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