Soaring Magazine Index for 1977/1977 organized by issue

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Department, Columns, or Sections of the magazine are indicated within parentheses '()'. Subject, and sub-subject, are indicated within square brackets '[]'. 1977 January George Uveges, Pik-20 (Covers) [Cover; Sailplanes\Pik-20] James L. Nash-Webber, MPA developments (Letter) [Human-Powered Flight], page 2 C.C. Forrester, In defense of tail skid (Letter) [Landing Gear], page 3 Dick Georgeson, In defense of tail skid (Letter), page 3 K. Striedieck, Tail skids vs tail wheels (Letter) [People\Paul A. Kurbjun], page 3 George A. Caldwell, Japanese motorgllder (Letter) [Motorgliders; International\Japan], page 4 Symbol A new SSA symbol? (Letter) [Soaring Society of America], page 4 Pitot tube icing (Letter) [Safety], page 6 Hal Myers, New glider design handbook (Letter) [Design], page 7 P. Morelli, New glider design handbook (Letter) [Design], page 7 P.A. Schweizer, Region three sports classic contest: (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional], page 7 (SSA in Action)No author or title, [Soaring Society of America], page 7 Region three sports classic contest (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional Scheurer], page 7 Arnold Skopil, Do-it-yourself motor Nimbus (SSA in Action) [Homebuilding], page 9 Region nine contest (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional; People\Jerry Robertson; People\Springer Jones], page 9 Robert H.[N.] Buck, CIVV report [FAI], page 11 SSA convention ADV [Conferences, Conventions, and Meetings], pages 11,12 Val Brain, Soaring 2000 - the next 25 years: an overview [Af®liates, Chapters, and Clubs; Airspace; Competitions; Economics], page 14 J.H. McMasters and James L. Nash-Webber, Some technical extrapolations [Aerodynamics; Instruments; Design; Gliders], page 21 Stephen Du Pont, Accidents An analysis of accidents [Safety], page 29 15-meter class, racer Zuni ®rst ¯ights [People\George Applebay; Sailplanes\Zuni], page 36 1976 US national and regional champions [Awards], pages 38,39 Richard H. Johnson, A ¯ight test evaluation of the Schweizer 1-35 [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-35; Aerodynamics\Flight Tests], page 40 Stan Hall, (Homebuilder's Hall) [Homebuilding], page 44 No author or title, [Homebuilding], page 44 The mean aerodynamic cord (Homebuilder's Hall) [Aerodynamics], page 44 Will Hayes, (Safety Corner) [Safety], page 47 S. Vegso, SSA convention: The Sunny Side [Soaring Society of America\Development; Conferences, Conventions, and Meetings], page 48 February Gerald R. Foster, (Covers) [Cover] Sunny Vegso, 2-32 (Covers) [Cover; Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 2-32] Dore J. Montes, Soaring the Andes (Letter) [International\Chile], page 2 John Luttrell, MacCready's Gossamer Condor (Letter) [Human-Powered Flight; People\P. MacCready], page 3 Atmospheric Instability Effects of wind gradients (Letter) [Meteorology], page 3 Bernald S. Smith, A threat to soaring: insurance costs answer (Letter)

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[Insurance\Sailplane], page 4 A threat to soaring: in¯ating insurance costs (Letter) [Insurance\Sailplane], page 4 Richard Maryott, Flutter, IAS and density altitude (Letter), page 5 Polish record (Letter) [International\Poland], page 6 Soaring in the USSR (Letter) [International\Russia], page 6 James L. Nash-Webber, Hand up for MIT soaring association (Letter) [Af®liates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 7 (SSA in Action)No author or title, [Soaring Society of America], page 10 Director election winners (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America\Directors], page 10 Gustav Scheurer, Region 3 instructor - safety symposium (SSA in Action) [Safety], page 11 James Short, Region 3 instructor-safety symposium (SSA in Action) [Training; Mountain Soaring; Soaring Symposia; Safety], page 11 Marion Cruce, Homebuilt transceiver (SSA in Action) [Instruments; Avionics; Homebuild- ing], page 13 David Scott, (Potomac Pipeline, SSA in Action), page 14 Ted Sharp, (Looking Backward, SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America\Soaring Magazine; History\Soaring], page 14 Gren J. Seibels, "Soaramerica", J. Joss, Ed. (SSA in Action) [Literature], page 15 Clear air turbulence detected: Potomac Pipeline [Meteorology], page 15 Alcide Santilli, Zuni [People\George Applebay; Sailplanes\Zuni], page 16 J. Munn, Gettin' up there [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-34; Altitude Flights], page 20 Hollis C. Powell, Soaring at Santa Fe Community College [Women; Youth; Training], page 24 Jack R. Greene, Immortality in its time [History\Soaring; Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-26], page 27 Richard H. Johnson, Flight test evaluation of the Schweizer 1-26E [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-26e; Test Flying], page 32 (Homebuilder's Hall)No author or title, [Homebuilding; Construction of Gliders], page 36 S. duPont, Judging glider approaches (Safety Corner) [Techniques\Wave Soaring], page 39 Stephen Du Pont, (Safety Corner) [Safety], page 39 Will Hayes, (Safety Corner) [Safety], page 39 Carl Herold, (Herold's Hearsay), page 40 Brian Utley, (Accent on Clubs), page 42 Marian Fleming, (Accent on Clubs) [Af®liates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 42 No author or title, [Af®liates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 42 Minnesota Soaring Club Monorail (Accent on Clubs) [Clubs\Minnesota], page 42 New Jersey: Aero Club Albatross (Accent on Clubs) [Clubs\New Jersey], page 42 S. Vegso, (The Sunny side) [Soaring Society of America\Development], page 45 S. Vegso, SSA convention booth (Sunny side) [Soaring Society of America\Development], page 45 Instructor revalidation clinics: Sunny side [Training], page 45 March Don Monroe, (Covers) [Cover] (Covers)No author or title, [Cover; Human-Powered Flight\Gossamer Condor] Making kit transceiver is easy (Letter) [Homebuilding; Instruments], page 3 Soaring economics (Letter) [Economics], page 3 Glider tows with FBO'S? (Letter) [Launching\Airplane], page 4 John H. McMasters, and now, 16m = 15m (Letter) [Aerodynamics], page 6 A home built box-top Netto? (Letter) [Homebuilts; Instruments], page 6 Wind gradients and slope soaring (Letter) [Techniques\Ridge Soaring], page 6 Forrest Blossom:New SSA executive director (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America; People\Forrest Blossom], page 8 First women's soaring club? (SSA in Action) [Af®liates, Chapters, and Clubs; Women], page 9

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Ann Welch, Gliding (SSA in Action) [Literature], page 10 John Luttrell, New concept in man-powered ¯ight. Condor (SSA in Action) [Human- Powered Flight\Gossamer Condor], page 12 David Scott, (Potomac Pipeline, SSA in Action), page 14 FCC fees ruled illegal: Potomac Pipeline [Legislation], page 14 Resumes of experience with FAA sought (SSA in Action) [Airspace], page 14 J. Gomez, Roy Schlemeyer (SSA in Action) [Obituaries], page 15 Rudy Allemann, H-301 Libelle [Sailplanes\Libelle], page 18 Oran W. Nicks, How to make a total energy sensor [Homebuilding; Instruments], page 23 T. Claude Ryan, The Cloudster [Motorgliders\Cloudster], page 27 Charles Fisher, Jr., Soaring hypoxia [Physiology; Safety], page 31 Pemberton H. Drinker, The hard way [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-26; Cross-Country Soaring], page 34 Stan Hall, (Homebuilder's Hall) [Homebuilding], page 38 No author or title, [Homebuilding], page 38 Low-temperature-cure structural adhesive (Homebuilder's Hall) [Homebuilding; Construc- tion of Gliders], page 38 Resurrected Dart 17 (Homebuilder's Hall) [Homebuilding], page 38 Directory of US soaring sites (The Sunny side) [Soaring Society of America\Development], page 44 April (Covers)No author or title, [Cover; Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 2-32] J-4 Javelin, 2-32 (Covers) [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 2-32; Cover] J. McMasters, An MPA prediction (Letter) [People\B. Stork; Human-Powered Flight], page 3 Growth and low-cost soaring (Letter) [Economics; Soaring Society of America\Development], page 3 James L. Nash-Webber, Flutter, TAS and IAS (Letter) [Aerodynamics], page 4 Larry Haig, Why the Eaglet lost a prop blade (Letter) [Motorgliders\Eaglet], page 4 Dick Maryott, Flutter, IAS and density altitude (Letter) [Aerodynamics], page 5 (SSA in Action)No author or title, [Soaring Society of America], page 10 6th annual SSA national soaring convention (SSA in Action) [Conferences, Conventions, and Meetings], page 10 Awards presented at 6th annual SSA national soaring convention (SSA in Action) [Awards], page 14 Barringer Memorial Trophy (SSA in Action) [People\Wally Scott: Winner; Awards\Barringer], page 14 Exceptional Service Award Winner: Charles Shaw (SSA in Action) [People\Charles Shaw; Awards\Exceptional Service], page 14 Exceptional Service Award Winner: Larry Wood (SSA in Action) [People\Larry Wood; Awards\Exceptional Service], page 14 Exceptional Service Award Winner: Ray Shamblen (SSA in Action) [People\Ray Sham- blen; Awards\Exceptional Service], page 14 Exceptional Service Award winner: J[G.?]erry Rhine (SSA in Action) [Awards\Exceptional Service; People\Jerry Rhine], page 14 Paul Tuntland Memorial Award winner: Oran Nicks (SSA in Action) [Awards\Tuntland; People\Oran W. Nicks], page 14 Warren Eaton Award Presented posthumously to John Williams (SSA in Action) [People\John Williams; Awards\Warren Eaton], page 14 Ted Sharp, (Looking backward, SSA in Action) [History\Soaring], page 15 Bertha M. Ryan Appointed State Governor of California (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America\Governors; People\Bertha M. Ryan], page 15 Forrest Blossom begins duties of executive director (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America\Staff; People\Forrest Blossom], page 15

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George R. Allen Appointed state governor of Idaho (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America\Governors; People\George R. Allen], page 15 Herbert H. Hast, Jr. Appointed state governor of Colorado (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America\Governors; People\Herbert H. Hast, Jr.], page 15 New SSA governors appointed (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America\Governors], page 15 R.L. Yelverton Appointed state governor of Mississippi (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America\Governors; People\R.L. Yelverton], page 15 Robert F. Miles Appointed state governor of Kentucky (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America\Governors; People\Robert F. Miles], page 15 Thomas K. Sherwood, III Appointed state governor of Massachusetts (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America\Governors; People\Thomas K. Sherwood, III], page 15 William B. Cleary, President's report (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America], page 16 Don Monroe, acting executive director,Executive director's report (SSA in Action) [Soar- ing Society of America], page 17 Charles W. Shaw, Using the barogram to improve cross-country soaring [Instruments\Barograms; Cross-Country Soaring], page 22 Bruce Carmichael, On predicting the future of soaring ¯ight, page 25 Steve Foreman, My secret Andes ¯ight [International\Chile], page 32 Wil Schuemann, Instruments - ADV Third annual report to Soaring from Sage [Instruments], page 36 Richard H. Johnson, Flight test evaluation of the Jantar 1 and 2A [Aerodynamics\Flight Tests; Sailplanes\Jantar 2a; Sailplanes\Jantar 1], page 40 Hal Myers, Static stability and control of sailplanes (SSA in Action) [Aerodynamics], page 46 J. Nash-Webber, Static stability and control of sailplanes: Piero Morelli (SSA in Action) [Literature], page 46 Military airspace curbs urged (SSA in Action) [Airspace], page 46 W.O. Bank, Psychological preparation for critical performances (Safety Corner) [Safety], page 48 Brian Utley, (Accent on Clubs) [Af®liates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 50 Marian Fleming, (Accent on Clubs) [Af®liates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 50 Growth and statistics (Accent on Clubs) [Af®liates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 50 Tucson Soaring Club (Accent on Clubs) [Clubs\Arizona], page 50 May Jon Kubly, Nugget (Covers) [Saiplanes\Nugget] Insurance (Letter) [Insurance, Sailplane], page 3 Is silent ¯ight too noisy? (Letter) [Noise], page 3 Massachusetts Club reopens soaring site (Letter) [Sites], page 4 Mohawk soaring club reopens soaring site (Letter) [Clubs\New York], page 4 Twin Blanik motorglider (Letter) [Gliders], page 4 Forrest Blossom, National Soaring Week (SSA in Action) [Publicity; Soaring Society of America], page 5 Medical exams for glider pilots (Letter) [Physiology], page 5 S. Starr, Nationals entry clari®cation (SSA in Action) [Competitions], page 8 Sterling Starr, Nationals entry clari®cation (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Ranking], page 8 C.T. McKinnie, SSA instructor program revised: (SSA in Action) [Training], page 9 SSA instructor program revised (SSA in Action) [Mountain Soaring], page 9 Vermont Northeastern sites to reopen (SSA in Action) [Sites\Vermont], page 10 National Soaring Museum Administration building destroyed by ®re (SSA in Action) [Archives and Museums], page 12 John Aldrich and W. Rogers, Tornadoes El Mirage Labor Day tornadoes [Meteorology],

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page 16 Bernald S. Smith, Economics and the insurance myth [Insurance, Sailplane; Safety; Economics], page 21 Jack Olson, A ®ne feathered friend [Birds], page 25 Volmer Jensen, Climbing hills the easy way, page 26 Climbing hills the easy way [Ultralights; Gliders; Sunfun; Motorgliding], page 26 Richard Sayer, (Teaching soaring) [Training], page 31 "It can't happen to me": Teaching Soaring [Training], page 31 Peter Riedel, Soaring above New York City [Sailplanes\Super Sperber; People\Peter Riedel], page 32 Soaring above New York City [People\], page 32 Dan Pierson, (Covers) [Cover], page 34 David R.[B.?] Hand, The Albatross motorglider [Construction; Motorgliders\Albatross; Design; Test Flying; International\Japan], page 36 M.S. Grif®th, Jr., Pilot report: the Nimbus 2 [Sailplanes\Nimbus II], page 40 New soaring operation: Milford, New Jersey (SSA in Action) [Sites\New Jersey], page 42 Stan Hall, (Homebuilder's Hall) [Homebuilding], page 44 More on plastic canopies (Homebuilder's Hall) [Construction of Gliders; Homebuilding], page 44 June View window (Covers) [Cover] Better than dirty movies and girlie mags (Letter) [Soaring Society of America\Soaring Magazine], page 2 Low-cost soaring? be honest (Letter) [Costs], page 3 Variometer time constants (Letter) [Instruments\], page 3 Geof Steele, Let's return to the original standard class (Letter) [Sailplanes\Standard Class], page 4 (SSA in Action)No author or title, [Soaring Society of America], page 6 Museum suggestions sought (SSA in Action) [Archives and Museums], page 6 Women contestants chosen for 3rd international feminine gliding competition (SSA in Action) [Women], page 6 William B. Cleary, President's Interim report (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of Amer- ica], page 8 Resigns position as director of development (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America\Development; People\Sunny Vegso], page 9 Ted Sharp, (Looking Backward, SSA in Action) [History\Soaring], page 10 Soaring school innovations (SSA in Action) [Training], page 10 Robert H.[N.?] Buck, The CIVV report (SSA in Action) [FAI], page 14 R.[B.]B.[R.?] Rodwell, To 51,849 ft. ASL by Skylark [People\Michael J. Field; Sailplanes\Skylark; Records\Flights; International\Scotland], page 16 David L. Gibo, Coping with dif®cult outlandings: Enjoying an unscheduled stay in a desert [Safety; Off-Field Landings; Desert Soaring], page 20 Charles Fisher, Jr., Coping with dif®cult outlandings: Survival and survival kits [Cross- Country Soaring; Off-Field Landings; Safety], page 21 Harry V. Senn, Yes, Audrey, the 1-26 is a Diamond sailplane! [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-26; IAwards\Flights], page 23 Don Mitchell, The Mitchell Wing. 1. The designer's report [Homebuilding; Design; Con- struction; Sailplanes\Mitchell Wing], page 26 George D. Worthington, The Mitchell Wing. 2. A pilot's report [Sailplanes; Mitchell Wing], page 27 C. McNay, A homebuilt philosophy (Homebuilder's Hall) [Homebuilding], page 30 John S. Sinclair, Diamond in a Duster [Mountain Soaring; Awards\Flights; Sailplanes\Duster], page 32 R.H. Johnson, A ¯ight test evaluation of the Schweizer 1-35 [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-

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26; Test Flying], page 40 David Scott, (Potomac Pipeline, SSA in Action), page 45 P.A. Schweizer, Larry Lawrence (SSA in Action) [Obituaries], page 45 National Transportation Safety Board: accident investigations: Potomac Pipeline [Safety], page 45 M. Shoen, Dean McMillan (SSA in Action) [Obituaries], page 46 W.G. Hill, Dan Grupp (SSA in Action) [Obituaries], page 46 July Hannes Linke, Kestrel (Covers) [Cover; Sailplanes\Kestrel 17] Sandor A. Aldott, (Covers) [Cover] More on airport noise (Letter) [Noise], page 2 Bob Russell, Winching to beat the fuel crunch (Letter) [Launching\Winch], page 3 James L. Nash-Webber, Flutter speed, continued (Letter) [Aerodynamics], page 3 Benner dominates Smirnoff derby (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Smirnoff; People\], page 6 Out and return, distance Striedieck 1000-mile encore: SSA to action [Records\Flights], page 6 Geof Steele, Competing at the Hahnweide (SSA in Action) [Competitions; International\Germany], pages 7, Thomas Smith, Competing at the Hahnweide (SSA in Action) [Competitions], page 7 Tom Brandes killed in practice ¯ight (SSA in Action) [Safety], page 7 Safety bulletin for HP sailplanes (SSA in Action) [Sailplanes\HP; Safety], page 8 Ada Dankowska breaks record (SSA in Action) [Women; People\Ada Dankowska], page 9 ¯ights made (SSA in Action) [People\Ingo Renner; Techniques\Dynamic Soaring], page 9 World feminine singleplace distance record broken: SSA to action [Records\Flights], page 9 Doub Gaines, Less is more [Sailplanes\AS-W 17], page 10 John McMasters, Four questions on ultralights [Ultralights], page 14 Douglas Lamont, Flying the Cloudster as a sailplane [People\Dore J. Montes; Cloudster; Meteorology; Gliders], page 17 George J. Vakkur, Long ¯ights in the Appalachians [Techniques\Ridge Soaring; Meteorol- ogy], page 20 L. Sebald, NiCads are reliable [Safety; Instruments; Homebuilding], page 26 The christening of Nadia [Gliderports], page 30 C.J. Kelleher, Patrick the porcine pelican [Sailplanes\XLRA-1; People\Thomas Beltz], page 32 Gren Seibels, Region Five North Contest, Chester, South Carolina (SSA in Action) [People\Ben Greene; People\John Byrd; Competitions\Regional], page 35 Region Five North contest (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional; People\: Winner Standard Class], page 35 John Joss, "Illusions", Richard Bach (SSA in Action) [Literature], page 36 V. Saudek, Harland C. Ross (SSA in Action) [Obituaries], page 37 Walter Stander, Statistics on the empty weight of sailplanes (Homebuilder's Hall) [Con- struction of Gliders], page 41 Richard Sayer, A question of spins: Teaching Soaring [Techniques\Wave Soaring; Safety; Training], page 44 Habitual safety (Safety Corner) [Safety], page 46 August Lawrence M. Lansburgh, Nugget, Fremont, CA (Covers) [Cover] Fremont, California 2-32 (Covers) [Cover; Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 2-32; Sites\Fremont, California] The Mitchell Wing kit (Letter) [Mitchell Wing; Homebuilding; Gliders], page 2 The real noise culprit (Letter) [Noise], page 3

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Compressibility and density effects in ¯utter (Letter) [Aerodynamics], page 4 Coping with outlandings (Letter) [Off-Field Landings], page 5 Forrest Blossom, Executive director reports on trip (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America], page 6 (SSA in Action)No author or title, [Soaring Society of America], page 6 USAF "releases" airspace (SSA in Action) [Airspace], page 7 Ted Sharp, (Looking Backward, SSA in Action) [History\Soaring], page 8 Memorial fund established (SSA in Action) [People\Thomas Brandes], page 8 B. Ferguson, Region eight contest, Ephrata, Washington: SSA in action [Competitions\Regional], page 9 David Scott, (Potomac Pipeline, SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional; ], page 9 R. Ferguson, Winner, 15-meter class: region eight contest (SSA in action) [Competitions\Regional; People\Rudy Allemann], page 9 R. Ferguson, Winner, sports class, region eight contest (SSA in action) [Competitions\Regional; People\John Hammond], page 9 R.[B.?] Ferguson, Region eight contest, Ephrata, Washington (SSA in Action) [People\Dave Seward; Competitions\Regional; Ephrata, Washington], page 9 FAA meets on collision avoidance systems: Potomac Pipeline [Safety], page 9 Franklin K. (SSA in Action) [Obituaries], page 9 Hearings on ATC system: Potomac Pipeline [Legislation], page 9 Region eight contest, Ephrata, Washington (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional; People\Thomas M. Farr, Jr.], page 9 Connie Linke, 1977 Smirnoff Sailplane Derby [People\Al Lef¯er; People\; People\Ingo Renner; Competitions\Smirnoff; People\Wally Scott; People\George Moffat], page 12 D.J. Marsden, Two variable geometry sailplanes [Variable Geometry; Sailpaines\Gemini; Aerodynamics; Sailpaines\Pik-20], page 19 Gren Seibels, "Luck, be a lady" from A Gaggle of One [Literature], page 22 Ted Sharp, The myth of cheap soaring [Costs], page 27 Lens and pen - a potpourri [Photography], page 28 Richard H. Johnson, A ¯ight test evaluation of the AS-W 19 [Test Flying; Sailplanes\Schleicher\AS-W 19], page 30 Donald Slotten, I've got no strings [Youth; Sites\California; People\Terrence [L.?] Wong], page 33 Collision avoidance systems meeting: Potomac Pipeline [Federal Aviation Agency], page 33 Pemberton Drinker, Region one sports class contest (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional; Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-26], page 38 Don K. Wemple, Sports Class John Williams Memorial sports class meet, Elsinore, Cali- fornia (SSA in Action) [Sites\Elsinore, California; Competitions\1-26], page 39 P.W. Hanson, Flutter (Homebuilder's Hall) [Instruments; Aerodynamics], page 40 Stan Hall, (Homebuilder's Hall) [Homebuilding], page 40 No author or title, [Homebuilding], page 40 September George Uveges, Mitchell Wing; George Worthington: Bishop, CA (Covers) [Cover] Stephen Du Pont, Instruments - Altimeter In-¯lght altimeter setting without radio (Letter) [Instruments], page 3 Don Davis, Soaring poems (SSA in Action) [Literature], page 5 (SSA in Action)No author or title, [Soaring Society of America], page 5 National championship results (SSA in Action) [Competitions\National], page 5 Out-and-return record of®cial (SSA in Action) [Striedieck, Karl], page 5 Christopher Woods, "El Mirage", a new soaring ®lm (SSA in Action), page 6 Harry V. Senn, Stan Smith Wins ®nal Diamond award: (SSA in Action) [People\Stan Smith], page 6

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Altitude record disclaimer (SSA in Action) [People\Michael J. Field], page 7 Bill Ivans Claims US National Unlimited Class record (SSA in Action) [People\Bill Ivans], page 7 Claims US 15-meter distance record (SSA in Action) [People\Wally Scott], page 7 Scott & Ivans make new US record claims: SSA in action [Records\Flights], page 7 20th annual huit jours d'anger coupe d' Europe won by G. Moffat (SSA in Action) [Com- petitions], page 9 Moffat wins European championships (SSA in Action) [People\George Moffat], page 9 Operations manager appointed (SSA in Action) [People\John Dezzutti; Soaring Society of America], page 9 J.E Hutchinson, Region four contest: Fair®eld, PA: [Competitions\Regional], pages 11 9 L.A. Bonotaux, Robert Stanley (SSA in Action) [Obituaries], page 10 J.P. Hutchinson, Winner, 15-meter class, region four contest, Fair®eld, PA (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional; People\Thomas Beltz], page 11 J.P. Hutchinson, Winner: standard class, region four contest, Fair®eld, PA (SSA in-action) [Competitions\Regional; People\Thomas Smith], page 11 J.R. Hutchinson, Region four contest: Fair®eld, PA (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional; Sites\Fair®eld, Pennsylvania], page 11 Herb Mozer, 1977 standard class champion, page 12 Richard I. Divelbiss, 8th national standard class soaring championships, Ionia, Michigan [Sites\Ionia, Michigan], page 12 8th US national standard class soaring championships [Competitions\National; Sites\Ionia, Michigan], page 18 Kenneth Danielson, Flying the Mini-Nimbus [Sailpalnes\Schmempp-Hirth\Mini-Nimbus; Germany; Test Flying; Construction of Gliders], page 21 George Uveges, Out & return in an ultralight sailplane [Photography; Ultralights; Mitchell Wing], page 24 Douglas Lamont, Flights Beyond the chandeliers [Ultralights; People\George D. Worthing- ton; Mitchell Wing; California; Mountain Soaring; Cross-Country Soaring], page 26 Richard H. Johnson, Facts about ¯aps [Aerodynamics], page 31 Tom Knauff, ADV Lark East newsletter No. 1, page 32 Pennsylvania ADV Ridge Soaring: Lark East newsletter No. 1 [Sites], page 32 Edward P. Williams, Mexico Los planeadores de Mexico: Madre tierra [International\Mexico; Meteorology; Af®liates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 37 J. Price, Winner: Region ten sports class contest, Texas: (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional; People\Richard H. Johnson], page 42 John Price, Region ten sports class contest (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional; Sites\Texas], page 42 James Indrebo, Winner: 15-meter class, region eleven contest (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional; ], page 43 Paul Kelias, Winner: standard class, region eleven contest (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional], page 43 Ray Poquette, Winner, unlimited class, region eleven contest: SSA ln action [Competitions\Regional; ], page 43 Region eleven contest (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional], page 43 Winner: Region eleven contest sports class (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional; People\Sherb Klein], page 43 Mike Adams, Winner: region 12 contest, 15-meter class, El Mirage, CA (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional; ], page 44 Region 12 contest, El Mirage, CA (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional; El Mirage, California], page 44 Winner: CA region 12 contest. El Mirage: unlimited class (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional; People\Bill Ivans], page 44 Winner: standard class, Region 12 contest, EL Mirage, CA (SSA in Action)

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[Competitions\Regional; People\Dan Pierson], page 44 Gary Sunderland, The MOBA-2C, a design case history (Homebuilder's Hall) [Construc- tion; Design; Homebuilding], page 48 George D. Worthington, (Covers), page 48 Stan Hall, (Homebuilder's Hall) [Homebuilding], page 48 No author or title, [Homebuilding], page 48 No author or title, [Safety], page 53 Fiberglass catalyst eye hazard (Safety Corner) [Safety], page 53 G. Worthington, Mitchell Wing: Bishop, CA [California], page 55 October Laszlo Horvath, 2-33 Estrella Airport, Arizona (Covers) [Covers\Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 2-33; Sites\Estrella, Arizona] Stephen Du Pont, 123.3 - the yakking frequency? (Letter) [Radio], page 2 Bernald S. Smith, SSA group insurance update (SSA in Action) [Insurance\Sailplane], page 6 (SSA in Action)No author or title, [Soaring Society of America], page 6 Nominations due for regional directors (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America], page 6 A new Schleicher two-seater: AS-K 21 (SSA in Action) [Sailplanes\Schleicher\AS-K 21], page 7 Ted Sharp, (Looking Backward, SSA in Action) [History\Soaring], page 8 Carl Herold, "Sierra Sierra", by John Joss (SSA in Action) [Literature\Book Review], page 11 William B. Cleary, President's report (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America], page 12 Forrest Blossom, Reports Executive director reports (SSA in Action) [Soaring Society of America], page 13 Mike Moore, 12th North American 1-26 championships: Black Forest Gliderport, Colorado [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-26; Meteorology; People\Harry Senn; Competitions\1-26; Sites\Black Forest, Colorado], page 16 Thomas Vernor, Photography: 12th No. American 1-26 championships. Black Forest Gliderport, Colorado [Competitions\1-26], page 16 Photography: 12th No. American 1-26 championships. Black Forest Gliderport [Competitions\1-26; People\Hannah Duncan; Colorado], page 16 12th annual 1-26 North American championships. Black Forest Gliderport [Sailplanes\Schweizer\SGS 1-26; Colorado], page 20 Jack Lambie, Another small step [People\John Luttrell; People\Paul B. MacCready, Jr.; Human-Powered FlightGossamer Condor; Construction; Awards\Kremer; Aerodynam- ics], page 22 Alcide Santilli, 2nd US 15-Meter Championships, Hobbs, NM [Sites\Hobbs, New Mexico; Competitions\National; People\Karl Striedieck], page 31 Carl Herold, (Herold's Hearsay), page 40 November Sandor A. Aldott, Kestrel (Covers) [Cover; Sailplanes\Kestrel] First thermal ¯ight? (Letter) [History\Soaring], page 2 News from (Letter) [Af®liates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 3 Restricted airspace (Letter) [Airspace], page 3 I. Kramar, Women's 3rd international gliding competition, Oerlinghausen Flugplatz, West Germany (SSA in Action) [Women; International\Germany], pages 6,8 (SSA in Action)No author or title, [Soaring Society of America], page 7 Irene Kramar, Pelagia Majewska, Women's 3rd international gliding competition, Oer- linghausen Flugplatz, West Germany (SSA in Action) [International\Oerlinghausen, Germany; Women; Competitions], page 8 New Rocky Mt. wave site (SSA in Action) [Sites], page 8

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E.J. Reeves, Honored: SSA to action, page 10 K. Grey, Winner, standard class, south region ®ve contest: SSA in action [Competitions\Regional; People\Chip Bearden], page 12 R. Grey, South region ®ve contest, Cordele, Georgia: SSA in action [Competitions\Regional; Georgia], page 12 R. Grey, Winner, 15-meter class, south region ®ve contest: SSA in action [Competitions\Regional; People\John Byrd], page 12 Robert Grey, South region ®ve contest, Cordele, Georgia (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional], page 12 T. and R. Peterman, Winner: unlimited class, region ten contest (SSA in action) [Competitions\Regional; People\Paul Elliott], page 12 Tommye and Russ Peterman, Bill Snead: Winner, standard class, region ten contest (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional; ], page 12 Tommye and Russ Peterman, Region ten contest, Georgetown, Texas (SSA in Action) [Sites\Texas; Competitions\Regional], page 12 Val Brain, (The SSA goes to Washington), page 16 William Wells, Calibrating total energy tubes [Instruments], page 18 Geza G. Szurovy, Jr., Soaring clubs and training in Hungary [Training; International\Hungary; Af®liates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 20 Lisa Junod, 44th US National unlimited class soaring championship, Caddo Mills, Texas [People\Richard Butler; Competitions\National; Sites\Texas], page 24 44th US National unlimited class soaring championships, Caddo Mills, Texas [Competitions\National], page 32 Fred Robinson, Economics of a small gliding school [Commercial Operators; Training; Economics], page 34 Richard H. Johnson, Flight test evaluation of the Glas¯ugel 604 modi®cations [Test Flying; Sailplanes\Glas¯ugel 604], page 36 Stan Hall, (Homebuilder's Hall) [Homebuilding], page 45 Balancing act (Homebuilder's Hall) [Homebuilding; Design], page 45 Shelley Hoose, (Accent on clubs) [Af®liates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 50 Don't forget the rudder (Safety Corner) [Safety], page 52 December Bishop, CA (Covers) [Cover] Frequencies are reserved (Letter) [Radio Communications], page 3 Women pilots (Letter) [Women], page 3 (SSA in Action)No author or title, [Soaring Society of America], page 5 Richard H. Johnson Awarded Paul Tissander Diploma (SSA in Action) [Awards\Tissander; People\Richard H. Johnson], page 7 Ted Sharp, (Looking Backward, SSA in Action) [History\Soaring], page 10 Donald Slotten, "Oral test guide for glider pilots" by Charles T. McKinnie (SSA in Action) [Literature; Mountain Soaring], page 11 David Scott, (Potomac Pipeline, SSA in Action), page 12 F. Herbert, Wodi Harro (SSA in Action) [Obituaries], page 12 Alcohol & ¯ying: Potomac Pipeline [Federal Aviation Agency], page 12 Arthur E. Hurst, Winner: region one championships (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional], page 13 New York Harris Hill: Region three contest (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional], page 13 Region one contest (SSA in Action) [Competitions\Regional], page 13 Region nine contest (SSA in Action) [Competitions\1-26], page 14 Winner, unlimited class. Region nine contest (SSA in Action) [People\John Ryan], page 14 Winner region nine contest standard class (SSA in Action) [People\Tigger Hall], page 14 Winner: region nine contest 15-meter class (SSA in Action) [People\Billy Hill], page 14 Liam D. English, NSM construction begins [Archives and Museums], page 16

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Peter Benziger, Bird glide ratios [Aerodynamics; Birds], page 19 Horst Haneke, Soaring in Puerto Rico [Sites\Puerto Rico; Sailplanes\K-8; Launching\Aerotow], page 24 J. McMasters, Ultralight survey results [Ultralights; Gliders], page 27 New Swiss production ultralight [International\Switzerland; Sailplanes\Canard - 2¯], page 28 DYAD 280 - a self-launch engine [Landing Gear], page 31 Nick Pocock and I.C. West, Fourscore and more [Training], page 37 Richard H. Johnson, Flight test evaluation of the Mini-Nimbus [Sailplanes\Schempp- Hirth\Mini-Nimbus; Test Flying], page 40 Phillip Wills and E.[R.?] Rodwell, Sharing airspace the British way [International\Great Britain; Airspace], page 44 John Sinclair, John Sinclair's ®berglass seat (Homebuilder's Hall) [Homebuilding], page 46 John Joss, Variometer failure (Safety Corner) [Instruments\Variometers; Safety], page 48 Robert R. Rodwell, Sharing airspace the British way [International\Great Britain; Air- space], page 49 Shelley Hoose, (Accent on clubs) [Af®liates, Chapters, and Clubs], page 50

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