- Accent on Clubs
- Shelley Hoose, Winch or not?, February, page 41
- S. Hoose, Trailer plug protection, February, page 41
- S. Hoose, Richard Hosebfeld: A fitting memorial, March, page 44
- S. Hoose, Bolivian Club Soaring, April, page 43
- Shelley Hoose, Bill Saltzman: Winner, PASCO Sawyer Award, June, page 40
- S. Hoose, 32nd Annual Torrey Pines Midwinter Meet, July, page 38
- Shelley Hoose, Starting a club, July, page 38
- Shelley Hoose, Roy McCaldin breaks Arizona Distance Record, TuSC's 1-26 Upstages Smirnoff Stars, August, page 52
- Shelley Hoose, A Motorglider Club?, August, page 52
- S. Hoose, National Soaring Museum Support, August, page 53
- Shelley Hoose, October, page 46
- Shelley Hoose, An Australian soaring club, November, page 46
- S. Hoose, The 1978 Soaring Safari, November, page 46
- S. Hoose, Try the Tiny Triangle, November, page 46
- Shelley Hoose, December, page 50
- Covers
- George Uveges, Schweizer 1-23E, January
- Jim Foreman, Black Forest Gliderport, February
- George Uveges, American Eaglet, March
- Robert E. Gaines, Libelle, April
- Gary Brod, 1-26, May
- Jim Foreman, Monerai, June
- Jim Stabler and B. Grumstrup, July
- Bruce Grumstrup, Jim Stabler, July
- M. Hanson, Jantar, August
- Joseph Lorber, Zell am See, September
- Don Monroe, Fall setting; Bishop, California, October
- Phyllis Chillinsworth, Chateauroux, France, October
- Ned Jacoby, Peter Teunisse, November
- Peter Teunisse and N. Jacoby, November
- Laszlo Horvath, AS-K 14 Motorgliders, December
- Feature Articles
- William E. Becher, Soaring in Austria, January, page 17
- Alain Guay, The RF-9, January, page 19
- J.F. Smith, Out of the Nest, Into the Air, January, page 24
- Doug Bell, A look at the used sailplane market, January, page 31
- Robert T. Jones and Bijan Davari, Comparative longitudinal stability of ultralight tailless gliders, January, page 32
- Don Monroe, Mini-portfolio, February, page 7
- G. Moffat, New ships of the 70s, February, page 14
- Dick Conwell, I'm just wild about Harry, February, page 20
- Bernald Smith, SSA Group Insurance, February, page 23
- Gren Seibels, Goodby, Alibi, February, page 32
- George Worthington, Getting acquainted with the American Eaglet, March, page 10
- Tom Massoth, The Importance of Being Determined, March, page 16
- Aimai Knypstra, New approach to sports class competition, March, page 20
- Richard Miller, A New Approach to Pteradyne flight, March, page 34
- George Moffat, New ships of the 70's, March, page 38
- SSA Goes to Washington, April, page 19
- F. Blossom, The SSA Executive Director's report, April, page 24
- Dick Georgeson, International Attempt number 27, April, page 31
- Don Miles, The British holiday course, April, page 36
- Patti Kocher, The Many Diamonds of Henry Combs, May, page 16
- R. Johnson, A Flight Test Evaluation of the AS-W 20, May, page 21
- A. McDowell, Instrument Flying A Sink scale vs the speed ring, May, page 26
- Al Backstrom, The Self-Launching Plank Sailplane, May, page 28
- Edmund K. Gravely, Joint ownership, May, page 41
- J. Foreman, Monerai, June, page 14
- John McMasters and J.D. McLean, A New Challenge in Human-powered Flight, June, page 16
- Doug Lamont and Charles McKinnie, Ground school training program, June, page 26
- Glenn M. Gray, The Poor Boy's Guide to Fund Raising, June, page 30
- R. Allemann, A Controlled-Speed Start System, June, page 33
- Ann Welch, The Orphans, July, page 14
- George Worthington, Wheels vs Footlaunching, July, page 15
- Tom Page, A Kit-built VHF Communication Set, July, page 17
- Richard Johnson, A further PIK-20B flight test evaluation, July, page 18
- Martin Simons, The Hjordis, July, page 23
- Jonathan Driver-Jowitt, A Patch of Sun, July, page 26
- Charles Shaw, The 1-26 Association, July, page 30
- Steve Patmont, Free at Last, August, page 12
- B. Gregg, The 1978 Smirnoff Sailplane Derby, August, page 14
- S. Hoose, ed., 1978 Sailplane Directory Supplement, August, page 21
- Richard Johnson, A further PIK-20B flight test evaluation, August, page 46
- Keith Woodward, Stay close to the mountain..., September, page 12
- Frank E. Conner, The 13th US National 1-26 Championships, September, page 20
- W. Rachford, The Third US National 15-Meter Soaring Championships, September, page 36
- Doug Lamont, The 16th World Gliding Championships... Chateauroux!, October, page 14
- John Lee, SSA at Oshkosh, October, page 34
- Ray Cote, Pilot Reports A Cloudster progress report, October, page 36
- R. Johnson, A Flight Test Evaluation of the LS-3, November, page 26
- R. Johnson, A flight test evaluation of the AS-W 20, November, page 26
- Gren Seibels and Chuck Forrester, The 45th US National Unlimited Soaring Championships, December, page 16
- Doug Terman, Morning Flight, December, page 22
- Doug Lamont, The National Soaring Museum dedication, December, page 28
- Per Weishaupt, The 1st European Motorglider Championships, December, page 34
- Dick Haggren, Getting High in the Low Countries, December, page 38
- From the Executive Director
- Forrest W. Blossom, Registration of new foreign aircraft, May, page 14
- From the SSA Executive Director
- Forrest W. Blossom, Experimental aircraft registration, July, page 7
- From the ground
- Forrest W. Blossom, The Biennial Flight Review, March, page 8
- Homebuilders' Hall
- K.J. Strack, Materials The effect of relative humidity on epoxied joints, April, page 39
- Gary Sunderland, The foam-and-glass-cloth method of construction, June, page 36
- Letters
- Richard Johnson, reply to PIK-20 Flap Performance, January, page 3
- R. Ward, "Tacts about flaps"-yes, but..., January, page 3
- John Firth, PIK-20 Flap Performance, January, page 3
- Richard Johnson, reply to "Facts about flaps"-yes, but..., January, page 3
- J.A. Diblin, Tow pilots please note: gasoline is cheaper than cylinders, January, page 5
- Alan Huff and Larry Johnson, The use of rudder and ailerons in stall control, January, page 6
- Klaus Holighaus and response to R. Johnson, 40:1 for the 15-meter class?, February, page 2
- K. Holighaus, 40:1 for the 15-meter class?, February, page 2
- H. Stiglmeier, The flying wing-a wasted effort?, February, page 3
- Bob Michener, Wanted: an objective "Pioneer" flight evaluation, February, page 3
- John McMasters, Giving Benziger the bird, February, page 5
- Ray Cote, The Cloudster as a towplane, March, page 2
- Phil Thorndyke, Homebuilt boom mike, March, page 3
- Hannu Korhonen, More facts about flaps, March, page 5
- Paul Schweizer, Don C. Ryon: Remembering three dedicated soaring enthusiasts, March, page 6
- Colin Pennycuick, Bird glide ratios, April, page 3
- R. Speicher, Coming up: a solarpower assist for MPA?, April, pages 7,1
- Doug Barritt, 500 km women's flights, April, page 5
- John Sinclair, Mandatory Duster change, April, page 6
- Richard Johnson, How to build a surface wave gauge in one hour, April, page 9
- J. Sinclair, Mandatory Duster change, April, page 46
- Fred Pool, Noise makers for safety, May, page 2
- P. Thorndyke, Homebuilt boom mike, May, page 3
- Jim Marske, The Welles flying wing - a designer's critique, May, page 3
- K.J. Strack, The Cherokee's L/D, May, page 7
- Jorj Baker, New foot-launched ultralight, May, page 7
- Jim Maupin, Woodstock's weight and Stender's formula, June, page 3
- L. Schober, and G. Smith, The Flying Wing, Cont., June, page 3
- Gren Seibels, Turnpoint photo development, June, page 3
- H. Becher, A Visit to Narromine, June, page 5
- H. Beeker, A visit to Narromlne, June, page 5
- Les Sebald, Feedback on feedback, July, page 3
- S.O. Jenko, Measuring bird flight performance, July, page 3
- John Nowak, Barnstorming club makes money, August, page 2
- S.O. Jenko, More about ultralight sailplanes, August, page 2
- J. Nowak, Barnstorming club makes money, August, page 2
- S. du Pont, V-Tails Twitchy? 't Ain't So, August, page 3
- John S. Fleugel, Hawk F. T. E., September, page 2
- Liam English, Will the real Albatross please stand up?, September, page 2
- Habry Miltner, Taos Soaring Fiesta a success, September, page 3
- A. Blackburn, Rope break: steep vs. shallow turns, September, page 3
- Al Blackburn, Rope break: Steep vs. Shallow Turns, September, page 3
- H. Miltner, Tom Brandes Memorial Trophy, Taos Soaring Fiesta a success, September, page 3
- H. Miltner, Tom Protheroe: Winner, Tom Brandes Memorial Trophy, Taos Soaring Fiesta a success, September, page 3
- US feminine O&R record, September, page 4
- L. McMaster, H.E.L.P. high energy landing problems, September, page 4
- Ron Sutton, A note on acrobatic preflights, September, page 5
- George Mock, More on Florida weather, September, page 5
- Jim Maupin, Parachute riggers' pins: check yourself, October, page 2
- Jim Crowder, Blanik structural problem, October, page 3
- William R. Williams, Attention Diamant owners, October, page 3
- Gregg Erikson, Twitchy vee-talls, November, page 2
- Tom Knauff, Rope-break turns, November, page 2
- S. Jenko and response D. Johnson, Why waxed, wings don't help performance, November, page 3
- Rich Roberts, Diamant control stick support lug failure, November, page 4
- Alan Patching, Landing patterns: the distance-out-and-angle-down method, November, page 5
- Tom Cooper, Dynamic soaring-self deception?, December, page 3
- Jerry Rautio, 15-Meter Motorglider Performance Calculations, December, page 3
- SSA in Action
- William Cleary, Between Times, January, page 9
- B. Smith, Motorgliding Magazine incorporated into Soaring Magazine, January, page 9
- Rose Marie Licher, Technical Soaring Summary, Volume IV, No. 4, January, page 12
- F.G. Irving, Sigma development to resume, January, page 12
- Kim McEligot, Kolstad Scholarship Winner, January, page 14
- Frederick Voltz, Kolstad Scholarship winner, January, page 14
- Forrest W. Blossom, Director election winners, February, page 8
- F. Blossom, Bernald Smith: Director election winner, February, page 8
- F. Blossom, Bob Kramer: Director election winner, February, page 8
- F. Blossom, Don Knypstra: Director Election Winner, February, page 8
- F. Blossom, Joe P. Bennis: Director election winner, February, page 8
- F. Blossom, R.E. Schreder: Director election winner, February, page 8
- F. Blossom, Sam Francis: Director election winner, February, page 8
- F. Blossom, Williams S. Ivans: Director election winner, February, page 8
- S. Hoose, Eric "Herb" Mozer: US International Team News, February, page 10
- Meet David Aranda, February, page 12
- XVIth OSTIV Congress at Chateauroux, February, page 36
- Oklahoma State U to offer soaring, February, page 37
- Schweizer milestone poster, February, page 37
- Katherine M. Ely, Obituary - Lawrence Ely, February, page 38
- Swiss variable geometry: Le Delphin, February, page 38
- Forrest W. Blossom, The Biennial Flight Review, March, page 8
- F. Blossom, Pilot From the Ground: the Biennial Flight Review, March, page 8
- Joann Shaw 1st woman to earn 1-26 Diamond, March, page 8
- Joann Shaw First Woman to Earn 1-26 Diamond, March, page 8
- Noncitizen ownership of aircraft okayed, March, page 8
- SSA airspace activity, March, page 8
- New Zealanders make record goal distance, March, page 9
- Ron Lipking, Map of Trans-New Zealand Flight, March, page 9
- T. Sharp, March, page 26
- Vicki Barrett, Soaring razzmatazz, March, page 32
- S. Hoose, World Championship News, March, page 32
- Shelley Hoose, World Championship news, April, page 13
- Dick Johnson receives Tuntland Award, April, page 14
- NSM News, April, page 14
- Australian Nationals, April, page 16
- Want to Help Build an Acre of Lift?, April, page 17
- Zuni Resumes Production, May, page 9
- New PIK-20 motorglider, May, page 11
- Shelley Hoose, US International Team news, May, page 11
- George Moffat, Awarded 1977 Lilienthal Medal, May, page 13
- F. Blossom, Private Rated Club Tow Pilots, May, page 14
- R. Buck, CIVV report, June, page 6
- SSA, NAA, and FAI, June, page 6
- Sailplanes - A Family Tradition?, June, page 7
- New ultralight due this summer, June, page 7
- Air New Zealand Derby, June, page 9
- Bernald Smith, Group hull and liability insurance, June, page 9
- Tourist soaring in Poland, June, page 11
- Ted Sharp, Looking Backward, June, page 11
- Forrest W. Blossom, Experimental aircraft registration, July, page 7
- Jim George killed during practice,, July, page 7
- L. English, Museum News, July, page 8
- Chet Decker, NSM gets Albatross, July, page 11
- Karl Striedieck: Winner, Smirnoff Derby, July, page 11
- 16. 5 Diamant, July, page 11
- Gren Seibels, Region Five North Contest, 1978, July, page 12
- Ray Young new director for region 2, July, page 12
- Forrest W. Blossom, From the Executive Director, August, page 4
- European competition news, August, page 4
- Schweizer 2-33 A. D. revision, August, page 4
- Ted Sharp, Looking Backward, August, page 4
- D. Basham, John Ryan Winner, 15-Meter Class, Region Nine West Contest, August, page 5
- David W. Basham, Region Nine West Contest, August, page 5
- F. Blossom, BGA makes aircraft bulletins available, August, page 5
- Wally Raisanen Winner, standard class. Region nine west contest, August, page 5
- D. Basham, Gwen Gordon 1st woman to win a task in SSA contest: Region Nine West Contest, August, page 5
- W. Hill, John Brittingham: Winner, Standard Class, Region Nine East Contest, August, page 7
- W. Hill, Region Nine East Contest, 1978, August, page 7
- W. Hill, Carl Ekdahl: Winner, Sports Class, Region Nine East Contest, August, page 7
- A. Knypstra, Harry Wuenstel: Winner, 15-Meter Class, Region Twelve Contest, 1978, August, page 9
- A. Knypstra, Jack Gravance: Winner, Standard Class, Region Twelve Contest, August, page 9
- A. Knypstra, Region Twelve Contest, 1978, August, page 9
- A. Knypstra, Al Leffler: Winner, Unlimited Class, Region Twelve Contest, 1978., August, page 9
- Don Knypstra, Winner, Unlimited Class, Region Twelve Contest. 1978, August, page 9
- F. Blossom, US Team Fund, September, page 6
- US contest results, September, page 6
- Forrest W. Blossom, Experimental Aircraft Update, September, page 6
- Sisu 1A in new soaring exhibit at the Smithsonian, September, page 8
- DG-100, September, page 9
- Piper, September, page 9
- New soaring exhibit at the Smithsonian, September, page 10
- F. Blossom, Contest Numbers, October, page 7
- Transeuropeenne Results, October, page 7
- New feminine world record, October, page 9
- Marlene Stoll, Region Six Contest, 1978, October, page 9
- China applies for FAI membership, October, page 9
- Klaus W. Nielsen, "Environmental Aerodynamics", by R.S. Scorer, October, page 11
- John Joss, Wins Lincoln Award, November, page 6
- Blanik maintenance and service life, November, page 6
- Soaring Medicine Meet, November, page 6
- John Joss wins Lincoln Award, November, page 7
- NSM Building Opens on Harris Hill, November, page 7
- Old Timers Meet in France, November, page 7
- Region Five South Contest 1978, ; Grey, B., November, page 8
- John Byrd, Winner 15-Meter Class, Region Five South Contest 1978, , Grey, B., November, page 8
- Bob Grey, Region Five South Contest, 1978, November, page 8
- HaroldGrey, B. Myers, Winner Standard Class, Region Five South Contest, 1978, November, page 8
- MIT Barograph Calibration, November, page 9
- John Joss, In Memoriam - Norm Hunter, November, page 9
- Ultralights Aviafiber Canard, Ultralight News, November, page 10
- Peter Lyons, Awarded Tissandler Diploma, Ultralight News, November, page 10
- Mitchell Wing, Ultralight News, November, page 10
- Tissandier Diploma awarded to Dr. Paul MacCready, Jr. , Ultralight News, ., November, page 10
- ULF 1, Ultralight Homebuilt, Ultralight News, November, page 11
- Forrest W. Blossom, Homebuilt tow planes, December, page 7
- Victor Saudek, Looking Backward, December, page 8
- Bud Brown, Region Seven Contest 1978, December, pages 10,7
- A. Knypstra, Tom Madigan: Winner, Western Region Sports Class Contest, 1978, December, page 10
- Aimai Knypstra, Western Region Sports Class Contest, 1978, December, page 10
- B. Brown, Winner Standard Class, Region Seven Contest, 1978, December, page 10
- B. Brown, Woody Woodward: Winner 15-Meter Class, Region Seven Contest, 1978, December, page 10
- Jim Indrebo: Winner 15-Meter Class, Region Eleven West Contest, 1978, December, page 11
- Paul Kellas, Winner Standard Class, Region Eleven West Contest, 1978, December, page 11
- Jim Hammond: Winner Sports Class, Region Eleven West Contest, 1978, December, page 11
- Region Eleven West Contest, 1978, December, page 11
- H. Schilling, Sam Allen: Winner Sports Class, Region One Contest, 1978, December, page 12
- Hartmut Schilling, Region One Contest, 1978, December, page 12
- H. Schilling, Ted Gordon: Winner Standard Class, Region One Contest, 1978, December, page 12
- H. Schilling, John Seymour: Winner, 15-Meter Class, Region One Contest, 1978, December, page 12
- H. Schilling, Region One Contest 1978, December, page 12
- Bernald Smith, Charles D. Glattly: In Memoriam, December, page 14
- M. Eppler, Dave Culpepper: Winner 15-Meter Class, Region Ten North Contest, 1978, December, page 14
- M. Eppler, Tom Hanson: Winner Standard Class, Region Ten North Contest, 1978, December, page 14
- Mike Eppler, Region Ten North Contest, 1978, December, page 14
- Safety Corner
- Thomas Knauff, Say it out loud: 200 feet!, January, page 39
- Rudy Allemann, Accidents aren't accidental., January, page 39
- Richard Johnson, The dangers of water ballast, January, page 40
- Rudy Allemann, Learning about landings, February, page 44
- Robert B. Ismande, Spin incidents and accidents., March, page 40
- Tommy Thomason, Structural failures., April, page 42
- Wally Scott, Walt Scott on Safety and Speed, May, page 48
- F. Kelsey, Spin incidents and accidents, June, page 2
- Frank Kelsey, June, page 42
- Karl Striedieck, Safety checklists, July, page 42
- Lee Bradshaw, A testimonial to spin training, July, page 43
- Stephen du Pont, Parachutes More than a seat cushion., August, page 51
- Robert E. Gaines, Aviation safety reporting system., August, page 51
- Rolf Hertenstein, Jr., Some thoughts on spins., September, page 51
- G. Worthington, December, page 49
- The Executive Director's Report
- Forrest W. Blossom, September, page 27
- The SSA goes to Washington
- Doug Lamont, Joe Engle accepts SSA Exceptional Achievement Award, April, page 19
- Paul MacCready, Jr. accepts SSA Exceptional Achievement Award, April, page 19
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