Soaring Magazine Index for 1977 organized by issue
Soaring Magazine Index for 1977 organized by issue
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1977
January 
George Uveges, Pik-20 (Covers) [Cover; Sailplanes\Pik-20]
James L. Nash-Webber, MPA developments (Letter) [Human-Powered Flight], page 2
C.C. Forrester, In defense of tail skid (Letter) [Landing Gear], page 3
Dick Georgeson, In defense of tail skid (Letter), page 3
K. Striedieck, Tail skids vs tail wheels (Letter) [People\Paul A. Kurbjun], page 3
George A. Caldwell, Japanese motorgllder (Letter) [Motorgliders; International\Japan], page 4
Symbol A new SSA symbol? (Letter) [Soaring Society of America], page 4
Pitot tube icing (Letter) [Safety], page 6
Hal Myers, New glider design handbook (Letter) [Design], page 7
P. Morelli, New glider design handbook (Letter) [Design], page 7
P.A. Schweizer, Region three sports classic contest: (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional], page 7
(SSA in Action)No author or title, [Soaring Society of America], page 7
Region three sports classic contest (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional Scheurer], page 7
Arnold Skopil, Do-it-yourself motor Nimbus (SSA in Action) [Homebuilding], page 9
Region nine contest (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional; People\Jerry Robertson; People\Springer Jones], page 9
Robert H.[N.] Buck, CIVV report [FAI], page 11
SSA convention ADV [Conferences, Conventions, and Meetings], pages 11,12
Val Brain, Soaring 2000 - the next 25 years: an overview [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs; Airspace; Competitions; Economics], page 14
J.H. McMasters and James L. Nash-Webber, Some technical extrapolations [Aerodynamics; Instruments; Design; Gliders], page 21
Stephen Du Pont, Accidents An analysis of gliding accidents [Safety], page 29
15-meter class, racer Zuni first flights [People\George Applebay; Sailplanes\Zuni], page 36
1976 US national and regional champions [Awards], pages 38,39
Richard H. Johnson, A flight test evaluation of the Schweizer 1-35 [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-35; Aerodynamics\Flight Tests], page 40
Stan Hall, (Homebuilder's Hall) [Homebuilding], page 44
No author or title, [Homebuilding], page 44
The mean aerodynamic cord (Homebuilder's Hall) [Aerodynamics], page 44
Will Hayes, (Safety Corner) [Safety], page 47
S. Vegso, SSA convention: The Sunny Side [Soaring Society of America\Development; Conferences, Conventions, and Meetings], page 48
February 
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Gerald R. Foster, (Covers) [Cover]
Sunny Vegso, 2-32 (Covers) [Cover; Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 2-32]
Dore J. Montes, Soaring the Andes (Letter) [International\Chile], page 2
John Luttrell, MacCready's Gossamer Condor (Letter) [Human-Powered Flight; People\P. MacCready], page 3
Atmospheric Instability Effects of wind gradients (Letter) [Meteorology], page 3
Bernald S. Smith, A threat to soaring: insurance costs answer (Letter) [Insurance\Sailplane], page 4
A threat to soaring: inflating insurance costs (Letter) [Insurance\Sailplane], page 4
Richard Maryott, Flutter, IAS and density altitude (Letter), page 5
Polish record (Letter) [International\Poland], page 6
Soaring in the USSR (Letter) [International\Russia], page 6
James L. Nash-Webber, Hand up for MIT soaring association (Letter) [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 7
(SSA in Action)No author or title, [Soaring Society of America], page 10
Director election winners (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America\Directors], page 10
Gustav Scheurer, Region 3 instructor - safety symposium (SSA in Action) [Safety], page 11
James Short, Region 3 instructor-safety symposium (SSA in Action) [Training; Mountain Soaring; Soaring Symposia; Safety], page 11
Marion Cruce, Homebuilt transceiver (SSA in Action) [Instruments; Avionics; Homebuilding], page 13
David Scott, (Potomac Pipeline, SSA in Action), page 14
Ted Sharp, (Looking Backward, SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America\Soaring Magazine; History\Soaring], page 14
Gren J. Seibels, "Soaramerica", J. Joss, Ed. (SSA in Action) [Literature], page 15
Clear air turbulence detected: Potomac Pipeline [Meteorology], page 15
Alcide Santilli, Zuni [People\George Applebay; Sailplanes\Zuni], page 16
J. Munn, Gettin' up there [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-34; Altitude Flights], page 20
Hollis C. Powell, Soaring at Santa Fe Community College [Women; Youth; Training], page 24
Jack R. Greene, Immortality in its time [History\Soaring; Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-26], page 27
Richard H. Johnson, Flight test evaluation of the Schweizer 1-26E [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-26e; Test Flying], page 32
(Homebuilder's Hall)No author or title, [Homebuilding; Construction of Gliders], page 36
S. duPont, Judging glider approaches (Safety Corner) [Techniques\Wave Soaring], page 39
Stephen Du Pont, (Safety Corner) [Safety], page 39
Will Hayes, (Safety Corner) [Safety], page 39
Carl Herold, (Herold's Hearsay), page 40
Brian Utley, (Accent on Clubs), page 42
Marian Fleming, (Accent on Clubs) [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 42
No author or title, [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 42
Minnesota Soaring Club Monorail (Accent on Clubs) [Clubs\Minnesota], page 42
New Jersey: Aero Club Albatross (Accent on Clubs) [Clubs\New Jersey], page 42
S. Vegso, (The Sunny side) [Soaring Society of America\Development], page 45
S. Vegso, SSA convention booth (Sunny side) [Soaring Society of America\Development], page 45
Instructor revalidation clinics: Sunny side [Training], page 45
March 
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Don Monroe, (Covers) [Cover]
(Covers)No author or title, [Cover; Human-Powered Flight\Gossamer Condor]
Making kit transceiver is easy (Letter) [Homebuilding; Instruments], page 3
Soaring economics (Letter) [Economics], page 3
Glider tows with FBO'S? (Letter) [Launching\Airplane], page 4
John H. McMasters, and now, 16m = 15m (Letter) [Aerodynamics], page 6
A home built box-top Netto? (Letter) [Homebuilts; Instruments], page 6
Wind gradients and slope soaring (Letter) [Techniques\Ridge Soaring], page 6
Forrest Blossom:New SSA executive director (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America; People\Forrest Blossom], page 8
First women's soaring club? (SSA in Action) [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs; Women], page 9
Ann Welch, Gliding (SSA in Action) [Literature], page 10
John Luttrell, New concept in man-powered flight. Condor (SSA in Action) [Human-Powered Flight\Gossamer Condor], page 12
David Scott, (Potomac Pipeline, SSA in Action), page 14
FCC fees ruled illegal: Potomac Pipeline [Legislation], page 14
Resumes of experience with FAA sought (SSA in Action) [Airspace], page 14
J. Gomez, Roy Schlemeyer (SSA in Action) [Obituaries], page 15
Rudy Allemann, H-301 Libelle [Sailplanes\Libelle], page 18
Oran W. Nicks, How to make a total energy sensor [Homebuilding; Instruments], page 23
T. Claude Ryan, The Cloudster [Motorgliders\Cloudster], page 27
Charles Fisher, Jr., Soaring hypoxia [Physiology; Safety], page 31
Pemberton H. Drinker, The hard way [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-26; Cross-Country Soaring], page 34
Stan Hall, (Homebuilder's Hall) [Homebuilding], page 38
No author or title, [Homebuilding], page 38
Low-temperature-cure structural adhesive (Homebuilder's Hall) [Homebuilding; Construction of Gliders], page 38
Resurrected Dart 17 (Homebuilder's Hall) [Homebuilding], page 38
Directory of US soaring sites (The Sunny side) [Soaring Society of America\Development], page 44
April 
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(Covers)No author or title, [Cover; Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 2-32]
J-4 Javelin, 2-32 (Covers) [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 2-32; Cover]
J. McMasters, An MPA prediction (Letter) [People\B. Stork; Human-Powered Flight], page 3
Growth and low-cost soaring (Letter) [Economics; Soaring Society of America\Development], page 3
James L. Nash-Webber, Flutter, TAS and IAS (Letter) [Aerodynamics], page 4
Larry Haig, Why the Eaglet lost a prop blade (Letter) [Motorgliders\Eaglet], page 4
Dick Maryott, Flutter, IAS and density altitude (Letter) [Aerodynamics], page 5
(SSA in Action)No author or title, [Soaring Society of America], page 10
6th annual SSA national soaring convention (SSA in Action) [Conferences, Conventions, and Meetings], page 10
Awards presented at 6th annual SSA national soaring convention (SSA in Action) [Awards], page 14
Barringer Memorial Trophy (SSA in Action) [People\Wally Scott: Winner; Awards\Barringer], page 14
Exceptional Service Award Winner: Charles Shaw (SSA in Action) [People\Charles Shaw; Awards\Exceptional Service], page 14
Exceptional Service Award Winner: Larry Wood (SSA in Action) [People\Larry Wood; Awards\Exceptional Service], page 14
Exceptional Service Award Winner: Ray Shamblen (SSA in Action) [People\Ray Shamblen; Awards\Exceptional Service], page 14
Exceptional Service Award winner: J[G.?]erry Rhine (SSA in Action) [Awards\Exceptional Service; People\Jerry Rhine], page 14
Paul Tuntland Memorial Award winner: Oran Nicks (SSA in Action) [Awards\Tuntland; People\Oran W. Nicks], page 14
Warren Eaton Award Presented posthumously to John Williams (SSA in Action) [People\John Williams; Awards\Warren Eaton], page 14
Ted Sharp, (Looking backward, SSA in Action) [History\Soaring], page 15
Bertha M. Ryan Appointed State Governor of California (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America\Governors; People\Bertha M. Ryan], page 15
Forrest Blossom begins duties of executive director (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America\Staff; People\Forrest Blossom], page 15
George R. Allen Appointed state governor of Idaho (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America\Governors; People\George R. Allen], page 15
Herbert H. Hast, Jr. Appointed state governor of Colorado (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America\Governors; People\Herbert H. Hast, Jr.], page 15
New SSA governors appointed (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America\Governors], page 15
R.L. Yelverton Appointed state governor of Mississippi (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America\Governors; People\R.L. Yelverton], page 15
Robert F. Miles Appointed state governor of Kentucky (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America\Governors; People\Robert F. Miles], page 15
Thomas K. Sherwood, III Appointed state governor of Massachusetts (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America\Governors; People\Thomas K. Sherwood, III], page 15
William B. Cleary, President's report (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America], page 16
Don Monroe, acting executive director,Executive director's report (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America], page 17
Charles W. Shaw, Using the barogram to improve cross-country soaring [Instruments\Barograms; Cross-Country Soaring], page 22
Bruce Carmichael, On predicting the future of soaring flight, page 25
Steve Foreman, My secret Andes flight [International\Chile], page 32
Wil Schuemann, Instruments - Variometer ADV Third annual report to Soaring from Sage [Instruments], page 36
Richard H. Johnson, Flight test evaluation of the Jantar 1 and 2A [Aerodynamics\Flight Tests; Sailplanes\Jantar 2a; Sailplanes\Jantar 1], page 40
Hal Myers, Static stability and control of sailplanes (SSA in Action) [Aerodynamics], page 46
J. Nash-Webber, Static stability and control of sailplanes: Piero Morelli (SSA in Action) [Literature], page 46
Military airspace curbs urged (SSA in Action) [Airspace], page 46
W.O. Bank, Psychological preparation for critical performances (Safety Corner) [Safety], page 48
Brian Utley, (Accent on Clubs) [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 50
Marian Fleming, (Accent on Clubs) [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 50
Growth and statistics (Accent on Clubs) [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 50
Tucson Soaring Club (Accent on Clubs) [Clubs\Arizona], page 50
May 
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Jon Kubly, Nugget (Covers) [Saiplanes\Nugget]
Insurance (Letter) [Insurance, Sailplane], page 3
Is silent flight too noisy? (Letter) [Noise], page 3
Massachusetts Club reopens soaring site (Letter) [Sites], page 4
Mohawk soaring club reopens soaring site (Letter) [Clubs\New York], page 4
Twin Blanik motorglider (Letter) [Gliders], page 4
Forrest Blossom, National Soaring Week (SSA in Action) [Publicity; Soaring Society of America], page 5
Medical exams for glider pilots (Letter) [Physiology], page 5
S. Starr, Nationals entry clarification (SSA in Action) [Competitions], page 8
Sterling Starr, Nationals entry clarification (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Ranking], page 8
C.T. McKinnie, SSA instructor program revised: (SSA in Action) [Training], page 9
SSA instructor program revised (SSA in Action) [Mountain Soaring], page 9
Vermont Northeastern sites to reopen (SSA in Action) [Sites\Vermont], page 10
National Soaring Museum Administration building destroyed by fire (SSA in Action) [Archives and Museums], page 12
John Aldrich and W. Rogers, Tornadoes El Mirage Labor Day tornadoes [Meteorology], page 16
Bernald S. Smith, Economics and the insurance myth [Insurance, Sailplane; Safety; Economics], page 21
Jack Olson, A fine feathered friend [Birds], page 25
Volmer Jensen, Climbing hills the easy way, page 26
Climbing hills the easy way [Ultralights; Gliders; Sunfun; Motorgliding], page 26
Richard Sayer, (Teaching soaring) [Training], page 31
"It can't happen to me": Teaching Soaring [Training], page 31
Peter Riedel, Soaring above New York City [Sailplanes\Super Sperber; People\Peter Riedel], page 32
Soaring above New York City [People\Helmut Reichmann], page 32
Dan Pierson, (Covers) [Cover], page 34
David R.[B.?] Hand, The Albatross motorglider [Construction; Motorgliders\Albatross; Design; Test Flying; International\Japan], page 36
M.S. Griffith, Jr., Pilot report: the Nimbus 2 [Sailplanes\Nimbus II], page 40
New soaring operation: Milford, New Jersey (SSA in Action) [Sites\New Jersey], page 42
Stan Hall, (Homebuilder's Hall) [Homebuilding], page 44
More on plastic canopies (Homebuilder's Hall) [Construction of Gliders; Homebuilding], page 44
June 
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View window (Covers) [Cover]
Better than dirty movies and girlie mags (Letter) [Soaring Society of America\Soaring Magazine], page 2
Low-cost soaring? be honest (Letter) [Costs], page 3
Variometer time constants (Letter) [Instruments\Variometers], page 3
Geof Steele, Let's return to the original standard class (Letter) [Sailplanes\Standard Class], page 4
(SSA in Action)No author or title, [Soaring Society of America], page 6
Museum suggestions sought (SSA in Action) [Archives and Museums], page 6
Women contestants chosen for 3rd international feminine gliding competition (SSA in Action) [Women], page 6
William B. Cleary, President's Interim report (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America], page 8
Resigns position as director of development (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America\Development; People\Sunny Vegso], page 9
Ted Sharp, (Looking Backward, SSA in Action) [History\Soaring], page 10
Soaring school innovations (SSA in Action) [Training], page 10
Robert H.[N.?] Buck, The CIVV report (SSA in Action) [FAI], page 14
R.[B.]B.[R.?] Rodwell, To 51,849 ft. ASL by Skylark [People\Michael J. Field; Sailplanes\Skylark; Records\Flights; International\Scotland], page 16
David L. Gibo, Coping with difficult outlandings: Enjoying an unscheduled stay in a desert [Safety; Off-Field Landings; Desert Soaring], page 20
Charles Fisher, Jr., Coping with difficult outlandings: Survival and survival kits [Cross-Country Soaring; Off-Field Landings; Safety], page 21
Harry V. Senn, Yes, Audrey, the 1-26 is a Diamond sailplane! [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-26; IAwards\Flights], page 23
Don Mitchell, The Mitchell Wing. 1. The designer's report [Homebuilding; Design; Construction; Sailplanes\Mitchell Wing], page 26
George D. Worthington, The Mitchell Wing. 2. A pilot's report [Sailplanes; Mitchell Wing], page 27
C. McNay, A homebuilt philosophy (Homebuilder's Hall) [Homebuilding], page 30
John S. Sinclair, Diamond in a Duster [Mountain Soaring; Awards\Flights; Sailplanes\Duster], page 32
R.H. Johnson, A flight test evaluation of the Schweizer 1-35 [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-26; Test Flying], page 40
David Scott, (Potomac Pipeline, SSA in Action), page 45
P.A. Schweizer, Larry Lawrence (SSA in Action) [Obituaries], page 45
National Transportation Safety Board: accident investigations: Potomac Pipeline [Safety], page 45
M. Shoen, Dean McMillan (SSA in Action) [Obituaries], page 46
W.G. Hill, Dan Grupp (SSA in Action) [Obituaries], page 46
July 
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Hannes Linke, Kestrel (Covers) [Cover; Sailplanes\Kestrel 17]
Sandor A. Aldott, (Covers) [Cover]
More on airport noise (Letter) [Noise], page 2
Bob Russell, Winching to beat the fuel crunch (Letter) [Launching\Winch], page 3
James L. Nash-Webber, Flutter speed, continued (Letter) [Aerodynamics], page 3
Benner dominates Smirnoff derby (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Smirnoff; People\Ingo Renner], page 6
Out and return, distance Striedieck 1000-mile encore: SSA to action [Records\Flights], page 6
Geof Steele, Competing at the Hahnweide (SSA in Action) [Competitions; International\Germany], pages 7,
Thomas Smith, Competing at the Hahnweide (SSA in Action) [Competitions], page 7
Tom Brandes killed in practice flight (SSA in Action) [Safety], page 7
Safety bulletin for HP sailplanes (SSA in Action) [Sailplanes\HP; Safety], page 8
Ada Dankowska breaks record (SSA in Action) [Women; People\Ada Dankowska], page 9
Dynamic soaring flights made (SSA in Action) [People\Ingo Renner; Techniques\Dynamic Soaring], page 9
World feminine singleplace distance record broken: SSA to action [Records\Flights], page 9
Doub Gaines, Less is more [Sailplanes\AS-W 17], page 10
John McMasters, Four questions on ultralights [Ultralights], page 14
Douglas Lamont, Flying the Cloudster as a sailplane [People\Dore J. Montes; Cloudster; Meteorology; Gliders], page 17
George J. Vakkur, Long flights in the Appalachians [Techniques\Ridge Soaring; Meteorology], page 20
L. Sebald, NiCads are reliable [Safety; Instruments; Homebuilding], page 26
The christening of Nadia [Gliderports], page 30
C.J. Kelleher, Patrick the porcine pelican [Sailplanes\XLRA-1; People\Thomas Beltz], page 32
Gren Seibels, Region Five North Contest, Chester, South Carolina (SSA in Action) [People\Ben Greene; People\John Byrd; Competitions\Regional], page 35
Region Five North contest (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional; People\Karl Striedieck: Winner Standard Class], page 35
John Joss, "Illusions", Richard Bach (SSA in Action) [Literature], page 36
V. Saudek, Harland C. Ross (SSA in Action) [Obituaries], page 37
Walter Stander, Statistics on the empty weight of sailplanes (Homebuilder's Hall) [Construction of Gliders], page 41
Richard Sayer, A question of spins: Teaching Soaring [Techniques\Wave Soaring; Safety; Training], page 44
Habitual safety (Safety Corner) [Safety], page 46
August 
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Lawrence M. Lansburgh, Nugget, Fremont, CA (Covers) [Cover]
Fremont, California 2-32 (Covers) [Cover; Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 2-32; Sites\Fremont, California]
The Mitchell Wing kit (Letter) [Mitchell Wing; Homebuilding; Gliders], page 2
The real noise culprit (Letter) [Noise], page 3
Compressibility and density effects in flutter (Letter) [Aerodynamics], page 4
Coping with outlandings (Letter) [Off-Field Landings], page 5
Forrest Blossom, Executive director reports on trip (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America], page 6
(SSA in Action)No author or title, [Soaring Society of America], page 6
USAF "releases" airspace (SSA in Action) [Airspace], page 7
Ted Sharp, (Looking Backward, SSA in Action) [History\Soaring], page 8
Memorial fund established (SSA in Action) [People\Thomas Brandes], page 8
B. Ferguson, Region eight contest, Ephrata, Washington: SSA in action [Competitions\Regional], page 9
David Scott, (Potomac Pipeline, SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional; ], page 9
R. Ferguson, Winner, 15-meter class: region eight contest (SSA in action) [Competitions\Regional; People\Rudy Allemann], page 9
R. Ferguson, Winner, sports class, region eight contest (SSA in action) [Competitions\Regional; People\John Hammond], page 9
R.[B.?] Ferguson, Region eight contest, Ephrata, Washington (SSA in Action) [People\Dave Seward; Competitions\Regional; Ephrata, Washington], page 9
FAA meets on collision avoidance systems: Potomac Pipeline [Safety], page 9
Franklin K. (SSA in Action) [Obituaries], page 9
Hearings on ATC system: Potomac Pipeline [Legislation], page 9
Region eight contest, Ephrata, Washington (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional; People\Thomas M. Farr, Jr.], page 9
Connie Linke, 1977 Smirnoff Sailplane Derby [People\Al Leffler; People\George Lee; People\Ingo Renner; Competitions\Smirnoff; People\Wally Scott; People\George Moffat], page 12
D.J. Marsden, Two variable geometry sailplanes [Variable Geometry; Sailpaines\Gemini; Aerodynamics; Sailpaines\Pik-20], page 19
Gren Seibels, "Luck, be a lady" from A Gaggle of One [Literature], page 22
Ted Sharp, The myth of cheap soaring [Costs], page 27
Lens and pen - a potpourri [Photography], page 28
Richard H. Johnson, A flight test evaluation of the AS-W 19 [Test Flying; Sailplanes\Schleicher\AS-W 19], page 30
Donald Slotten, I've got no strings [Youth; Sites\California; People\Terrence [L.?] Wong], page 33
Collision avoidance systems meeting: Potomac Pipeline [Federal Aviation Agency], page 33
Pemberton Drinker, Region one sports class contest (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional; Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-26], page 38
Don K. Wemple, Sports Class John Williams Memorial sports class meet, Elsinore, California (SSA in Action) [Sites\Elsinore, California; Competitions\1-26], page 39
P.W. Hanson, Flutter (Homebuilder's Hall) [Instruments; Aerodynamics], page 40
Stan Hall, (Homebuilder's Hall) [Homebuilding], page 40
No author or title, [Homebuilding], page 40
September 
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George Uveges, Mitchell Wing; George Worthington: Bishop, CA (Covers) [Cover]
Stephen Du Pont, Instruments - Altimeter In-fllght altimeter setting without radio (Letter) [Instruments], page 3
Don Davis, Soaring poems (SSA in Action) [Literature], page 5
(SSA in Action)No author or title, [Soaring Society of America], page 5
National championship results (SSA in Action) [Competitions\National], page 5
Out-and-return record official (SSA in Action) [Striedieck, Karl], page 5
Christopher Woods, "El Mirage", a new soaring film (SSA in Action), page 6
Harry V. Senn, Stan Smith Wins final Diamond award: (SSA in Action) [People\Stan Smith], page 6
Altitude record disclaimer (SSA in Action) [People\Michael J. Field], page 7
Bill Ivans Claims US National Unlimited Class record (SSA in Action) [People\Bill Ivans], page 7
Claims US 15-meter distance record (SSA in Action) [People\Wally Scott], page 7
Scott & Ivans make new US record claims: SSA in action [Records\Flights], page 7
20th annual huit jours d'anger coupe d' Europe won by G. Moffat (SSA in Action) [Competitions], page 9
Moffat wins European championships (SSA in Action) [People\George Moffat], page 9
Operations manager appointed (SSA in Action) [People\John Dezzutti; Soaring Society of America], page 9
J.E Hutchinson, Region four contest: Fairfield, PA: [Competitions\Regional], pages 11 9
L.A. Bonotaux, Robert Stanley (SSA in Action) [Obituaries], page 10
J.P. Hutchinson, Winner, 15-meter class, region four contest, Fairfield, PA (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional; People\Thomas Beltz], page 11
J.P. Hutchinson, Winner: standard class, region four contest, Fairfield, PA (SSA in-action) [Competitions\Regional; People\Thomas Smith], page 11
J.R. Hutchinson, Region four contest: Fairfield, PA (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional; Sites\Fairfield, Pennsylvania], page 11
Herb Mozer, 1977 standard class champion, page 12
Richard I. Divelbiss, 8th national standard class soaring championships, Ionia, Michigan [Sites\Ionia, Michigan], page 12
8th US national standard class soaring championships [Competitions\National; Sites\Ionia, Michigan], page 18
Kenneth Danielson, Flying the Mini-Nimbus [Sailpalnes\Schmempp-Hirth\Mini-Nimbus; Germany; Test Flying; Construction of Gliders], page 21
George Uveges, Out & return in an ultralight sailplane [Photography; Ultralights; Mitchell Wing], page 24
Douglas Lamont, Flights Beyond the chandeliers [Ultralights; People\George D. Worthington; Mitchell Wing; California; Mountain Soaring; Cross-Country Soaring], page 26
Richard H. Johnson, Facts about flaps [Aerodynamics], page 31
Tom Knauff, ADV Lark East newsletter No. 1, page 32
Pennsylvania ADV Ridge Soaring: Lark East newsletter No. 1 [Sites], page 32
Edward P. Williams, Mexico Los planeadores de Mexico: Madre tierra [International\Mexico; Meteorology; Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 37
J. Price, Winner: Region ten sports class contest, Texas: (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional; People\Richard H. Johnson], page 42
John Price, Region ten sports class contest (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional; Sites\Texas], page 42
James Indrebo, Winner: 15-meter class, region eleven contest (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional; ], page 43
Paul Kelias, Winner: standard class, region eleven contest (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional], page 43
Ray Poquette, Winner, unlimited class, region eleven contest: SSA ln action [Competitions\Regional; ], page 43
Region eleven contest (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional], page 43
Winner: Region eleven contest sports class (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional; People\Sherb Klein], page 43
Mike Adams, Winner: region 12 contest, 15-meter class, El Mirage, CA (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional; ], page 44
Region 12 contest, El Mirage, CA (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional; El Mirage, California], page 44
Winner: CA region 12 contest. El Mirage: unlimited class (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional; People\Bill Ivans], page 44
Winner: standard class, Region 12 contest, EL Mirage, CA (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional; People\Dan Pierson], page 44
Gary Sunderland, The MOBA-2C, a design case history (Homebuilder's Hall) [Construction; Design; Homebuilding], page 48
George D. Worthington, (Covers), page 48
Stan Hall, (Homebuilder's Hall) [Homebuilding], page 48
No author or title, [Homebuilding], page 48
No author or title, [Safety], page 53
Fiberglass catalyst eye hazard (Safety Corner) [Safety], page 53
G. Worthington, Mitchell Wing: Bishop, CA [California], page 55
October 
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Laszlo Horvath, 2-33 Estrella Airport, Arizona (Covers) [Covers\Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 2-33; Sites\Estrella, Arizona]
Stephen Du Pont, 123.3 - the yakking frequency? (Letter) [Radio], page 2
Bernald S. Smith, SSA group insurance update (SSA in Action) [Insurance\Sailplane], page 6
(SSA in Action)No author or title, [Soaring Society of America], page 6
Nominations due for regional directors (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America], page 6
A new Schleicher two-seater: AS-K 21 (SSA in Action) [Sailplanes\Schleicher\AS-K 21], page 7
Ted Sharp, (Looking Backward, SSA in Action) [History\Soaring], page 8
Carl Herold, "Sierra Sierra", by John Joss (SSA in Action) [Literature\Book Review], page 11
William B. Cleary, President's report (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America], page 12
Forrest Blossom, Reports Executive director reports (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America], page 13
Mike Moore, 12th North American 1-26 championships: Black Forest Gliderport, Colorado [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-26; Meteorology; People\Harry Senn; Competitions\1-26; Sites\Black Forest, Colorado], page 16
Thomas Vernor, Photography: 12th No. American 1-26 championships. Black Forest Gliderport, Colorado [Competitions\1-26], page 16
Photography: 12th No. American 1-26 championships. Black Forest Gliderport [Competitions\1-26; People\Hannah Duncan; Colorado], page 16
12th annual 1-26 North American championships. Black Forest Gliderport [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-26; Colorado], page 20
Jack Lambie, Another small step [People\John Luttrell; People\Paul B. MacCready, Jr.; Human-Powered FlightGossamer Condor; Construction; Awards\Kremer; Aerodynamics], page 22
Alcide Santilli, 2nd US 15-Meter Championships, Hobbs, NM [Sites\Hobbs, New Mexico; Competitions\National; People\Karl Striedieck], page 31
Carl Herold, (Herold's Hearsay), page 40
November 
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Sandor A. Aldott, Kestrel (Covers) [Cover; Sailplanes\Kestrel]
First thermal flight? (Letter) [History\Soaring], page 2
News from Australia (Letter) [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 3
Restricted airspace (Letter) [Airspace], page 3
I. Kramar, Women's 3rd international gliding competition, Oerlinghausen Flugplatz, West Germany (SSA in Action) [Women; International\Germany], pages 6,8
(SSA in Action)No author or title, [Soaring Society of America], page 7
Irene Kramar, Pelagia Majewska, Women's 3rd international gliding competition, Oerlinghausen Flugplatz, West Germany (SSA in Action) [International\Oerlinghausen, Germany; Women; Competitions], page 8
New Rocky Mt. wave site (SSA in Action) [Sites], page 8
E.J. Reeves, Honored: SSA to action, page 10
K. Grey, Winner, standard class, south region five contest: SSA in action [Competitions\Regional; People\Chip Bearden], page 12
R. Grey, South region five contest, Cordele, Georgia: SSA in action [Competitions\Regional; Georgia], page 12
R. Grey, Winner, 15-meter class, south region five contest: SSA in action [Competitions\Regional; People\John Byrd], page 12
Robert Grey, South region five contest, Cordele, Georgia (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional], page 12
T. and R. Peterman, Winner: unlimited class, region ten contest (SSA in action) [Competitions\Regional; People\Paul Elliott], page 12
Tommye and Russ Peterman, Bill Snead: Winner, standard class, region ten contest (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional; ], page 12
Tommye and Russ Peterman, Region ten contest, Georgetown, Texas (SSA in Action) [Sites\Texas; Competitions\Regional], page 12
Val Brain, (The SSA goes to Washington), page 16
William Wells, Calibrating total energy tubes [Instruments], page 18
Geza G. Szurovy, Jr., Soaring clubs and training in Hungary [Training; International\Hungary; Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 20
Lisa Junod, 44th US National unlimited class soaring championship, Caddo Mills, Texas [People\Richard Butler; Competitions\National; Sites\Texas], page 24
44th US National unlimited class soaring championships, Caddo Mills, Texas [Competitions\National], page 32
Fred Robinson, Economics of a small gliding school [Commercial Operators; Training; Economics], page 34
Richard H. Johnson, Flight test evaluation of the Glasflugel 604 modifications [Test Flying; Sailplanes\Glasflugel 604], page 36
Stan Hall, (Homebuilder's Hall) [Homebuilding], page 45
Balancing act (Homebuilder's Hall) [Homebuilding; Design], page 45
Shelley Hoose, (Accent on clubs) [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 50
Don't forget the rudder (Safety Corner) [Safety], page 52
December 
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Bishop, CA (Covers) [Cover]
Frequencies are reserved (Letter) [Radio Communications], page 3
Women pilots (Letter) [Women], page 3
(SSA in Action)No author or title, [Soaring Society of America], page 5
Richard H. Johnson Awarded Paul Tissander Diploma (SSA in Action) [Awards\Tissander; People\Richard H. Johnson], page 7
Ted Sharp, (Looking Backward, SSA in Action) [History\Soaring], page 10
Donald Slotten, "Oral test guide for glider pilots" by Charles T. McKinnie (SSA in Action) [Literature; Mountain Soaring], page 11
David Scott, (Potomac Pipeline, SSA in Action), page 12
F. Herbert, Wodi Harro (SSA in Action) [Obituaries], page 12
Alcohol & flying: Potomac Pipeline [Federal Aviation Agency], page 12
Arthur E. Hurst, Winner: region one championships (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional], page 13
New York Harris Hill: Region three contest (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional], page 13
Region one contest (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional], page 13
Region nine contest (SSA in Action) [Competitions\1-26], page 14
Winner, unlimited class. Region nine contest (SSA in Action) [People\John Ryan], page 14
Winner region nine contest standard class (SSA in Action) [People\Tigger Hall], page 14
Winner: region nine contest 15-meter class (SSA in Action) [People\Billy Hill], page 14
Liam D. English, NSM construction begins [Archives and Museums], page 16
Peter Benziger, Bird glide ratios [Aerodynamics; Birds], page 19
Horst Haneke, Soaring in Puerto Rico [Sites\Puerto Rico; Sailplanes\K-8; Launching\Aerotow], page 24
J. McMasters, Ultralight survey results [Ultralights; Gliders], page 27
New Swiss production ultralight [International\Switzerland; Sailplanes\Canard - 2fl], page 28
DYAD 280 - a self-launch engine [Landing Gear], page 31
Nick Pocock and I.C. West, Fourscore and more [Training], page 37
Richard H. Johnson, Flight test evaluation of the Mini-Nimbus [Sailplanes\Schempp-Hirth\Mini-Nimbus; Test Flying], page 40
Phillip Wills and E.[R.?] Rodwell, Sharing airspace the British way [International\Great Britain; Airspace], page 44
John Sinclair, John Sinclair's fiberglass seat (Homebuilder's Hall) [Homebuilding], page 46
John Joss, Variometer failure (Safety Corner) [Instruments\Variometers; Safety], page 48
Robert R. Rodwell, Sharing airspace the British way [International\Great Britain; Airspace], page 49
Shelley Hoose, (Accent on clubs) [Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 50
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