Soaring Magazine Index for 1987 organized by subject
Soaring Magazine Index for 1987 organized by subject
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- 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
- Birds
- Daniel Morrison, Island Soaring, May, page 28
- 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
- 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
- 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
- History
- John Robinson, Early Days, June, page 24
- 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
- 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
- National
- Charlie Spratt, The 1987 15-Meter Nationals, November, page 24
- Doug Jacobs, The 1987 15-Meter Nationals, November, page 28
- OSTIV
- Awards
- OSTIV News; Schurmeier, McKenney Win Barograph Award, January, page 11
- Physiology
- Walter Cannon, Physiology of Glider Flight, Some Practical Considerations, June, page 29
- 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
- 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
- Ultralights
- Carbon Dragon
- Jim Maupin, Hesitations, August, page 3
- 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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