Soaring Magazine Index for 2015 organized by subject

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A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U, V, W, Y

A

Accident

Bail Out

Reno

Bob Spielman
Bob Spielman, Glider Crash Jump (Letter to Editor in Reno Gazette Journal), December, page 32

Adventure

Aging

Soaring
Matt Herron, You Are Old, Father William, the Young (Pilot) Said, September, page 42

Aerodynamics

Drag

Propeller
John Crawford, Prop Drag, March, page 3

Air Show

People

Willats
The Flying Willats: Sailplane Magic Airshow Team, October, page 7

Aircraft

Upgrades

Modifications
Mike Busch, Alterations Clearing up Confusion about Aircraft Mods, August, page 42

Art

Launching
Craig Burns, Schweizer 2-22 on Tow Near Pensacola,FL, July, pages 30, 31

Articles

Libelle
Ralph Kolstad, April, page 3

Aviation

Expo

Palm Springs

Discussions
The Flying Aviation Expo Announces Show Programming Committee and Discussion Topics for Event, September, page 6

Award

Schweizer Lifetime Service

Hank Nixon
Hank Nixon Receives Lifetime Service Award, February, page 4

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Biography

Aerobatics

Luca Bertossio
Geoff Weck, Luca Bertossio, December, page 26

Editor

Soaring

Eric Bick
Frederick "Eric" Bick, Background of New Soaring Editor, March, page 41

Birds

Vultures

Thermals
Jim Richards, Vulture Tale, March, page 35

Book

Jim Richards, Vulture Tale and Road to Narromine, May, page 3

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Calendar

Contests and Special Events, January, page 52

Contests and Special Events, February, page 52

Contests and Special Events, March, page 52

Contests and Special Events, April, page 51

Contests and Special Events, May, page 53

Contests and Special Events, June, page 52

Contests and Special Events, July, page 50

Contests and Special Events, August, page 51

Contests and Special Events, September, page 53

Contests and Special Events, October, page 52

Contests and Special Events, November, page 55

Contests and Special Events, December, page 52

Camp

Online

Cross Country

Nephi
Eric Bick, Cross Country/Online Contest Soaring Camp - Nephi, UT, September, page 32

Thermal

Air Sailing
Anne Chalmers, Thermal Camp 2014 at Air Sailing, January, page 37

Charities

Twin Tiers Honor Flight
Twin Tiers Honor Flight Attains 501(c)3 Status, Plans Spring Trip, April, page 7

Civil Air Patrol

Training
Stephen Rocketto, Connecticut Civil Air Patrol Revitalizes Soaring Program, February, page 10

Clubs

Facilities

Fleet

Instruction

Social
Mark Lenox, What Conditions Make a Healthy Soaring Club?, July, page 34

Competition

Champions

National

Regional
The 2014 U.S. National & Regional Champions, January, page 12

Cross-Country

OLC
Eric Bick, Cross Country/Online Contest Soaring Camp - Moriarty, NM, August, page 32

European

Hungary
Adrienn Kiss, Welcome to the European Gliding Championships In Hungary! - The Country of Huge Flatlands and Free Airspace, July, page 8

Long flights
Roger Bard, Cockpit Automation, September, page 3

Mentor
Mitch Hudson, Mark, Triple A. Good Finish!, March, page 18

National

1-26

Minden
Gary Swift, The 2015 1-26 Championships, October, page 14

Aerobatic
Mallory Lynch, ZZ Fox is in the "Box" Flying n the 2015 U.S. National Aerobatic Championships, December, page 20

Class

Hobbs
Leigh Zimmerman, Contests 18-Meter, Open, US Club Class National Competition Hobbs,NM, September, page 16

Sports

Waynesville
Chuck Lohre, 2015 US National Sports Class Contest Report, October, page 22

OLC

Speed
Elke Fuglsang-Petersen, OLC-League 2015 – 19 Weekends of Speed Soaring, May, page 5

Regional

Albert Lea
Leon Zeug, 2015 Region Seven Contest, November, page 32

Nephi
Nick Kennedy, Nephi Utah Region 9 Contest August 4th - 9th 2014, January, page 14

Perry, SC
Ken Sorenson, Contests Region 5 North, 2015, August, page 16

Region 5 South

Cordele
John Mittell, The Story of the 2015 Region 5 South Contest, September, page 22

Seniors

Seminole Lake, FL
Rich Owen and John Good and Tom Knauff and Doris Grove, 2015 Senior Soaring Championship, August, page 19

World

Aerobatic

Rob Holland
Rob Holland Secures Fifth Consecutive Gold Medal Flying the Window World MXS-RH Aircraft, December, page 10

Grand Prix

Results
6th FAI World Sailplane Grand Prix Championships Results, November, page 4

Leszno

Volunteering
Greg Swiderski, Joy of Volunteering for WGC Leszno 2014, January, page 24

World Air Games

Dubai
Faustine Carrera, Sports and Disciplines Selected for the FAI World Air Games Dubai 2015 Revealed, June, page 8

Contest

Art

FAI
Faustine Carrera, Enter the 2016 FAI Young Artists Contest and Show the World How Talented You Are!, December, page 9

Artists

Youth
Faustine Carrera, Enter the 2016 FAI Young Artists Contest and Show the World How Talented You Are!, November, page 5

Contests

Sponsors

Beer
Al Heath, Contest Sponsors Anyone?, September, page 4

Contributions

Eagle Fund
January, page 48

February, page 26

March, page 50

April, page 50

May, page 50

June, page 49

July, page 49

August, page 50

September, page 52

October, page 51

November, page 54

Richard Maleady, The 2016 Eagle Fund Campaign Funding the SSA and Its Programs, December, page 3

December, page 49

US Team
2014 US Team Contributors, April, page 29

Convention

2011

Sailplane

JS-1
Chuck Coyne, JS-1 Sailplane on display 2011 SSA Convention Floor, November, pages 30, 31

Events

Greenville

2016
Convention Events and Conference Registration, December, pages 6, 7

Greenville

Floorplan
Exhibition Floor, November, pages 28,29

OSTIV

Speakers
Convention - OSTIV Track Call for Presentations, November, page 26

Speaker

Mark "Forger" Stucky
Important News Flash - SSA Convention Keynote Speaker, November, page 22

Speakers
2016 SSA Convention Confirmed Speakers, November, page 23

Tourism
Steve Stephens, Greenville, SC, November, page 20

Update
Scott Fletcher, Convention Update, November, page 19

Preview
Eric Bick, Convention in Greenville and Contents of Column, November, page 2

Conventions

Oshkosh
Geoff Weck, Oshkosh Volunteers Needed, June, page 4

Preview

2016

Greenville
Chuck Coyne and Greenville CofC, SSA Convention 2016, Greenville, November, cover

Cross-Country

Hawk
Duane Sprague, Between a Rock and a Hawk's Place, February, page 17

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Decisions

Launch
Dale Masters, Almost in Time For Dinner, December, page 44

Discussion

FLARM

ADS-B
Jim Herd, SSA Leadership Team encouraged in FLARM and ADS-B Discussion, May, page 8

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Education

Aviation

Youth

Maxwell AFB
Air Force Opens Door to Aviation and Learning for More than 1,000 American Youth, September, page 6

On-Line

Soaring
Introducing GLIDERBOOKS Academy - Online Soaring School, November, page 4

Engines

Turbine
Nels Winkless, UAV Turbines, Inc. Launches Next-Generation Gas Turbine Engine Technology for Unmanned Aircraft Systems, June, page 7

Equipment

ADS-B
Tom Conte, A Short ADS-B Primer, April, page 26

Camera
Memo Clarifies Camera Mount Question, January, page 5

Mount
John Sullivan, The Mark Camera Mount, July, page 41

Flarm
April, page 6

Glass Cockpit

Transponder
Kirk Urbanczyk, September, page 3

Instruments
Peter Lert, The Romance of the Old vs. the Tyranny of the New, April, page 23

Navigation
Terry Edmonds, In-Panel Navigation Display for DG Motorgliders, July, page 26

Transponders
Richard Maleady, Glider Transponder ANPRM, August, page 3

FAA

Comments
FAA Announcement Regarding Transponders in Gliders, July, page 6

Event

Approach

Water
"Feet Wet" Flying at Pungo, June, page 4

Events

Clubs
Eric Bick, October issue Soaring Articles, October, page 2

Exploration

Mountains

Himalaya
1985-2014: The Two Stories of the Exceptional Pilots Who Flew over Himalaya on a Glider, May, page 6

Sailplanes

Perlan 2
Airbus Perlan Mission II Glider Soaring into History, December, page 8

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FAA

Regulations

Transponders
Tom Imrich, Transponder ANPRM, September, page 4

FAI

Environment

Newsletter
FAI Environmental Commission Newsletter, October, page 6

Sporting Code

Oct. 1,2015
Rollin Hasness, A New Simpler Sporting Code Takes Effect on October 1, 2015, October, page 26

FAR

Altimeter Settings
Tom Knauff, "Legally Required" Altimeter Settings What Does the FAA Mean?, August, page 48

Farewell

Prue Super Standard

BG-12/16
Chuck Coyne, Editor Farewell and Future Plans, January, page 2

Film

CloudStreet
Kris Ciesinski, Matt Murphy, Bob Saundes, and Dave Bixler, CloudStreet: Soaring the American West, Making of, June, cover

Eric Bick, CloudStreet: Soaring the American West, June, page 2

IMAX

Airplanes
Living in the Age of Airplanes, May, page 4

Flight

Soaring

Cross-Country
Sergio Colacevich, Late Summer Flight, January, page 32

Fly-ins

Oshkosh

Volunteers
Geoff Weck, Oshkosh Volunteers Needed, July, page 6

Flying

Winch

Instruments
Bill Daniels, To Fly or Not Fly by Feel?, November, page 50

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German Winches

old

modules
Stefan Jaudas, German Winches on US Roads, August, page 4

Government

Transportation

Employment

STEM
WTS Transportation YOU Summit Attracts More Young Women to Industry, October, page 6

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Halloween

Ghost

2-33
Greg Palmer, The Great Pumpkin 2-33 in Seasonal Garb Along with John DeRosa Ready for a Ghoulish Ride, October, pages 30, 31

Health

Arteries

Endothelial
Daniel Johnson, A Path to a Miserable, Short Life, March, page 8

Congestion
Daniel Johnson, Why to Stay on the Ground when Congested, May, page 38

Contagion
Daniel Johnson, Avoiding Infections, January, page 8

Eyes

Glasses
Daniel Johnson, Choosing Spectacles for the Aging Eye, July, page 42

History

Bertha Ryan, Remembering the Past, January, page 50

Bertha Ryan, Remembering the Past, February, page 50

Bertha Ryan, Remembering the Past, March, page 54

Bertha Ryan, Remembering the Past, April, page 54

Bertha Ryan, Remembering the Past, May, page 52

Bertha Ryan, Remembering the Past, June, page 50

Bertha Ryan, Remembering the Past, July, page 52

Bertha Ryan, Remembering the Past, August, page 52

Bertha Ryan, Remembering the Past, September, page 50

Bertha Ryan, Remembering the Past, October, page 50

Bertha Ryan, Remembering the Past, November, page 52

Bertha Ryan, Remembering the Past, December, page 51

Launch

Winch
Ralph Kolstad, Winch launching in the Early '60s, July, page 22

Motorgliding

William Crawford
Gary Fogel, William F. Crawford and the "Crawford Powered Gliders" of 1929 – 1930, March, page 36

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Instruction

Approach

Landing
Tom Knauff, The TLAR Landing-Pattern-Approach Teaching Method, July, page 38

Liability
Tom Knauff, Liability in Instruction, November, page 48

Thermalling
Dale Masters, First Communion, November, page 46

Turns
Steve Platt, Teaching Soaring, July, page 5

Instructions

Turns
Derek Piggot, Can't Stay Up?, April, page 46

Instrumentation

ADS-B
Eric Treland, ADS-B Info Wanted, February, page 3

Jeff Stringer, ADS-B Article by Peter Lert, June, page 3

Survey

ADS-B Mandate
Kenneth Byrnes, ADS-B Survey for Aircraft Owners, June, page 5

Insurance

Costello

Q&A
Pat Costello, New Professional Liability Enhancement Available for Commercial and Club Instructors, February, page 4

Medical

Costello
Enhancement to the SSA Group Plan Pertaining to Minor Medical, March, page 4

Invitation

Convention

Greenville
Richard Maleady, Invitation to attend SSA Convention in Greenville, 2016, November, page 3

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Landmark

Arvin
Janice Hagen Armstrong, Arvin Sierra Glider Port National Landmark of Soaring Plaque Rededication, April, page 9

Arvin-Sierra
National Landmark of Soaring News, February, page 5

Launch

Tow
Gary Timbs, The Towing Experience Confessions of a New Tow Pilot, February, page 40

Winch
Hermann Gucinski, The Neophyte and the Winch, February, page 22

Bill Daniels, April, page 44

Bill Daniels, Electric Winches, December, page 46

American Soaring Handbook
Bill Daniels, ASH Chapter 3, October, page 46

Automation
Bill Daniels, Robo Winch, July, page 46

Cable
Eugene Kwieclen, Concerning Winch Launch, July, page 6

Construction

Test
Bill Daniels, First Flight, August, page 38

Cross-Country
Bill Daniels, Getting Away, January, page 46

Initial Acceleration
Bill Daniels, Acceleration, June, page 46

Stages
Matt Herron, She's a Drafty Winch – Full of Promises and Dust in the Eye, March, page 32

Technique
Bill Daniels, Getting Really High, March, page 48

Wire
Bob Whelan, One Look Back, May, page 44

Launching

Winch

Strops(end of winch rope)
Bill Daniels, Strops, September, page 46

Libelle Section – Libelle H-301

Kempton Izuno, Sixteen Libelle Pilots and Their Panels, February, page 19

The Huetter H-301 Libelle, February, page 20

Gus McCarthy and Cam Martin, Some Famous Libelles – Still Loved, February, page 22

Neita Montague, The Lure of the Libelle, February, page 23

Libelles Grace Soaring Covers, February, page 27

Gus McCarthy, Glass Ships Enter National Competition 1965 – 1970, February, page 28

Martin Simons, Glasflügel H 301 Libelle 1964, February, page 29

Michael Reid, Adventures in My Libelle, February, page 32

Literature

Book

Design
IBN Editore, New Glider Design Book Release, June, page 5

Poetry

Review
Dan Johnson, Book Review - Where No Man Can Touch by Pat Valdata, August, page 5

Review
Air Power: A Global History, December, page 10

Long Flights

Borschberg

Fossett
FAI Confirms that Borschberg's Solo Flight Is the Longest Ever Achieved, September, page 7

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Magazine

AES Article
Bill McElwee, Thanks for the Memories, January, page 3

Art

Paul Rendel
David Newill, Art Appreciation, January, page 4

Joe Dobronski, Want-to-Be artist appreciates Rendel's work, January, page 4

Sailplane
David Newill, Landing Sailplane Art by Paul Rendel, February, page 3

Article
Jeff Stringer, ADS-B Article by Peter Lert, June, page 3

Glider Down
Jay Campbell, Glider Down Article, April, page 4

Libelle
Rick Walters, April, page 3

Oscar Alonso, April, page 3

Price

Correction
Tom Conte, ADS-B Proce Correction, June, page 3

Soaring Rx
David Wyer, Soaring Rx is the Prescription, August, page 4

Tow Pilot
Frank Reid, Tow Pilot Qualifications, September, page 5

Tow Pilots
Steve Bartlett, Tow Pilot Qualifications, September, page 5

Towplanes
Roman Kinaitis, Regarding the Tow Plane Article in Feb. 2015 Soaring Magazine, April, page 4

Training

Club
Stan Welles, Parachute and Bailout Training, August, page 4

Vulture Tale
Jim Richards, Vulture Tale and Road to Narromine, May, page 3

Winch
Frauke Elber, The Neophyte and the Winch, April, page 4

World Competition
Roger Bard, Worlds Observations, February, page 3

Articles
Eric Bick, October issue Soaring Articles, October, page 2

Libelle
Frauke Elber, April, page 3

Roger Bard, April, page 3

Column

Winching World
David Foulke, Winching World Suggestion and Challenge, May, page 3

Columns

Articles
Eric Bick, Convention in Greenville and Contents of Column, November, page 2

Competition

World
Roger Bard, Worlds Interest, January, page 3

Content
Eric Bick, April, page 2

Eric Bick, Magazine sections and request for input, May, page 2

Correction

Champions
2014 Soaring Champions Correction^Hank Nixon, March, page 4

Phönix
Hans Disma, FS-24 Phöenix T, May, page 4

Cover

Selfies

Safety
Dan Johnson; Mike Jaworski; Ed Funk, May Issue Covers, July, page 4

Current

On-line
Ward Hindman, On-line Edition of Soaring?, September, page 4

Editor

Eric Bick
Eric Bick, Plans for Magazine, March, page 2

Thanks

Coyne
Ralph Kolstad, April, page 3

Errors

Copyright
Maria Szemplinska, Errata (Edited for brevity), December, page 4

Flight Lines

Farewell
Chuck Coyne, Au Revoir, February, page 2

Open Forum

Departments

Features
Eric Bick, Sections, Departments and Features of Soaring Magazine, September, page 2

People

Schweizers
Ralph Kolstad, Schweizer History Buff, February, page 4

Photo Showcase
Deb Kaufmann, Photo Showcase, June, page 4

Planning
Eric Bick, Magazine - Photos, Articles, Humor and Poetry, December, page 2

Poetry
David Gray and Joan Moos and Fred LaSor, Sky Fever; To Soar; Stopping By a Glider on a Winter Day, February, page 14

Request for Inputs
Editor, Solicitation for Soaring Magazine Articles and Photographs, May, page 14

Soaring Rx
Francis O'Donnell, Vintage Pilots, December, page 4

Soaring Stories

Altimeter Settings
Jaime Alexander, Soaring Stories and Altimeter Settings, October, page 3

Thank you
Elke Fuglsang-Petersen, Thank You for Sending the SSA Magazine, April, page 4

Typo

Schweizer
Nyal Williams, Sweizer, Sweitzer, Schweitzer … Schweizer, October, page 3

Magazines

Articles

Photography

Discussion
Eric Bick, Discussions of SOARING Articles, Photos, Selfies and Covers, July, page 2

Transponders\Regional
Eric Bick, Discussion of Soaring Articles, August, page 2

Maintenance

Fiberglass

Fred Jiran
Alexis Glynn Latner, Robert Mudd, Wizard of Fiberglass, June, pages 36,37

Routine
Tom Conte, Owner Permitted Maintenance, December, page 40

Management

Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation, December, page 5

Medical

Arteries
Daniel Johnson, The Secret Life of Arteries, February, page 8

Cancer

Sunlight
Daniel Johnson, Skin Cancer Keeping the Sunny Side Up, December, page 12

Eye

Cataract
Daniel Johnson, The Lens of the Eye: When Fog Rolls In, November, page 8

Eyes

Floaters
Daniel Johnson, Eye Floaters, October, page 10

Eyesight

Focus
Mike Opitz, Soaring RX, September, page 5

Meetings

SSA Awards
Soaring Society of America Membership and Awards Meeting, May, page 12

Motor Glider

Touring

Ximango
Greg Klein, Isaac's and Jordan's and Dillon's and Greg's Great Adventure, April, page 32

Motor Gliders

Association
Stephen Dee, Taking a Look at "Powered Gliders" and the ASA, November, page 12

Movie

CloudStreet

Background
Matt Murray, Movie Credits, June, page 12

Implementation
Mark Mocho, Making CloudStreet: Soaring the American West, June, page 16

National Geographic Studios
Living in the Age of Airplanes, June, page 4

Time-Lapse
Phyllis Murray, Time Bandits, June, page 26

Museums

Education

National Soaring Museum
Museum Staff, An Educational Quest The National Soaring Museum's Academic Efforts, January, page 4

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NASA

Wings

Adaptive Compliant Trailing Edge
Peter Merlin, Shape-Changing Flap Project Meets First Milestone, August, page 6

Drag

Bugs
NASA Tests Aircraft Wing Coatings that Slough Bug Guts, August, page 6

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Obituaries

Bill Ogilvie

David Hoppe

Robert Bauman
Final Glide, August, page 57

Buck Arnold
Final Glide, March, page 57

Curtiss Truver
Final Glide, February, page 5

David Schmitkons
Final Glide, June, page 56

Donald Purdy
Final Glide, April, page 57

Enrico Ferorelli
Final Glide, February, page 5

Fred Baumgarth
Final Glide, March, page 57

Fred Hefty
Final Glide, February, page 5

Fred Splittgerber
Final Glide, March, page 57

George Applebay
Final Glide, June, page 56

James Rogers
Final Glide, May, page 56

James Walker
Final Glide, January, page 5

James Wynhoff
Final Glide, January, page 5

John Semones
Final Glide, December, page 56

Joseph Bacon
Final Glide, June, page 56

Joseph Legere
Final Glide, March, page 57

Laird Smith
Final Glide, February, page 5

Michael Povinelli
Final Glide, March, page 57

Myles Lemon
Final Glide, January, page 5

Raouf Ismail
Final Glide, February, page 5

Final Glide, June, page 56

Richard Boone
Final Glide, January, page 5

Richard Walters

Donald Hobel

Kenneth Arterburn

David Webber

Joe Shepherd

Joseph Eisele

Bruce Carmichael
Final Glide, October, page 53

Robert Green
Final Glide, February, page 5

Robert O'Brien
Final Glide, January, page 5

Robert Richard
Final Glide, January, page 5

Thoman Hazel

Buzz Averill

Barbara Morgan
Final Glide, November, page 57

Thomas Bales
Final Glide, March, page 57

Thomas Wolff
Final Glide, April, page 57

Timothy Hart
Final Glide, January, page 5

Tom Clark
Final Glide, March, page 57

William Moore

Leo Buckley

Philip Thorndyke

Richard Province

Georgette Gabriel-Litt
Final Glide, September, page 57

Organizations

Divisions

Women

WSPA
Frauke Elber, Thirty Years of the Women's Soaring Pilots Association (WSPA), August, page 26

Youth

Instruction
Donald Schenk, American and South African Soaring Enthusiasts help found Wonders of Aviation in South Africa, May, page 26

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Parts

Metal

3D Printing
Incorporating Additive Metal Manufacturing for Aluminum and Titanium 3D Printed Parts, August, page 7

Passengers

Family
A Happy Family Affair, January, page 5

People

Obituary

Hall of Fame

Ben Greene
Ed Byars, Remembering Ben, July, page 20

Rick Walters

Competition

Minden
Reba Coombs, Three Romeo - Beyond Cloudbase, October, page 32

Performance

Wing

Bugs
Bob Storck, Bug Cleaners, October, page 3

Photographs

Sailplanes

Scenery
Deborah Kaufmann, Doug Monaghen, Charlotte Richardson, and Heinz Peier, King Mountain Glider Park, San Antonio Soaring Society,Boston Soaring Club, Stemme S10VT at Daytona Beach, April, pages 38, 39

Photography

Competition

Grid

Ephrata
Mark Adams, Grid Lineup at 2009 18-Meter Nationals, May, pages 30, 31

Mountains

Pemberton, BC

Russia AC-5M
Branko Stojovic, Mountain photography near Pembeton from a Russia AC-5M, January, cover

Sailplane

Schleicher KA-4
Jerry Wild, Launching a Schleicher KA-4 at Beltsville, PA, January, pages 30, 31

Selfie
Derek Dewald, Selfie in a Tucson Soaring Club Grob 103, May, cover

Pilots

World

War II
Stuart Jackson, An Evening with a Hero, May, page 32

Poetry

Susan Lee Catlin and Joan Moos, Immersed and The Glider Pilot, December, page 43

Poll

ATC Privatization
Organizations Release National Poll Results Showing Voter Opposition to ATC Privatization, December, page 9

Public Relations

Magazines

Medical Offices
Graham Pitsenberger, Soaring Exposure Suggestions, October, page 4

Publication

Video

Two Right Feet
Comet, Two Right Feet (U.S. Survey Feet vs International Survey Feet), July, page 8

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Records

Great Basin
Mitch Polinsky, More Record Flying in the Great Basin: The Summer of 2014, July, page 12

Regulations

FAA
Richard Maleady, Glider Transponder ANPRM, August, page 3

Air Space

Oversight
Organizations Issue Letter Urging Congressional Oversight of the National Aviation System, August, page 6

Transponders
Rick Leffingwell, Heading East Over the Southern California High Desert with Questions about Transponders, August, cover

Reports

FAI
Faustine Carrera, FAI Annual Report: 2014 Edition is Out!, June, page 6

Representation

Proairsport LTD
Proairsport LTD is Seeking Representation in the USA, December, page 9

Research

Altitude

Stratospheric Wave

Perlan

Airbus
Airbus Perlan Mission, April, page 7

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Safety

Accidents

History
Ron Ridenour, Glider Accidents That Have Happened Before, September, page 8

Aging

Cognition
Key Dismukes, Cognition, Aging, and the Soaring Pilot, October, page 35

Judgment
Daniel Johnson, The Vintage Pilot, September, page 10

Approach
Ron Ridenour, Approach Speed … Recalculated, June, page 10

Turbulence

Downdrafts
Rich Carlson, Cause and Effect, August, page 10

Assembly

Checks
Tom Knauff, Good Advice from the British Gliding Association Regarding Glider Integrity, July, page 5

Collisions
Richard Sayer, Keep a Good Look, February, page 43

Crash

Approach
Bill Gawthrop, Oh !**! I Crashed!, March, page 12

Crewing

Trailer
Steve Adkins, Chase Crew or Felon? … Humorous Mishap or Tragedy, July, page 32

Currency
Soaring Safety Foundation Trustees, First Flight, January, page 6

Checkout
Tom Johnson, Checkout Time Again, March, page 5

Decisions
Stephen Dee, Aeronautical Decision Making (ADM), November, page 6

Drones

Near-misses
FAA Sees Aircraft-Drone Close Calls Increase, November, page 3

Extra Instruction

Insurance
Dale Masters, It's Not What you Pay for Insurance, It's What You Get, September, page 49

FAA

Grounding
Concerning the Grounding of the L-13, July, page 6

General Aviation Accidents

Fatal
Eric Weiss, Statistics Show Slight Increase in Number of Fatal General Aviation Accidents, October, page 5

Incident
Jay Campbell, Sarah Arnold, and Frank Reid, Glider Down Three Views of an Incident, February, page 36

Instruction

Sink
Bob Cook, If You Circle in Sink, You Will Go Down!, March, page 44

Insurance

Ground Accidents
Rich Carlson, Exciting Losses by Pat Costello, February, page 6

Launching

Downdrafts
Dale Masters, Murphy's Lawyer, July, page 29

Maintenance

Links
Graham Pitsenberger, Testing Our Links to Soaring, November, page 44

Medical

Regulations
Daniel Johnson, Medical Requirements for Glider Flying, April, page 12

Vertigo
Daniel Johnson, Vertigo: The Basics, for Pilots, June, page 40

NTSB

Alert

Pre-Flight
NTSB Releases Video Safety Alert on Importance of Preflight Checks to Catch Flight Control Problems, July, page 7

Parachute

Egress
Tom Johnson, It's Time to Go, July, page 10

Parachutes
Elke Fuglsang-Petersen, Parachute and Bailout – Know Your Companion and Know How to Handle It, May, page 16

Preparation

Sequence
Thomas Knauff, Glider Pilot's Guide to Safe Soaring, March, page 28

Report

2014
Soaring Safety Foundation Trustees, April, page 10

Reporting

Incident
Rich Carlson, SSF Soaring Incident Reporting Database Creation, July, page 6

Risk

Complacency
Richard Sayer, Never Take Anything for Granted, January, page 43

Sailplane

Maintenance
Mike Busch, Is Your Sailplane Safe?; Who Decides Whether or Not Your Sailplane is Safe?, October, page 40

Sleepy

Causes

Prevention
Daniel Johnson, The Numb Brain, August, page 12

Spins
Bill Scull, Teaching Spinning, October, page 43

Spot

Location

Search & Rescue
New Sport Service, August, page 7

Stress
Key Dismukes, Treat, Stress, and Pilot Performance, November, page 38

Structures
Neal Pfeiffer, Wing Structural Check for Sailplanes, Old & New, April, page 40

Technology
Rick Eriksen, Today's Pilots Depend Too Much on Technology, Adding to Human Error, June, page 11

Training
Tom Johnson, Scenario Based Training Part 2, December, page 18

Scenario
Tom Johnson, Scenario Based Training, October, page 8

Sailplane

Approach

Water Ballast
CloudStreet, Bill Hill drops Water Ballast from his Discus 2B as He Nears the Airfield at Moriarty,NM, June, pages 30, 31

ASG-29

Nationals

Hobbs
Maria Szemplinska, Jerzy Szemplinski rolls out in his 18 Meter Class Schleicher SG-29 at the 2015 Nationals at Hobbs, September, pages 30, 31

ASH-31mi
Bob Thompson, Nigel Cripps climbs North of Phoenix in his ASH-31mi, March, cover

ASH31mi

Nigel Cripps
Bob Thompson, Nigel Cripps in his New ASH31mi near Phoenix, December, pages 30, 31

ASW 20 XS

Telluride
Elizabeth Muennich, Nick Kennedy Flying ASW 20 XS Near Telluride, CO, October, page 1

Concordia

Butler
Peter Alexander, Dick Butler climbing out at 2013 Open Class Nationals at Hobbs, NM in his Concordia, September, cover

Contest
Ben Johnson, Arcus M, 2015 Seniors, Central Florida, August, pages 30, 31

Desert
Rick Leffingwell, Heading East Over the Southern California High Desert with Questions about Transponders, August, cover

Libelle H-201
Stan Kaspryzk, Dave Reusch Soaring his H-201 over Ephrata, Washington, February, cover

Pegasus
James Murray, The Debriefing, December, page 38

Self-Launch

Jet
Dave Unwin, Preview ProAirsport's Innovative Jet-Powered SSDR Self-Launcher, September, page 25

Wave

Avenal

Karl Kunz
Morgan Hill, Karl Kunz on Final after Wave Flying at Avenal, CA, April, cover

Sailplane AS-W20BL

Rick Leffingwell, Don Gonzales flying his AS-W20BL Out of Bishop, CA, March, pages 30, 31

Sailplanes

1-26

Persistence
Ron Schwartz, Patience: A 1-26 Story, March, page 26

Operations

Launch

Tow
Chris Ferrell; Glenn Holden; Trond Bjornard; Gus McCrea; Richard Otis, Soaring Operations at Puckett Field, Eagleville, Tennessee, February, pages 38,39

Salto

Discus 2d

2-22

Duo Discus
Rafael Soldan, Frank Konesky, and Charlie Summers, Salto at Wellington; Discus 2d;Good as New 2-22; Doris and Tom Knauff Aboard their Duo Discus, March, pages 42,43

Scenery

Filming
Mike Abernathy and Mathew Murray and Dave Bixler, CloudStreet Photo Showcase, June, pages 24,25

Mail Boxes
Darren Braun, Rick Leffingwell, Christian Peland, Ely 1,000 km Day End; Over the White Mtns.; Chicgo Gliding Club; Bristlecone Pines in White Mtns., October, pages 38, 39

Schleicher ASW-20B

Grob 103 Twin III

Schweizer 1-26
Ron Olson and Peter Gurin and Andrew Ebough, Dan Mockler at El Tiro; Adirondack Club at Lake Placid; 1-26 on Tow at Minden, November, pages 42,43

Seniors

Henry Retting

Duane Eisenbeiss

David Springford
Laura Radigan, Three Gliders on Final at the 2014 Seniors Contest, July, cover

Saiplane

Grob 103
Derek Dewald, Selfie in a Tucson Soaring Club Grob 103, May, cover

Scenery

Mountains

Sailplane

Stemme S-10 VT
Mike Abernathy, Snow in May Blankets the Peaks of the Sangre De Cristo Mountains, December, cover

Scholarships

Kolstad
Ralph Kolstad, Kolstad Scholarship Announcement, April, page 6

Ralph Kolstad, Kolstad Scholarship Announcement, May, page 4

Ralph Kolstad, Kolstad Scholarship Announcement, June, page 7

Ralph Kolstad, Kolstad Scholarship, September, page 7

Ryan McMaster
Ralph Kolstad, 2015 Kolstad Scholarship Awarded, December, page 10

Sonex

Contributions
Sonex Aircraft Establishes Jeremy Monnett and Mike Clark Memorial Scholarship; Seeks Donations, December, page 8

Seminar

WSPA

Canada

York Soaring Association
Eva Dillon, Upside Down in 2014, April, page 16

Minden
Elke Fuglsang-Petersen, Spreading the Female Soaring Bug of WSPA's Annual Seminar, November, page 14

Severe Weather

Dan Gudgel, Ingredients for Trouble, February, page 46

Simulation

Q46

Condor
Richard Otis, Illudium Q46 Glider Flight Simulator Update, September, page 48

Towing
Matthew Rodina, A Tow Simulator, May, page 43

Simulator

Building

Illudium Q-36 GFS
Shane Neitzey, Building the Illudium Q-36 GFS, May, page 48

Soaring

Mountains

Himalayas
Thomas Kawa, Soaring in a Glider Over the Himalayas, September, page 36

Perception
Dale Masters, Like That Guy, June, page 45

Shear Lines

Dolphining
Dale Masters, Catch Me You Can, If . . ., October, page 45

Thermal

Circles
William Snead, The Perfect Soaring Circle, August, page 35

Soaring Mail

Response

Winching World
Bill Daniels, Winching World Suggestion and Challenge, May, page 3

Soaring Safety Foundation

Mission
Rich Carlson, Training AND Safety, the SSF Mission, May, page 10

Solo

Nick Widmar
January, page 55

Stories

Collision Avoidance

Self-control
Dale Masters, Close Encounter, March, page 40

Outlanding

Telephone
Richard Wagner, Landouts and Other Tales, August, page 4

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Technique

Altitude

Curiosity
Dale Masters, 'Twas the Day After Friday the 13th, May, page 42

Cross-Country

First
Daniel Dyck, Going Cross Country for the First Time, November, page 35

Turn

Low altitude
Tom Knauff, Turns Close to the Ground, June, page 48

Techniques

Transition

Flaps

Side-stick
Bob Whelan, Transitioning to a Zuni, March, page 22

Television

PBS

CloudStreet
CloudStreet Broadcasts!, May, page 4

Towing Technique

Descent
John Sherwood, Towing Experience, May, page 4

Towplane

Piper Pawnee PA-25, Front Royal, VA
Dick Otis, Skyline Soaring Club's Piper Pawnee PA-25 on Winter Tow Duty at Front Royal, VA, April, pages 30, 31

Traffic

Jets

18,000+
Dale Masters, Captain Dustoff & the Fast Eddies, August, page 49

Training

1968 to 2014
Don Grillo, (Almost a) Professional Student Glider Pilot, June, page 27

Add-on

Akshay Pendharkar
January, page 55

CFI

Scott Dellinger
March, page 55

Commercial

Brian Cepaitis
March, page 57

James Creveling
March, page 56

Doug Butler
January, page 55

Kevin Steen
February, page 54

Paul Loschiavo
January, page 55

Stobe (Butch) Lander
January, page 55

CFI

Pete Sunder
February, page 55

CFIG

Alasdair Crawford

Charlie Freeman
January, page 54

Chris Fuher
December, page 56

Chuck Zabinski
November, page 56

Greg Aaron
December, page 55

Michael Marshall
October, page 53

Scott Lanis
March, page 56

Tom Wood
December, page 54

Check Ride

Carrie Brewer
December, page 55

Dwight Jenkins
October, page 56

Checkride

Brad Morris
August, page 54

Tom Martynowski
September, page 56

Commercial

Barry Wilson
March, page 57

Bruce White
April, page 55

Charlie Jamieson
January, page 56

Daniel Beans
December, page 56

Dave Warrender
June, page 55

David Suits
January, page 56

David White
October, page 56

Gail Schipper
August, page 57

Helmut Rohs
November, page 57

Jamie Struewing
April, page 57

John Stasiowski
January, page 56

Keith Overstreet
February, page 55

Ken Ring
February, page 55

Marc Lofting
May, page 56

Mathew Gast
January, page 54

Paul Jelinek
October, page 55

Paul Pruitt
September, page 55

Roberto Frias
July, page 55

Ron McVay
December, page 55

Roy Forsstrom
October, page 53

Scott Dellinger
January, page 56

Tom Wood
May, page 56

Tommy Webster
April, page 57

Tyler Bragg
October, page 54

Uwe Prigge
July, page 55

Commercial Paul Bushrow
August, page 56

First Solo

Don Coleman
July, page 56

Alec Guay
November, page 57

Andrew MacKay
February, page 56

Asher Brand
March, page 56

Brian Anschel
July, page 54

Chris Eby
November, page 57

Chris Schwurack
August, page 54

Daniel Torres
October, page 56

Dave Foote
November, page 56

Don Schneider
November, page 57

Ehon Hall
September, page 54

Fred Thompson
August, page 54

Jackson Guinsler
November, page 56

Jason Oubre
September, page 55

Jim Bobiack
August, page 54

John Skikas
February, page 56

Keith Schwab
August, page 54

Logan Beckwith
November, page 56

Maciej Arkuszewski
December, page 54

Mark Albert
March, page 55

Max Hoffman
July, page 54

Max Swancutt
February, page 57

Michael Price
January, page 55

Mike Mainella
August, page 56

Patrick Huchinson
January, page 54

Robert Mann
December, page 54

Thomas Weidner
July, page 55

Tobin Fricke
August, page 56

Tom Martynowski
July, page 56

Tyler Hopenfeld
September, page 56

Foreign

Information
Eric Nielsen, Flying Elsewhere, September, page 4

Glider Rating

Cal Watford
June, page 55

John Hudacek
November, page 57

Instructor (UK)

Youth

Jordan Bridge
May, page 56

Michael Harrison
May, page 56

Olly Metcalfe
May, page 56

Introductory Flight

Derik Olson
December, page 53

Limited flying

Bad instructor
Eric Bick, Why I (Almost Didn't) Fly, May, page 22

Outlandings
Steve du Pont, Off-field Landings on Unlevel Ground, August, page 46

Private

Aki Kaniel
July, page 55

Andrew MacKay
August, page 56

Anna Conway
September, page 57

Bhaskar Reddy
November, page 57

Bill Volko
November, page 56

Bob Ferguson
February, page 56

Brian Anschel
August, page 54

Chris Carswell
June, page 55

Chris Nye
October, page 53

Chris Odgen
December, page 56

David Boyd
December, page 56

David Hart
August, page 55

David Murphy
February, page 55

Dominik Pasalic
October, page 53

Don Feeley
April, page 55

Don Schlafer
December, page 56

Douglas Clark
August, page 55

Gary Heroneme
April, page 55

Harrison Mast
October, page 54

Jerry Hargis
January, page 56

Joe Lee
June, page 55

Mario Simula
June, page 55

Marton Kun-Szabo
February, page 56

Nate Ballintyn
April, page 57

Pablo Saso-Perkins
October, page 55

Patrick Greenwood
October, page 55

Philip du Plessis
January, page 54

Piotr Strzelec
January, page 54

Quin Weidner
August, page 55

Ralph Strahm
April, page 57

Rebecca Colby
May, page 56

Rick Russell
September, page 55

Rob Range
September, page 54

Rustam Khashimkhodjaev
December, page 53

Steve Bohlmann
December, page 55

Thomas Gainer
December, page 54

Toshi Kanda
June, page 55

Trey Bergman
July, page 55

Wayne Daniel
March, page 57

Yasuo Akiyama
February, page 55

Zach Sevison
March, page 55

Private Noel Chun
August, page 54

Safety
Tom Knauff, Standardization, December, page 48

Solo

Alan Moore
April, page 57

Alex Hunt
November, page 56

Alex Piliptchak
December, page 54

Allistair Moses
October, page 56

Amir Dubey
May, page 56

Andrew Winslow
October, page 56

Art Mahoney
July, page 54

Atsuna Masuda
June, page 56

Austin Hatcher
November, page 57

Barry Hazelton
July, page 54

Barry Hazeltov
May, page 56

Bill Gacki
December, page 53

Bob Arant
October, page 55

Brad Morris
June, page 56

Brian Vieth
January, page 54

Burke Stafford
December, page 56

Catherine Collins
July, page 55

Charles Fulton
October, page 55

Chris Connelly
October, page 55

Chris Odgen
September, page 55

Chris Tyhurst
October, page 54

Craig Mckeand
November, page 57

Dan Katuzienski
July, page 56

David Greenhut
January, page 55

Dominik Pasalic
October, page 53

Don Meyer
January, page 56

Frank Jordan
June, page 55

Garrett McEwen
December, page 55

George Wiederkehr
December, page 56

Jackson Guinsler
December, page 54

James Rosethal
September, page 56

James Walsh
October, page 53

Jason Hoppenrath
February, page 55

Jennifer Crum
January, page 55

Jim Graham
January, page 55

Joe Ethridge
October, page 54

John Pomeroy
October, page 54

John Richard
December, page 53

Katherine Dew
June, page 55

Larry Teeters
December, page 53

Marc Loftin
February, page 56

Matt Kuehn
February, page 54

Matthew White
October, page 56

Michael Gonzales
June, page 56

Michael Romanko
September, page 55

Mike Pattison
February, page 57

Nate Bolles
March, page 57

Oleg Gorenko
December, page 55

Olivier Dore
January, page 54

Pat Combs
January, page 54

Pat Greenwood
January, page 56

Paul Hoffman
October, page 54

Paul Riley
October, page 53

Rick Curtis
September, page 55

Roger Hackler
December, page 56

Ross Shake
December, page 54

Scott Van Inwagen
August, page 56

Thomas Greenhill
October, page 56

Tim Clark
September, page 57

Tom Braymer
September, page 54

Tom Schaap
October, page 55

Toshi Kjanda
February, page 57

Walter Wasowski
February, page 54

Spins
Richard Sayer, A Question on Spins, September, page 45

Student

James Thompson
October, page 56

Towing
Key Dismukes, Becoming a Tow Plane Pilot, June, page 34

Youth
November, page 56

CFI

Patrick Good
February, page 55

First Solo

Aaron Wickenhagen
December, page 54

Alex Odom
August, page 55

Alex Woodward
December, page 54

Benjamin Ojeda
March, page 56

Brandon Pierson
July, page 56

August, page 55

Dana Bartigis
September, page 56

EliasFarley
April, page 57

Fernando Gorrin-Rivas
January, page 56

Gabriel Castillo
August, page 56

Greggor Hines
July, page 55

Harrison Mast
July, page 56

Jake Gores
December, page 55

Jake Spellacy
March, page 56

Jonah Koch
August, page 55

Jonas Heurer
July, page 54

Julius Tabery
October, page 54

Justin Larsen
July, page 54

Kate Lampert
June, page 56

Mark Braymer
August, page 55

Matt Atkins
August, page 56

Mike Deschene
February, page 55

Milana Knaplaund
September, page 55

Nick Walsh
December, page 55

Noah Henry
October, page 57

Noah Reno
August, page 54

Rae Mancuso
February, page 54

Ryan Hamley
July, page 56

Steve Strobel
September, page 56

Taylor Geeting
November, page 56

Travis Baker
July, page 54

Trent Sullivan
April, page 57

Tyler Hebrink
February, page 56

William Eric Strotz
June, page 56

Zachary Spatz
December, page 53

First Solo Morgan Thiers
October, page 54

Fist Solo

Garron Ireton
March, page 55

Private

Aidan Apicos
September, page 54

Elias Farley
December, page 53

Griffin Cluck
April, page 55

Josh Glaab
April, page 55

Marie-Claire LaBerge
January, page 55

Megan Crosby
March, page 56

Sequoia Chun
February, page 56

Tyler Dockum
September, page 55

Tyler Hebrink
September, page 56

Solo

Bobby Ellis
April, page 55

Dan Katuzienski
August, page 55

Josh Shaver
October, page 54

Kevin Shafer
February, page 54

Tyler Leach
February, page 54

Yuka Noguchi
February, page 54

Travel

Discounts

Hawaii

Pilot License
Lee La Follette, Saving Money with Your Glider Pilot's Certificate, October, page 4

Turbulence

Wave

Thermals

Crystal
Dale Masters, Aeolus Feeling Feisty, April, page 42

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URL

Shortened
Jim Kellett, URL Simplification, July, page 6

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Veterans

Gliders
Wounded Warriors in El Paso County, CO, August, page 8

Vintage

Greek

Cavka
Cavka Glider, November, page 4

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Wave

Boulder
Eric Bick, April, page 2

Weather

Low Clouds

Fog
Dan Gudgel, Advection Fog/Stratus, January, page 44

WSPA

Frauke Elber, April, page 3

Eric Bick, Discussion of Soaring Articles, August, page 2

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Youth

Article

World
Jill McCaw, Youth in Soaring Initiatives, June, page 3

Selfies

Safety
Peter Krebs, May Issue Covers, September, page 4

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