Soaring Magazine Index for 1987 organized by subject

Soaring Magazine Index for 1987 organized by subject

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A

AD's
Airworthiness Alert, Bellanca Aircraft, January, page 13
An AD on LS-6's, February, page 10
Schweizer Release AD, May, page 7
More on the Schweizer Release, August, page 7
Schempp-Hirth MiniNimbus Technical Note, October, page 10
German AD Issued, Ventus A, A/166., October, page 10
Grob Control Linkage Failures, October, page 11
Aerobatics
Bob O'Dell, The Second Sailplane Aerobatics Nationals, September, page 24
Bob O'Dell, Aerobatic Sailplanes, The Salto H-101, December, page 31
Aerodynamics
Ken Hoser, Those Necessary Rules, January, page 6
Peter Craig, Downwind Turns, the Sequel, February, page 7
Vic Saudek, The Turn, a Second Opinion, April, page 3
Richard Johnson, Tail Stall While Towing, May, page 42
Mario Saba, More Airfoil Data, Please, June, page 7
Derek Johnson, Stall, Spin, June, page 40
Richard Glover, Aerodynamics Revisited, September, page 4
John Gibson, Additional Thoughts on PIO, October, page 2
John Gibson, The Benign Spiral Mode, November, page 5
Drag
Jack Ryder, More on L/D Calculation, December, page 3
Flight Tests
Michael McEwen, Human Factors For Sailplane Flight Test Evaluation, January, page 48
Richard Johnson, Flight Testing Performance Improvements Through Wing Profile Correction, March, page 16
Affiliates, Chapters, and Clubs
Geza Szurovy, Gliding in Yorkshire, January, page 16
Michael Tomazin, "Year of the Member", Something to Think About, February, page 3
Jean-Claude Dispaux, Heading For Europe?, March, page 2
Keith McDonald, "Meathead" Responds ltr)., March, page 3
Happy Birthday, RESCO, March, page 4
David Penning, In Memoriam; Stanley Strauss, March, page 6
Don Wemple, A View of Camelot, March, page 9
Mark Varvayanis, Youth and Soaring, April, page 2
Ray Burns, The Rites of Spring in San Vittore, April, page 32
Charlie Spratt, Travels with Charlie, April, page 47
Don Kennedy, A Little Help, Please, May, page 2
Torrey Williams, Soaring Over Down Under, May, page 22
Bob Fitch, The Gus Scheurer Trophy, May, page 47
Charlie Spratt, Travels with Charlie, June, page 43
John Molumphy, Flyin' Safe at NCI, July, page 21
Trish Durbin, Dear Hitachi, August, page 15
Charlie Spratt, Travels with Charlie, August, page 42
The Ultimate Tow Ship, September, page 7
Delano '87, CCSC Annual Spring Contest, September, page 10
Region 9 Contest Report, September, page 12
Bob O'Dell, The Second Sailplane Aerobatics Nationals, September, page 24
Robert Snyder, Soaring in Paradise, September, page 36
Region 11 North Soaring Competition, October, page 6
Region 4 North Contest, October, page 7
The 1987 Region 1 Contest, November, page 6
December, page 6
Earl Hipp, A Slice of Soaring Heaven, December, page 13
Aircraft Certification
Discus Certification, June, page 12
Airspace
Rights and Wrongs, February, page 15
Sue Personett, Safety is Your Responsibility, Not Your Right, April, page 4
Hiram Payne, More on Collision Avoidance, April, page 5
Chip Garner, An Unfortunate Way To Start The Season, June, page 42
George Smith, Notes on Canopy Marks, July, page 2
Rokki Roberts, Beyond The Control of the Operator, July, page 15
Mark Palmer, Reservations, Please, August, page 3
Bruce Weber, The Future of Soaring, August, page 3
John Good, Incident in Vermont, August, page 22
Owen Oksanan, Let's Not Meet By Accident Again, October, page 4
Airspace Issues Facing Soaring, October, page 11
Tom Johnson, The Future of Soaring., November, page 999
Archives and Museums
National Soaring Museum Adds to Expansion Effort, January, page 1
Ralph SBarnaby Lecture Given By Dr. Paul Garber of Air and Space Museum., January, page 14
Sailplane Homebuilders Eastern Division Workshop, February, page 10
1-23 Donations Sought, June, page 11
NSM Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Soaring Magazine, August, page 6
Paul Schweizer, The First Vintage Sailplane, November, page 14
Awards
Sandy Harris, Wing Planform Technology, April, page 6
H. Marshall Claybourn Memorial Award., April, page 7
SSA Scholarship Awarded, April, page 8
Johnson Nominated For Lilienthal, May, page 7
Bob Fitch, The Gus Scheurer Trophy, May, page 47
L.C. Gaal, A Fitting Tribute, July, page 2
HHSC Awards 1986 Lincoln Award, August, page 5
Frederick DeNaples, 1987 1-26 Championships, September, page 15
Badge Flights
Billy Hill, Fool's Gold, July, page 12
Bob Semans, One Flight, Multiple Claims, August, page 25
Mike McCarron, Comstock Prison or Bust(ed), August, page 35
Bill Patterson, Diamonds in the Sky Take Patience, September, page 22
A.J. Sherry, Texas Panhandle Soaring Camp Features Five-State Flight, September, page 34
Kevin Cousineau, The View from a Kestral, September, page 39
Gil Fitzhugh, The "Alternatives" Roll In, December, page 2
Bill Hedge, Digging For Gold and Diamonds, December, page 33
Badges
Bertha Ryan, Bernald Smith, and Carl Herold, What Comes After the Diamond and 1000 km?, July, page 18
James Butler, Safety vs Recognition, September, page 3
Wally Scott, A New 100 KM Distance Badge?, September, page 44
Tom Knauff, Whoa Wally!, November, page 2
Brian Hollington, Where Do We Go From Here?, November, page 48
Tom Cooper, Cross-Country Experience For CFIG's?, December, page 2
Ed Thornton, Westward Ho, Wally!, December, page 3

B     (up to table of contents)

Birds
Daniel Morrison, Island Soaring, May, page 28

C     (up to table of contents)

CIVV
Johnson Nominated For Lilienthal, May, page 7
Bertha Ryan, Bernald Smith, and Carl Herold, What Comes After the Diamond and 1000 km?, July, page 18
Special CIVV Meeting Looks At Soaring's Future, December, page 7
Piero Morelli, Some Statistics on World Gliding, December, page 18
Commercial Operations
David Carrol, Soaring Site Support, June, page 3
Charlie Spratt, Travels with Charlie, June, page 43
Gene Hammond, Be Careful Out There, July, page 3
Joni Whitten, The Ninth Annual Womens' Soaring Seminar, August, page 9
Peter Masak and John House, Upping The Ante on the 100 Kilometers, August, page 26
Trish Durbin, Nothing Succeeds Like Success, September, page 27
Robert Snyder, Soaring in Paradise, September, page 36
December, page 6
Communications
Les Sebald, A Start Gate Antenna, February, page 42
Competitions
Rob Buck, Speaking from concern, January, page 2
Contest Registration Fees, February, page 13
Charles O'Mahony, A View From The Crew, February, page 23
Larry Cavell, Helping More Pilots Become Contest Active, April, page 4
Ted Chandler, Potpourri, May, page 3
Myron Bezenek, The Elimination of Pilotage, Another Point of View, May, page 5
Bob Fitch, The Gus Scheurer Trophy, May, page 47
Ned Wilson, Start Gates and Gaggles, June, page 2
Alan Greer, Safety vs Obligation, July, page 3
Lee Kuhlke, How Much Instrumentation Do We Need?, July, page 4
James Butler, Which Way To Turn, July, page 4
Robert Greenblatt, Contest Attitude, July, page 4
Gary Kemp, The Abilene Principle, August, page 2
William Hill, A Second Opinion, August, page 4
M. Bradney, Try a Toptime Task?, September, page 32
Charlie Spratt, The 1987 15-Meter Nationals, November, page 24
Doug Jacobs, The 1987 15-Meter Nationals, November, page 28
1-26
Al Dresner, Correction, Please (lb, January, page 4
H. Marshall Claybourn Memorial Award., April, page 7
1-26 Association, 1987 Board, April, page 8
Shawn McCormick, Another 1-26 Pilot Caught, September, page 2
Frederick DeNaples, 1987 1-26 Championships, September, page 15
Lew Neyland, More 1-26 Fun, November, page 16
Come Join The Fun, December, page 6
15-Meter
Richard Johnson, Correction, Please, July, page 2
National
SSA Staff, The 1986 US. National & Regional Champions., May, page 20
Bob O'Dell, The Second Sailplane Aerobatics Nationals, September, page 24
15-Meter
Stephen Drane, The 1986 15-Meter National Soaring Championships, May, page 17
Open Class
Open Class To Be Handicapped at Hobbs, February, page 10
Glen McKay, 54th Open Class National Soaring Championships, October, page 999
Sports
John Miller, Third Annual Sports Class National Championships, November, page 999
Sports Class
John Miller, Third Annual Sports Class National Championships, November, page 38
Standard Class
Billy Hill, The Uvalde Chronicles, October, page 14
Regional
Region 4 South Championships, February, page 12
SSA Staff, The 1986 US. National & Regional Champions., May, page 20
Dave Nadler, One Contest Pilot's View, May, page 32
Gene Hammond, Be Careful Out There, July, page 3
John Molumphy, Flyin' Safe at NCI, July, page 21
Region 5 East Contest, August, page 5
Delano '87, CCSC Annual Spring Contest, September, page 10
Region 9 Contest Report, September, page 12
Trish Durbin, a Cautionary Tale, September, page 13
Region 11 North Soaring Competition, October, page 6
Region 5 South Contest, October, page 6
Region 4 North Contest, October, page 7
Region 4 North Contest, October, page 7
The 1987 Region 8 Contest, October, page 10
Juan Batch, 1-26 Contests Can Be Fun, November, page 4
The 1987 Region 1 Contest, November, page 6
Region 10 West Soaring Championships, November, page 7
Region 11 South Contest, November, page 8
Region 6 Contest, December, page 5
Sports Class
Al Santilli, For The Record, February, page 4
Construction & How-To
Les Sebald, A Start Gate Antenna, February, page 42
K.J. Strack, On Finishing and Refinishing, April, page 5
George Thelen, Solar Trailer Vents, June, page 22
Paul Schweizer, The First Vintage Sailplane, November, page 14
Vic Saudek, Airfoil Smooth-Curve Measuring, December, page 36
Conventions
SSA National Convention: Colorado High 1987, January, page 10
Sailplane Homebuilders Eastern Division Workshop, February, page 10
Paul Sengebusch, 1987 SSA Convention, a Colorado High!, May, page 14
Bert Puchtler, Good News, Bad News?, June, page 8
SSA Board Meets in Colorado Springs, June, page 10
Bob Grey, SSA Convention, September, page 3

D     (up to table of contents)

Directors
SSA Directors Results, January, page 12
Gaines Named As New Publication Board Chairman, March, page 6
SSA Board Meets in Colorado Springs, June, page 10
Call For Nominations for SSA Board of Directors, July, page 8
Mark Palmer, Reservations, Please, August, page 3
Board Minutes Available, December, page 8
Report From The Directors Meeting, December, page 9
Drag
Richard Johnson, Flight Testing Performance Improvements Through Wing Profile Correction, March, page 16

F     (up to table of contents)

FAI
Johnson Nominated For Lilienthal, May, page 7
Bob Semans, One Flight, Multiple Claims, August, page 25
Techniques
Cross Country Soaring
Bob Semans, The Three Turnpoint Distance Course, October, page 41
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Harry McGrath, What About The Next Generation?, January, page 4
Airworthiness Alert, Bellanca Aircraft, January, page 13
An AD on LS-6's, February, page 10
Rights and Wrongs, February, page 15
Chris Glaeser, A Second Opinion, May, page 2
Schweizer Release AD, May, page 7
Robert Smith, In Support of A New Attitude, June, page 3
Discus Certification, June, page 12
Judy Lincoln, Donald Engen Interview, June, page 13
Chip Garner, An Unfortunate Way To Start The Season, June, page 42
Robert Greenblatt, Contest Attitude, July, page 4
Stephen Dee, Size May Be Relative, July, page 68
Mark Palmer, Reservations, Please, August, page 3
More on the Schweizer Release, August, page 7
Tom Johnson, The Future of Soaring., November, page 999

H     (up to table of contents)

History
John Robinson, Early Days, June, page 24

I     (up to table of contents)

International
Winners, 1987 SSA Sailplane Sweepstakes, January, page 10
Geza Szurovy, Gliding in Yorkshire, January, page 16
Hal Lawrence, A Little Dual Time with Ingo, January, page 40
Hans Udo Walter, Sailplane Duo Over Germany, February
Thanks For The Support, February, page 8
1987 US. Soaring Team., February, page 8
Thanks For The Support, February, page 8
Wolf-Dietrich Herold, A "Bavarian Yankee" in American Skies, February, page 38
Edward Williams, Adventures in Latin America, February, page 44
Jean-Claude Dispaux, Heading For Europe?, March, page 2
Invitation to Compete, March, page 6
Hitachi Masters of Soaring, March, page 6
Don Wemple, A View of Camelot, March, page 9
Joe Guylas, Finish Line at Benalla, April
Tom Elmore, Our International Team and Finance, April, page 5
Charles O'Mahony, The Wizards From The Land of Oz, April, page 14
Ray Burns, The Rites of Spring in San Vittore, April, page 32
Torrey Williams, Soaring Over Down Under, May, page 22
Daniel Morrison, Island Soaring, May, page 28
Trish Durbin, Dear Hitachi, August, page 15
Elizabeth Buelna, An African Soaring Holiday, October, page 39
Martha Bachmann-Senn, International Soaring Camp on Top of The Swiss Alps, November, page 37
Earl Hipp, A Slice of Soaring Heaven, December, page 13

M     (up to table of contents)

Motorgliders
Jim Payne, The RESCO Dust Devil Dash, March, page 24
Eric Striedieck, Hemet Motorglider Rally, April, page 34
Fournier RF5B
Bruce Grimm, A Motorglider Weekend, February, page 16
International
Indonesian Motorgliders, February, page 14

N     (up to table of contents)

National
Charlie Spratt, The 1987 15-Meter Nationals, November, page 24
Doug Jacobs, The 1987 15-Meter Nationals, November, page 28

O     (up to table of contents)

OSTIV
Awards
OSTIV News; Schurmeier, McKenney Win Barograph Award, January, page 11

P     (up to table of contents)

Physiology
Walter Cannon, Physiology of Glider Flight, Some Practical Considerations, June, page 29

S     (up to table of contents)

Safety
Accidents/Incidents
Pat Veillette, Point of view, January, page 3
Pat Veillette, Needed, a New Attitude, February, page 6
Dave Nadler, One Contest Pilot's View, May, page 32
Safety Notice, May, page 999
Dave Hughes, Attitude Control.. of Another Variety., June, page 7
Chip Garner, An Unfortunate Way To Start The Season, June, page 42
Sailplanes
American Eaglet
Hank Markison, To American Eaglet Owners, Builders, Pilots, June, page 999
Blanik
H.A. Miller, Any Blanik Help Out There?, June, page 5
Caproni A-21
Hal Lawrence, A Little Dual Time with Ingo, January, page 40
Grob
Grob Control Linkage Failures, October, page 11
RHJ-8
Geza Szurovy, RHJ-8 over Sugarbush, VT, January
Rolladen-Schneider
LS-4
Fred Fourcher, LS-4 Over Palm Springs, November
S-2
Alex Strojnik, S-2 Over Firebird Lake, Arizona, July
Schempp-Hirth
Cirrus
Sandor Aldott, Cirrus and Austria SH over Pikes Peak, Colorado, May
Hans Langer, Std Cirrus Owners, Are You Interested?., November, page 4
Discus
Discus Certification, June, page 12
Ventus
German AD Issued, Ventus A, A/166., October, page 10
Schweizer
SGS 1-26
Al Dresner, Correction, Please (lb, January, page 4
H. Marshall Claybourn Memorial Award., April, page 7
1-26 Association, 1987 Board, April, page 8
Shawn McCormick, Another 1-26 Pilot Caught, September, page 2
Frederick DeNaples, 1987 1-26 Championships, September, page 15
Juan Batch, 1-26 Contests Can Be Fun, November, page 4
Lew Neyland, More 1-26 Fun, November, page 16
Come Join The Fun, December, page 6
SGS 2-33
Jennifer Harrenstein, 2-33 Over Estrella At Sunset, August
Soaring Society of America
Directors
Candidates For SSA Board of Directors, November, page 10
Soaring Magazine
Jim Algar, Five Decades of Soaring Magazine, June, page 16

T     (up to table of contents)

Techniques
Ken Hoser, Those Necessary Rules, January, page 6
Peter Craig, Downwind Turns, the Sequel, February, page 7
Dudley Mattson, A 'New' Source of Lift?, March, page 21
Vic Saudek, The Turn, a Second Opinion, April, page 3
Michael McEwen, More Thoughts on Pitch Attitude/Speed Control, April, page 4
Garry Speight, Canopy Marks For Attitude Control, April, page 10
Jim Curran, Thermalling The Core, May, page 40
Derek Johnson, Stall, Spin, June, page 40
Jerry Kaufman, Flaps, August, page 41
Paul Burgette, Slips and Skids, Anyone?, September, page 2
John Gibson, Additional Thoughts on PIO, October, page 2
Stephen Du Pont, Older Theories May Still Hold Water, October, page 3
Bill Bartell, Basic Communication, November, page 3
George Thelen, Direction Control on Landings, December, page 49
Altitude Flights
Robert Moore, Morning Wave, April, page 22
Fred Fourcher, Getting Tuned Up To Fly High, November, page 33
Techniques
Cross Country Soaring
Kevin Cousineau, The View from a Kestral, September, page 39
Cloud Flying
Robert Keyes, The Crowded Skies, January, page 6
William B. Dehon, Or What's a Heaven For?, March, page 13
John Gibson, The Benign Spiral Mode, November, page 5
Cross Country Soaring
Jean-Claude Dispaux, Heading For Europe?, March, page 2
Ted Chandler, Potpourri, May, page 3
H.H. Fischer, 1000 Kilometre, Why Not with 15M Wingspan?, May, page 8
Bill Brinkman, Ace Soaring Pilot, July, page 42
Joni Whitten, The Ninth Annual Womens' Soaring Seminar, August, page 9
Trish Durbin, Dear Hitachi, August, page 15
Mike McCarron, Comstock Prison or Bust(ed), August, page 35
Andy Buelna, Fathers and Daughters, September, page 4
Bill Patterson, Diamonds in the Sky Take Patience, September, page 22
A.J. Sherry, Texas Panhandle Soaring Camp Features Five-State Flight, September, page 34
Tom Knauff, Whoa Wally!, November, page 2
Lewin B. Barringer Memorial Trophy, November, page 6
Ed Thornton, Westward Ho, Wally!, December, page 3
Steve Hilliker, An Embrace with Mother Nature, December, page 11
Bill Dehon, The Old Man and the Sky, December, page 27
Vince Hinds, 4 Little 1-26's, December, page 29

U     (up to table of contents)

Ultralights
Carbon Dragon
Jim Maupin, Hesitations, August, page 3

None     (up to table of contents)

No subject
Ted Baird, Perspective; Remembering, January, page 39
Jim Jackson, Just Plane Hope, February, page 48
Bob Said, Grob G-109B Over Ocean, March
Doug Jacobs, Benediction, March, page 30
Andy Holoubek, Eight-One-Charlie and Me, March, page 34
George Thelen, Cold Floppy Wings and Other Things, April, page 24
Jerry Kaufman, A Two-Beer Story, April, page 42
Peter Selinger, With Top on Top, April, page 45
SSA Staff, Reproduction of June, 1937 cover; Alpine Soaring, June
Ducky McEwen, It Looks Like a Good Day Tomorrow, June, page 33
Eric Striedieck, One Incredible Journey, June, page 37
Rob Buck, The List (Or Don't Pass The Buck), June, page 44
James Dean, Autumn Flying, July, page 11
H.V. Senn, What Kind of "Weather" Do You Really Want?, July, page 26
David Hughes, Safe Glider Tows, July, page 30
Ken Kochanski, One For The Money, Two The Show, July, page 35
Scott Jenkins, Downbursts, July, page 37
Tom Priestley, Getting Caught on Top, July, page 45
Rick Masters, Exploration with The Thermal Snooper, August, page 29
George Young, The Structure and Prediction of Thermals, August, page 37
Marty Pautz, Safety is No Mistake, August, page 45
Scott Jenkins, Flight Line at Taos, September
Charles O'Mahony, How To Shoot a Glider Pilot, September, page 20
Alex Caldwell, A Computer Scoring Program For Glider Contests, September, page 30
Mike Newton, Phoebus Over Oahu, October
Region 11 North Soaring Competition, October, page 6
Judy Lincoln, The Worm Turns, October, page 31
Larry Sanderson, Running on Empty, October, page 33
Bob Van Treese, A Pair of Double Lennies, October, page 37
Bruce Carter, Back To Basics, October, page 43
Eric Striedieck, The Tow Pilot, October, page 45
Harry Higgins, Safe Towing, October, page 46
Glen Stone, Learning How at Headland, November, page 12
Steve Kaltenbach, The Add-On, November, page 21
Wolfgang Lieff and Andreas Lipp, The "Next Generation" Glider Winch, November, page 43
David Hughes, The Pun of Soaring, November, page 45
Fred Foucher, Getting Tuned Up To Fly High, November, page 999
Vic Haynes, Wave Over Boulder, December
Don Santee, Ninth Annual Sailplane Homebuilders Workshop, Tehachapi, December, page 20
David Hudnut, 1987 Eastern SHA Workshop Report, December, page 22
William B. Dehon, The Old Man and the Sky, December, page 27
Alex Strojnik, Are We Ready?, December, page 42
Stephen Yates, Down, on the Ground and Otherwise, December, page 48


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