Soaring Magazine Index for 1977/1977 organized by issue The contents have all been re-entered by hand, so there are going to be typos and confusion between author and subject, etc... Please send along any corrections and suggestions for improvement. 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 gliding 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) Last updated on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 at 20:04 Soaring Magazine Index for 1977/1977 organized by issue - 2 - [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 Last updated on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 at 20:04 Soaring Magazine Index for 1977/1977 organized by issue - 3 - 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