost: a new class definition?, January, page 5

Geof Steele, A new one from Darmstadt, January, page 6

Pie-in-the-sky?, February, page 2

A new name needed: "cloudsloping", February, page 3

Answer to young soaring bugs' prayers, February, page 5

Women's records, March, page 2

Ron Williams, "Dyno I", a Kasper Wing derivative, March, page 3

Poet's solo, March, page 4

Geof Steele, How about two "standard" classes?, March, page 5

Stephen Du Pont, Aerobatics as safety training, April, page 2

Kasper Bede, Flying wings, April, page 3

Contest rules and the energy crisis, April, page 3

Anti-histamines: a word to the wise, April, page 4

Standard Class rules, April, page 6

The Graves variometer, April, page 6

Thomas M. Farr, Jr., Compatible trailer wiring, April, page 7

Reporting tow pilot accidents, May, page 2

Multiple towing, May, page 2

Gren Seibels, Open regionals - educational mortification, May, page 4

Wally Scott, Open regionals - educational mortification Scott, May, page 4

Peter K. Bice, Figuring great circle distances, May, page 5

Power stepdown warning, June, page 2

Contest reporting June 1974, June, page 3

Multiple tow cautions, June, page 4

Thomas Beltz, Jonathan Livingston Schweizer, June, page 5

Towing: Airplane Dual tows, July, page 6

Geof Steele, Moffat on the modern standard class Moffat, G, September, page 2

George Moffat, Moffat on the modern standard class, September, page 2

Hang gliding at Torrey Pines, September, page 3

New ultralight design, September, page 3

Training Costs and Youth, September, page 4

Aviation Exploring Unit, as Rewarding as Your First Solo, September, page 4

A good "met" man, September, page 5

Super floater, October, page 2

Wally Scott, Wing loadings: better than a pine box, October, page 2

Low-velocity newsletter: "Helios", October, page 5

Dore J. Montes, Mountain soaring in Hope, British Columbia, Canada, November, page 3

Sharing Torrey Pines, November, page 3

Like flying a lawn chair: "Monarch", November, page 4

In defense of the RF-4D motorglider, November, page 5

Wisconsin soaring youth boosters, November, page 7

Illegal ballasting, December, page 2

Foot-launching the "Hippie", December, page 3

Ultralights and lead shot, December, page 3

Model flying safety lessons, December, page 4

More on downwind turns, December, page 6

Teen program a dismal failure, December, page 8

Dual scoring harassment, December, page 9

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SSA in Action

Are ELT's required for gliders?, January, page 8

Donation frcm Harris Hill Soaring Corporation, January, page 9

First hang gliding champ, January, page 10

Adams, M.J. Rosemary, Almendinger, January, page 11

E. Scurr, Green air, by David Harper, January, page 11

New SSA directors, February, page 7

Swiss "Eife" homebuilder kit, February, page 10

World 14th world gliding championships, March, page 7

George Moffat, World open class soaring champion; 14th world gliding championships, March, page 7

Turning the clock back; Part 2 flight, March, page 8

H. Michael and S. Riggs, MIT seminar, ultralight flying, March, page 9

Irven Culver, MIT seminar, ultralight flying, March, page 9

Volmer Jensen, MIT seminar; ultralight flying, March, page 9

Receives New York State grant, March, page 9

Ann Welch, Pilot's weather, March, page 11

James Nash-Webber, "Motorless Flight Research", M.J. Abzug, ed., March, page 12

Floyd Sweet, Michael Stroukoff, March, page 13

Warren Eaton Memorial Trophy, April, page 9

SSA Exceptional Achievement Award, April, page 9

3rd national soaring convention, April, page 9

SSA directors' meeting, April, page 9

Exceptional Service Award, April, page 9

SSA awards banquet, April, page 9

Nimbus II ATC'd, May, page 7

Membership categories established, Third Annual Historical Symposium announced, May, page 7

Peter Bowers, Northwest soaring symposium, May, page 7

Waheed Mirza, Soaring in Pakistan, May, page 9

J.C. Lincoln, Free as a bird, by Philip Wills, May, page 10

Marion S. Griffith, Jr., President's report, May, page 14

Lloyd M. Licher, Executive director's report, May, page 14

1973 Lilienthal medalist: Ann Welch, June, page 6

W.S. Ivans, CIVV report, Paris, France, June, page 7

Ray Shamblen, Census Sailplane census:, June, page 9

Ted Hamm and G. Bahnson, Federal aviation regulations for glider pilots, June, page 11

Karl W. Kretschmer, Arthur Zimmerman, June, page 11

A.J. Smith, Design competition report, June, page 12

SSA Safety chairman. Dr. Will Hayes, July, page 9

What to study?, July, page 9

Schweizer 1-35 ATC'd - production begins, July, page 9

FAA hang gliding advisory, July, page 10

Feminine state records, July, page 11

Ridge soaring the Alleghenies Bald Eagle Ridge, Knauff, Thomas, July, page 13

Marion S. Griffith, Jr., President's report, September, page 8

Gus Briegleb, 3 into 12 - one, Savage, Mark A. BRIEGLEB, KEN Claims 100 km speed triangle record, September, page 10

David Scott, SSA's man in Washington, September, page 10

Claims women's 100 km triangle speed record, September, page 11

MIT symposium program corrections, September, page 12

Jake Van Dyke, Region seven contest, Salem, Illinois, September, page 12

Lloyd M. Licher, Executive director's report, September, page 15

1975 SSA calendar: art winners, October, page 7

1975 soaring convention slated, October, page 9

J.R. Hutchinson, Region 4 no-contest meet:, October, page 9

Bernald S. Smith, SSA group insurance, October, page 9

1st soaring aerobatic contest: Saulgau, Germany, October, page 12

"Technical Soaring" bibliography, October, page 14

Vern Oldershaw, Wins "outstanding design" trophy, October, page 14

"Outstanding design" trophy, October, page 14

Burt Elliot, 1974 Region Four Contest, Frederick, Maryland, October, page 17

William E. Doherty, Book reviews After solo - soaring adventures in a 1-26, October, page 18

Richard A. Wolters and R. Jain, Once upon a thermal, October, page 18

David Scott, Report on FAA action; Potomac Pipeline, October, pages 11,39

Betsy Shannon, Claims Standard Class 100 km record, November, page 9

1975 National soaring convention announced, November, page 9

S. Fried, George W. Angell, November, page 11

Sam Crane, Region five south contest, Cordele, Georgia, November, page 14

Lloyd Hunter, Region three contest, Dansville, NY, November, page 14

N.Y. Dansville, Region six contest, November, page 16

Hutchinson, Kansas: Region ten contest, November, page 17

Ray Young, First Vintage Sailplane Regatta, Elmira, N.Y., December, page 10

James Carpenter, Cover artist, competition reporter, December, page 11

Schweizer Aircraft Corp. youth assist, December, page 12

Richard C. du Pont memorial flight, December, page 12

Region nine contest, Estrella Gliderport, Arizona, December, page 13

Region twelve contest, December, page 14

Bill Ivans, Region eleven contest, December, page 15

James L. Le Sueur, December, page 15

CIVV Report, Paris, France, December, page 16

Gren Seibels, Region five contest: Chester, South Carolina, July, page 11

James S. Herman, 1974 Region one contest, Sugarbush Vermont, October, page 14

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Safety Corner

Records Schweizer Soaring School, January, page 32

Bernie Carris, January, page 32

Treetop landings are for the Birds, February, page 35

Dive brakes, February, page 36

Rudy Mozer, March, page 32

D.J. Montes, Winch accident, March, page 32

Winch operation, April, page 36

Lawrence Gehrlein, April, page 36

P. Schweizer, Lessons to be learned, July, page 42

Hilltop Approaches in Strong Winds, September, page 40

Benjamin S. Kelsey, September, page 40

M.R. Nevin, October, page 39

1973 glider accidents, November, page 42

How's your attitude?, December, page 36

Richard Maryott, December, page 36

1973 glider accidents:, December, page 37

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Using The Weather

Charles V. Lindsay, June, page 36

Charles V. Lindsay, September, page 36

Charles V. Lindsay, October, page 44

Charles V. Lindsay, November, page 40

John Aldrich, Weather on public TV, June, page 36

John Aldrich, Contest meteorologist; Gene Larcom, July, page 35

John Aldrich, September, page 36

Forecasting the altitude of thermals, October, page 44

John Aldrich, October, page 44

John Aldrich, Forecasting thermal strength, November, page 40

John Aldrich, Forecasts of the upper winds, December, page 38

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