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Flying with Eagles 15 Jan 2000. by Jim Culp (6k)

An Adventure indeed 20 Nov 1999. by Jim Culp (6k)

Cap Clouds 23 June 1999. by Jim Culp (7k)

On the Virtues of an Older Ship, Ariel 12 June 1999. by Jim Culp (20k)

GPS in Soaring 26 Dec 1996. rec.aviation.soaring thread on GPS. (35k)

1996 Air Sailing Sports Class Contest by Pam Sutton. (7k)

The Appeal of Cordele The Appeal of Cordele - impressions of the 1996 Region 5 South Soaring Championships in Cordele, GA by Rand Baldwin. (10k)

To Pee Or Not To Pee - No Question About It 13 Feb 1996. By Iris M/Karl H Striedieck. (11k)

Youngest Silver-Badger sets record number of glider solos 10 Nov 1995. Youngest Silver-Badger sets record number of glider solos. By John H. Campbell. (3.5k)

The Hatcher Trophy Description of the Hatcher Trophy, The SSA's most prestigious competition award. (3786 bytes)

So you want to buy a fiberglass sailplane? By Aland Adams, published in Soaring, May 1991.

Learning to Soar Article by Steven H. Philipson (18k)

The 1-26 from A to E (by Jim Foreman) This article gives basic information about the different models of 1-26's (3880 bytes)

The development of the 1-26. By Paul Schweizer (6213 bytes)

Grow Old With Me. By Robert Duncan (9631 bytes)

Discussion of flying High performance vs low performance gliders. This is a summary of the rec.aviation.soaring discussion. (36543 bytes)

A Pilot's View of Soaring Montana! By Aland Adams, published in Soaring, May 1994.

So you want to buy a fiberglass sailplane? By Aland Adams, published in Soaring, May 1991.

Instructors Corner Three articles from the "Instructors Corner" of the Caesar Creek Soaring Club newsletter. By Jim Hurst. The articles are on Soloing, Landing, and "Stick & Rudder" (8936 bytes)

The Biography of Rudolph Kaiser, of the Ka-* sailplanes. By Peter F. Selinger (4330 bytes)

Two feathers up Short article about a Schweizer 1-20 written by Roger Gomoll (3946 bytes)

The dust devil dash in a TG-2 TG-2 Flight during 1991 Dust Devil Dash. By Jeff Byard (13500 bytes)

Ultraviolet radiation hazard Text of article about the dangers of Ultra violet radition for pilots by Guy Byars. The article originaly appeared in Sport Aviation. (12186 bytes)

Vintage Sailplane Awards. A description and a list of the recipients from 1980-1992 (1994 bytes)

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