- Competition Commentary
- Karl Striedieck, February, page 12
- Karl Striedieck, The MAT, May, page 13
- Karl Striedieck, The GPS Start, August, page 12
- Karl Striedieck, The Crewless Pilot, December, page 13
- Cover
- Sailplane on Tow, January
- John Sullivan, ASW-20 at Air Sailing, February
- Yasuhiro Yama, Sailplane Aerobatics at an Air Show, March
- Tom Knauff and Doris Grove, The Making of "The Thomas Crown Affair", April
- Paul Maze, Sailplane over Knoxville, May
- John Latson, Restored TSA Schweizer SGS 2-33, June
- Mark Keene, Chip Garner Soaring Over Uvalde as the Rain Started, July
- Doug Bell, Winch Launch in Australia, August
- Greg Cook, Sailplane Releases Ballast, September
- Chuck O'Mahony, Collage of Photos from WGC, October
- David Treinis, SZd-55 Maiden/Test Flight, November
- John Duprey, Sailplane and Mountains, December
- Feature Article
- SSA Government Liason Committee, Extension for FAA Exemption No. 4988 by SSA Government Liaison Committee, January, page 14
- The 1999 Officers and Directors of the Soaring Society of America, Inc., January, page 15
- The 1998 U.S. Nationals and Regional Soaring Champions, January, page 16
- François Pin, The First U.S. World Class National Championships, January, page 18
- Tom Bradbury, Winds Aloft and the Weather Below-Part 2, January, page 22
- Gerhard Marzinsik with comments by David Welles, A Far Cry from Being an Old Timer, January, page 30
- Bob Whelan, Hangin' In There! Thoughts on Mastering Your Crisis of Faith, February, page 16
- Bob and Lynne Davis, Tennessee Pioneers in Aviation, February, page 22
- Peter Neumann, Miles and Miles of Nothing but Miles and Miles!, February, page 30
- Tom Pressley, Flight Logs on a Budget, February, page 40
- Larry Sanderson, www.ssa.org, March, page 14
- Tom Bradbury, Route Planning Problems, March, page 20
- Richard H. Johnson, including comments by Dean Carswell, A Flight Test Evaluation of the Duo Discus, March, page 28
- Jim Kellet, The Cirrus: A Classic Case, March, page 34
- Peter Yost, Choices, March, page 40
- Joan T. Hollier, From the Passenger's Seat, March, page 44
- Tom Knauff, Making "The Thomas Crown Affair", April, page 14
- Lynne and Bob Davis, Soaring Takes Root in Tennessee, April, page 20
- Richard H. Johnson, A Flight Test Evaluation of the SZD-56-1, April, page 24
- Judah Milgram, Flight Testing Sailplanes at the 1998 Idaflieg Summer Meet, April, page 34
- Chuck O'Mahony, TN Was a Ten! The 1999 SSA Convention in Knoxville, May, page 16
- Tom Bradbury, Blue Days in Summer, May, page 24
- Richard H. Johnson, A Flight Test Evaluation of the Discus 2B Standard Class Racer, May, page 32
- Bob Lacovara, A Most Qualified Wing Runner, May, page 38
- Russ McAnerny, A Pilot Evaluation of the Ball Sailplane Comp, June, page 14
- Bob Leve, Pilots, Planes and Privies, June, page 16
- Mark H. Morton, A Contest Cross-Country: Just Do It, June, page 20
- Linda Hiller, A Mother's View, June, page 24
- Kevin Ferguson and Lou Frank, Chasing Lou/The Other Side of the Coin, June, page 28
- Bruce Carmichael, The Light Sailplane: The Path to Microlift Soaring, June, page 32
- William Gerhard, Aeronautical Antique, June, page 38
- Ron Martelet, Lift is Where You Find It, July, page 14
- Bernald Smith, It's Hard to See Through a Damaged Canopy, July, page 16
- Tom Bradbury, Thermal Prediction from the Tephigram, July, page 20
- Andy Houloubek, Returning, July, page 28
- Raul Blacksten, from interview of Warren Merboth, Albatross Over New York, July, page 36
- Chuck O'Mahony, 1999 Open and 18-Meter Class!!! Championships, August, page 14
- Bill Whelan, Rent vs. Buy, August, page 22
- David Brunner, Patience Pays Off, August, page 28
- Stephen Hundley, Taos '98, August, page 30
- Keith M. Ashfield, An Andes Alternative, August, page 34
- Curtis J. Cole, The Pawnee Plow, August, page 36
- Vladislav Zedja, Dangerous Storms and the Pursuit of a World Record, September, page 14
- Tom Bradbury, Wind Shear and Waves, September, page 20
- Paddy Welles, More Nines in 99, September, page 30
- Doug Levy and George Powell, Sierra Safari, September, page 36
- Chuck O'Mahony, The Twenty-Sixth World Gliding Championships, October, page 14
- Paul A. Schweizer, The Heritage Campaign, October, page 22
- Derek Piggott, Some Ideas On Teaching Turning, October, page 26
- Jim Payne, Using a GPS to Soar Safely and Have Fun, October, page 30
- Knauff & Grove Merchandise Catalog, November, page 12
- Tom Bradbury, Wind Shear and Waves (part 2), November, page 20
- Elden Hinkle, The Standard Class Nationals, November, page 26
- The Official World Soaring Championships Score Sheet, November, page 35
- Millennium Merchandise The 1999-2000 Soaring Catalog, November, page 43
- Clarence See as told to and edited by Raul Blacksten, I Rescued The Orlik, December, page 16
- Allen Silver, Take Care of your Parachute so It Can Take Care of You, December, page 20
- Bob Dittert, 1-26s + Rain = Championship, December, page 24
- Dottie Thomas-Pin and George Kulesza and Bernadetta Litowska and Conrad Suechting, The Adventures, in Pictures, of a Crew at the 2nd World Gliding Championships of the World Class, December, page 30
- Tim Hanke, The 1st FAI World Junior Gliding Championships, December, page 34
- Head's Up
- Sharon Smith, May, page 14
- Sharon Smith, National Airspace Redesign, July, page 11
- Instructors' Corner
- Frank Reid, Canopy Closed and Locked -- Not Good Enough, January, page 13
- Frank Reid, Recognize and React (R & R), February, page 13
- Frank Reid, Fly the Plane!, March, page 12
- Frank Reid, Dehydration, April, page 13
- Frank Reid, One Last Check, May, page 12
- Frank Reid, The Black Spot in the Spot Landing Concept, June, page 13
- Frank Reid, Getting Lost, July, page 12
- Frank Reid, Fly Safely!, August, page 13
- Frank Reid, Positive Control Checks, September, page 13
- Frank Reid, Who's the Boss?, October, page 13
- Frank Reid, Tow Pilots -- A Treasure We Need to Preserve, November, page 11
- Frank Reid, The Incident at Jonesboro, December, page 15
- Milestones
- Lake Elsinore Soaring Club Youth Program, September, page 47
- CAP Encampment, September, page 47
- Too Old to Crew?, September, page 47
- Final Glide, September, page 47
- Final Glide, October, page 38
- Sue McNay, Just Do It!, October, page 38
- A. Peter Hilger, First Solo, November, page 39
- Joe Volmar, A Perfect Knight Flight, November, page 39
- John Smoots, A Notable Occasion, November, page 39
- Final Glide, November, page 39
- Paul Maze, A Real Milestone, December, page 39
- Robert A. Smith, Sean Smithh's Private Glider License, December, page 39
- Final Glide, December, page 39
- President's Column
- Larry Sanderson, The SSA in 1999 68 Years Young, January, page 2
- Larry Sanderson, Hail to the Victors, February, page 2
- Larry Sanderson, My New Motto, April, page 2
- Larry Sanderson, Words Live On, May, page 2
- Larry Sanderson, SSA Elections, June, page 2
- Larry Sanderson, Not Hannes!, July, page 2
- Larry Sanderson, Of Heroes and Full Circles, August, page 2
- Larry Sanderson, The Changing Face of the SSA, September, page 2
- Larry Sanderson, The Lilienthal Medal Soaring's Highest Honor, October, page 2
- Larry Sanderson, You Speak, Others Listen, November, page 2
- Larry Sanderson, A Flash of Wings, December, page 2
- President's Page
- Larry Sanderson, She's Baaack, March, page 2
- SSA & FAI Awards
- Badges & Records, January, page 36
- Arleen Coleson, Badge & Records, April, page 41
- Arleen Coleson, Badge & Records, May, page 40
- Arleen Coleson, Badge & Records, June, page 40
- Arleen Coleson, Badge & Records, July, page 40
- Arleen Coleson, Badge & Records, August, page 40
- Arleen Coleson, Badge & Records, September, page 40
- Arleen Coleson, Badge & Records, October, page 40
- Arleen Coleson, Badge & Records, November, page 40
- Arleen Coleson, Badge & Records, December, page 40
- SSA Mail
- Miles Lemon, Help for Chicken Little, August, page 3
- Jim Spontak and Arthur Babiarz, Glider Fun Fly-In, August, page 3
- Karl Striedieck, Credit Where Credit is Due, August, page 3
- Thor Sigurd Peterson, Thanks for the Safety Tips, August, page 4
- Steven A. Stunick, Never Too Young, August, page 4
- Phil Jarvis Newbury, Chicken Little Comments, October, page 3
- Norman H. Ellison, World Class Contests, October, page 3
- Steve Wasilowski, Sky Soaring Needs Your Help, October, page 4
- John Joss, Minden Fatality, October, page 4
- Bob Greenblatt, Navigation Skills, November, page 3
- Tom Hardy, Fond Memories of Similar Experience, November, page 3
- Paul Maze, What an Unlikely Place for a Glider?, November, page 3
- Jon McKinley, Reply to Soaring Covers, November, page 4
- David M. Ellis, Sailplane Rescue System, November, page 4
- Cindy Brickner, Soaring Covers, November, page 4
- Bill Whelan, Reply to Own vs. Rent, December, page 3
- Daniel L. Johnson, Correction and Clarification, December, page 3
- Chris Wrate, Own vs. Rent, December, page 3
- Hugh Colton, Embrace Technology, December, page 4
- Jim Brewster, Slight Omission, December, page 4
- John Good, Reply to Embrace Technology, December, page 4
- Gordon Glover, Disservice to Readers, December, page 5
- David MacVeigh, Pay Attention!, December, page 5
- Bill Ard, Ballistic Parachutes, December, page 5
- Billy Singleton, Reply to Slight Omission, December, page 5
- Larry Sanderson, Reply to Disservice to Readers, December, page 5
- Bill Ard, Russias in the World Class, December, page 6
- Editor, Reply to Russias in the World Class, December, page 6
- Vitek Siroky, New Distributor for Blanik America, December, page 6
- Safety Corner
- George Thelen, The Reviews Are In, February, page 36
- George Thelen, Puchacz, March, page 38
- George Thelen, Déjà vu- All Over Again!, May, page 46
- George Thelen, Dear Flabby, June, page 46
- George Thelen, What's Wrong With This Picture??, August, page 44
- George Thelen, How to Crash Confidently The Reality of Spatial Disorientation, September, page 44
- George Thelen, Mind Set, November, page 36
- George Thelen, Checklists, December, page 44
- Sailplane Safety
- Billy Singleton, NTSB Summaries, January, page 42
- Billy Singleton, April Newsletter, April, page 44
- Billy Singleton, July Newsletter, July, page 44
- Billy Singleton, October Newsletter, October, page 44
- Soaring In Action
- Burt Compton, New Release Date August 11, July, page 5
- Burt Compton, SSA at EAA Oshkosh, July, page 5
- Larry Sanderson, Nominations for the Soaring Hall of Fame, July, page 5
- Bob Moore, Hummingbird Finds New Home, July, page 5
- Michael Adams, Safety Devices for L'Hotellier, July, page 7
- Final Glide, July, page 7
- George Powell, Book Review: A Glider Pilot Bold by Wally Kahn, July, page 8
- Dennis Butler, Western Seniors Competition, July, page 9
- Brian Hudnut, Stemme USA Schedules Summer Tour, August, page 5
- Terry Cubley, Club Class World Competition, August, page 5
- Vitek Siroky, Book Review: The Handbook of Glider Aerobatics by Peter Malinson and Mike Woollard, August, page 5
- Gary Kemp, 1999 Region 11 Contest, August, page 6
- Peter Selinger, New Sailplane Recuse System Tested Successfully, August, page 6
- Vitek Siroky, Aerobatic Team Plans Tour, August, page 7
- Vitek Siroky, Book Review: History and Evolution of the Glider by Giorgio Zanrosso, August, page 7
- Bob Thompson, Flightpro Software, August, page 8
- Final Glide, August, page 8
- 1999 Directors' Election Nominations, August, page 9
- Tom Knauff, Glider Flight Instructor Conference, August, page 10
- Soaring Mail
- Phil Petmecky, Airport Appreciation Day, January, page 3
- Barry Muhlenberg, Impressive Solo, January, page 3
- Pete Donath, Diamond Hopes, January, page 3
- William R. McElwee, Auto Tow Remembered, January, page 4
- Billy Singleton, SSF Response, February, page 3
- Paddy Welles, Kiss, She Says, February, page 3
- Adam Harris, What a Ride!, February, page 4
- Edward E. Hindman, D-Day Tug Pilot, February, page 4
- Siegfried Samson, Anyone Interested?, February, page 4
- Chris Schnier, A Happy Participant, February, page 5
- Glen D. Klingshirn, Correction Noted, February, page 5
- Jaime P. Alexander, A Question Raised, February, page 5
- Joseph Baer, And the Response, February, page 6
- Paddy Welles, An Asset to Soaring, February, page 6
- Eckart Wienb, He Had a Good Time, March, page 3
- Michael A. Glass, A Grateful Cadet, March, page 4
- M. Duff Davis, Thanks for Sharing, March, page 4
- Jim Culp, Revive the Glenn Curtiss Method, March, page 5
- Lars Ottesen, Sounds Interesting, March, page 5
- Tom Ross, A Grateful Dad, March, page 5
- Pedro de la Serna, Danger at the Wingtip, April, page 3
- Sergio Colacevich, At Least Every 4 Seconds, April, page 3
- Billy Singleton, SSF Responds, April, page 4
- Blake Hiller, Learning to Soar, April, page 4
- Ken Arterburn, Way to Go, Ed, April, page 5
- Thor Sigurd Peterson, He Knows!, April, page 5
- Steve Fischer, Young Eagles a Hit, April, page 5
- Mick Westbrook, A Great Birthday Present, April, page 6
- Ray Temchus, EPVA Extends Appreciation, April, page 6
- Sam Giltner, Thanks, SSA !, April, page 7
- Paul Maze, What a Convention, May, page 3
- Bernd Scheffel, Another Cirrus, May, page 3
- John Scott, It's Up to You, May, page 4
- Bill Ard, Thank You Knoxville, May, page 4
- Dominic Finch, Anyone Interested?, May, page 4
- Karin Schlosser, Stunt Double Correction, June, page 3
- Jim Kellett, Note Correction, June, page 3
- Mark Kennedy, "Soaring Mail" Policy Outlined, June, page 3
- Skip Pease, Need Writers, June, page 4
- Ron and Thea Clarke, Really, No Bull!, July, page 3
- A.W. Burton, Help in Finding Poem, July, page 3
- Jack Boyle, Thanks, Billy, July, page 3
- Soaring News
- Editor, Reply to A Thankless Job, September, page 3
- John Beavers, Need to be Seen, September, page 3
- Billy Hill, A Thankless Job, September, page 3
- John Duprey, Reply to Thanks Peak Soaring, September, page 4
- John Good, Reply to Need to be Seen, September, page 4
- Tom Serkowski, Thanks Peak Soaring, September, page 4
- Anthony Turiano, A Few More Historical Points, September, page 4
- Bob Greenblatt, GPS in Soaring Contests, September, page 5
- Brent Smith, Deployment System, September, page 5
- Editor, Reply to Deployment System, September, page 5
- Gene Hammond, Reply to GPS in Soaring Contests, September, page 6
- Juanita Koilpillai, A Field of Thirty-One, September, page 6
- Michael Steckner, Sailplane Storage System, September, page 6
- Vitek Siroky, 1999 Blanik Fun Meet, September, page 8
- Jeff Owen, New Diamond Aircraft Center, September, page 8
- Jim Price, Region 6 South Contest Report, September, page 9
- John Duprey, Great Soaring -- No Bull! Region 9 Contest Report, September, page 10
- Bob Nady, The World Class Nationals ad Region 7 Blowout, September, page 10
- Vincenzo Pedrielli, Tehachapi -- '99 VSA Western Regatta, October, page 5
- Bungee Cord, October, page 5
- David Treinis, Genesis 2 Enters Serial Production, October, page 6
- Chris Schnier, 1999 WSPA Seminar, October, page 6
- Chris Schnier, Regina Wright, October, page 7
- Ron Ferguson, Region 8 Contest Report, October, page 8
- George Taylor, 10 Days at Owl Canyon and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt, October, page 9
- Serge Krauss, Review of History of Marske Flying Wings Video, October, page 9
- Jason Nunez and Unknown Lunsford, Jr., Kids and Summer Fun, October, page 10
- Rand Baldwin, The 1999 Region 5 South Contest at Cordele, Georgia, November, page 5
- Genesis 2 Receives Lithuanian Type Certificate, November, page 5
- Larry Sanderson, SSA Board Minutes Available on the Internet, November, page 5
- Peter F. Selinger, Progress Report Streifeneder Glider Recovery System, November, page 5
- Alexis Glynn Latner, Local Heroes: The 1999 Region 10 Contest, November, page 7
- Chuck Lohre, Schleicher Announces New Integral Wing Water Tanks, November, page 7
- Vitek Siroky, Let L-13 AC Blanik Received FAA Type Certificate, November, page 7
- John Good, SSA Competition Rules Sub-Committee Election, November, page 8
- Bill Ard, Ready for the Millennium, November, page 8
- SSA Elects Officers for 1999/2000, November, page 9
- Members Elect Regional Directors, November, page 9
- John Murray, Cambridge Aero Instruments Offer, November, page 9
- Lloyd Watson, Marske Flying Wing, November, page 9
- Six Elected as Director-at-Large for 2000, November, page 9
- Dick Horn, 1999 Air Sailing Sports Class Contest, December, page 7
- Introducing the ASW-28, December, page 7
- Editor, SSA Office Hours, December, page 8
- Dick Johnson, 10,000 Feet and Climbing - The Aviation Adventures of Richard E. Schreder, December, page 8
- Dave Treinis, Discover Gliders Video Wins Three Prestigious Awards, December, page 8
- David Treinis, Genesis 2 Special Price Announced, December, page 8
- Charlie Spratt, New Castle Contest, December, page 9
- Patrick L. McLaughlin, New Model EDS-D1, December, page 9
- John Cochrane, Region 7 Contest, December, page 10
- Bob Eli, Texas PW-5 Club, December, page 10
- Jack Wyman, Region 6 North Contest, Ionia, Michigan, December, page 11
- Bruce Roberts, New Product -- The Tie Down That Will, December, page 11
- Soaring in Action
- Patricia Valdata, WSPA Asking for Bids, January, page 5
- Manfred Reinhardt, New 2,000 Km Flight Award Announced, January, page 5
- James W. Swinnich, NSM Collection Update, January, page 5
- Bill Kenyon, Nutmeg and the Ridge, January, page 6
- John Campbell, Mile High Soaring, January, page 8
- Bill Ard, Announcing the New Motorglider, January, page 9
- Janett Sorrell, The 20th Annual Women Soaring Pilots Seminar, January, page 9
- New Motorglider from Germany Announced, January, page 11
- Final Glide, January, page 12
- Jack Wyman, Region 6 North Contest, February, page 7
- Tom Knauff, Robison Awarded Bultman Scholarship, February, page 7
- Final Glide, February, page 9
- Thomas Pressley, Region 10 South Plains Soaring Challenge 1998, February, page 9
- International Gliding Competition Hockenheim, Germany, February, page 10
- Linn Buell, IVSM-2000 in Elmira Again, February, page 10
- Frauke Elber, 1999 Women's Soaring Seminar, March, page 7
- Bud Brown, Second Annual Midwest Vintage Soaring Regatta, March, page 7
- Larry Howell, CAP Returns to Sailplane Enterprises … in Force, March, page 9
- Ted Grussing, STC Issued for PW-5, March, page 9
- Final Glide, March, page 9
- Francis van Haaf, Junior Gliding Update, March, page 9
- John Lawrence, 1999 Civil Air Patrol Glider and Balloon Academy, March, page 9
- Jon McKinley, 2000 Calendar and Fron Cover Photo Submissions, March, page 10
- Minden Soaring Club, Preserve Minden, April, page 9
- John and Luan Walker, Lift 2000, April, page 9
- Bill Ard, Russia AC-4 Kit Due Soon, April, page 9
- Nancy Graham, Call for Nominations -- 1999, April, page 10
- Final Glide, April, page 10
- Ron Clarke, Sequatchie Soaring Closes, April, page 11
- Roger Harris, Book Review: Only Seconds to Live: Pilots' Tales of the Stall and the Spin by Dunstan Hadley, April, page 11
- Ted Grussing, Update on PZL Agent, April, page 12
- Bernald Smith and Carl Herold, World Distance Award, May, page 5
- John Lawrence, CAP Glider Familiarization Course, May, page 5
- John Campbell, Youth Scholarships, May, page 7
- Final Glide, May, page 7
- Jan Scott, A Golden Anniversary, May, page 8
- Sweepstakes Winners Announced, May, page 9
- Raul Blacksten, Sailplanes by Schweizer: A History by Paul A. Schweizer and Martin Simons, May, page 10
- Book Review: Falkenhorst, The Scheibe Aircraft Story by Gerd Zipper, May, page 10
- Dick Johnson, 1999 Marfa Report, June, page 5
- Michael Fadden, South Jersey at Kids Fair, June, page 5
- Burt Compton, The Thomas Crown Affair, June, page 5
- New Product, June, page 7
- Charlie Spratt, 1998 Lincoln Award Winner, June, page 7
- Cyndi Stephenson, Contest Site Selection Deadline, June, page 7
- Final Glide, June, page 7
- Suzanne Moffat, 1999 Senior Soaring Championship, June, page 8
- George Moffat, A Look at the Planes, June, page 9
- Cyndi Stephenson, Contest Rules Committee Election, June, page 10
- Bob Hurni, World Class Championships in Leszno, June, page 11
- Mark Kennedy, Update on World Distance Award, June, page 11
- The Buzz
- Bob Wander, January, page 12
- Bob Wander, Our Dinner with Derek & Maria, February, page 11
- Bob Wander, Officer, The Wind Quit Department:, March, page 11
- Bob Wander, Chapter 25, April, page 12
- Bob Wander, May, page 12
- Bob Wander, The World Class Glider Nationals, June, page 12
- Bob Wander, Thank Your Local CFIG, July, page 11
- Bob Wander, Gotta Go To Alaska!, August, page 11
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