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ciety of America held one of their semiannual meetings on July 9th in Adrian, Michigan, at the close of the National Soaring Champion­ships. Minutes of the meeting have been published and distributed to all Directors. SSA members may obtain a copy of the minutes upon request to SSA. Actions taken at the meeting which might be of general interest are summarized below.

Since no acceptable letters of in­tent to bid for the 1966 Nationals had been received, bidding was opened up to the whole U.S., as

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Disposition of the Society's Fau­vette sailplane was reviewed. After attempting to sell it by sealed bids of $3000 or more and receiving no bids, the Executive Committee in­structed the Executive Secretary to try and sell it for $3000. It was sub­sequently sold to Peter M. Peter­sen, Jr., and Mrs. Rose Marie Licher.

The SSA officers for the calendar year 1966 were elected, as follows ( "indicates re-elected) :

President -J olm D. Ryan" V-P (East)-Ben Greene" V-P (West )-Sterling V. Starr Secretary-Tom Page" Treasurer-Ted Sharp"

Five Directors-at-Large elected for 1966 were Tom Page, Harner Sle­vidge, Ted Sharp, Sterling Starr and Floyd Sweet. Marshall Claybourn was selected as a standby Director­at-Large, to take office if Starr is re­elected as a Regional Director.

The next Directors' meeting was scheduled for January 22-23, 1966, in Dallas, Texas. -L.L.

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AI Hastings. first U.S. Soaring Champion. Dies

Albert E . Hastings, first U.S. Na­tional Soaring Champion, died in EI Paso, Texas, on August 17th, at the age of 63 after a long illness. He won the first Championship in 1930 at Elmira, New York, and re­peated the achievement the follow­ing year. Later he was active in the military glider training program in World War II. In recent years he

was a salesman and area represen­tative for a nationally known ar­tists' school.

Hastings assisted in organizing the EI Paso Soaring Assn. after visiting the 1960 Nationals at Odessa, Texas, and subsequently maintained an interest in soaring and membership in SSA. He is sur­vived by his widow, Mildred, of E I Paso , a son in the Air Force, a married daughter and seven grand-children. -LL.

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The Humb le Mai lin9 SSA was remiss in not advising its

members that the Humble Oil & Refining Co. would be offering them an opportunity to apply for a Humble credit card. SSA cooper­ated with Humble in this regard so as to provide its members with one more possible benefit, namely a chance to obtain a one-year gaso­line credit card without having to have an established credit rating. Since most members have cars and could, potentially, supplement their existing credit card(s), if any, with another, to their advantage, it is hoped that not too many members misinterpreted the intent and origin of the mailing. Acting on the mail­ing is optional with each member but support of organizations that support SSA can be thought to be in the interest o f all members .

-L.L.

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length of time it takes Soaring to reach them, the August issue was mailed o n July 30th. At press time it appears that this issue, for Sep­tember, will be mailed on Septem­ber 10th.

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Beebe Wi ns Weste rn Regi o n a l Champio n ships

Bruce Beebe, an architect from San Francisco, Calif. , became the 1965 Western Regional Soaring Champion when he edged out a highly competitive field of contest­ants at Minden, Nevada, on the last day of the seven-day Champion­ships. Flying the Polish Foka sail­plane he had acquired to fly in the recent Nationals, Bruce earned 5537 points over the six contest days. Only three points behind was Ed McCalanahan of Richland, Wash. , flying a Schweizer 1 -23H.

The 19 entrants flew a total of 16,467 miles during the contest, in­cluding six flights of over 300 miles. Winning race-task speeds were over 50 mph. Needless to say, the soar­ing was excellent and the pilots has a good workout. It is expected that a full account of the Cham­pionships will appear in the next is-sue of Soc1'ing. -L.L.

H istorical Plea The formation o f a n S S A Histori­

cal Archives is long overdue. The importance of such an Archives cannot be overstressed. We're ask­ing for donations (fully tax deducti­ble-you establish the value) of books, magazin es, papers and ANY­THING else pertaining to the early (or recent!) history of U . S . (or In­tern a tional) soaring.

If you're loathe to part with said items (who isn't!?), n eed the money or aren't in the 70 % tax bracket, it's possible the SSA could buy cer­tain valuable material (at a reason­able price, of course! ) .

Please contact the SSA Public Information Committee Chairman , Dale S. May, 608 S . Can Dota, Mt. Prospect, Illinois 60057, with your offers-or better yet, just pack up your entire attic an d ship it to him (you'll get an SSA receipt). He's of­fered to store all items until an Archives building can be estab-lished. PLEA-se. -D.M .

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Soaring The Jo u rnal of The Soaring Society of Ame rica. Inc.

SSA is a D ivision of the N a t i o n a l Aeronautic Assn.

Vol . 29 Septembe r. 1 965 No. 9

Lloyd L iche r - Acting E d itor

CONTENTS SSA Dire ctors' Meeti n g........................................... 2

In M e m oriam - Alex Dawyd off. . ........................ .

32nd An n u a l U .S . Nationa l Soaring Cham pionships .................... . 7

............ by Tom Page a n d Roy R. Wi n n 10

Soar i ng's New Ed itor, Richard N. M i l ler .... 18

Lo ng Soaring Fl ig hts ................. . 18

Clu b News, School News .... . .................. Ed ited by Bob Ful ler 20

Kl e m p erer Fund Co ntributors ............ . . ............ 21

Ca n a d i a n News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . Ed ited by Dave Ki ng 22

Book Reviews (" Soaring Internationa l Yea r Book-1965," a n d "S i r Ge orge Cayley's Ae rona utics" ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 23

F.A.1. B a d g es for Soaring. . . . . . . . . . 24

Ca l e n d a r of Eve nts ...... . . ............... 25

Cla ssified Advertis ing 26

Rad i o Rules Cha nged ................... . 28

Cov e r photo: Th e mood of th e Nati o na l s is cau ght in this scene of th e take-off li ne at A rdia n, Mi ch., i n this y ear' s Cha m pi o n shi ps. In the f o r e g rou nd, J. C. "Red" W ri ght i s stra p ped i n. awaiti n g a tow in hi s Sisu IA which fli e s the fla g of th e L o n e Sta r state. Beyo nd, a Waco UPF-7 towpla n e pu l l s up in front of Sta n S mith in his S chweiz e r 1 -2 1 , who i s itchi n g to hav e a go at th e day's task as ea rly cu mu l!!s c loud s dot 1 he sky. Photo by S. A. Aldott

(a l l ri ghts reserved) .

$5 wi l l be paid for a ny p icture submitted if used for the cover.

Materia l pu bl ish e d i n Soar ing magazi n e i s contr ibuted by i ndividua l s for th e readi n g p l easure of soa r i n g e nthusiasts. Any o n e i s i nvited to contr ibute a rt ic les o r re ports o n soa ri n g activities. Mate ria l wi l l be acknowl ed g e d whe n possi b l e but n o gua ra ntee ca n be mad e that it w i l l be retu r n e d . A se lf-add ressed envel o p e shou l d be e n closed if th e mat e ria l i s to be retu r n ed .

Soaring magazine is t h e publication of The Soaring Society o f America, Inc . , editorial office and address of the Society : P .O. Box 6607 1 , Los Angeles, Calif. 90066 ( Room 9, 3200 Airport Ave ., Santa Monica, Calif. 90405 ) . Telephone ( 2 13 ) 398-9894. Soaring is published monthly. Second-class postage paid at Los Angeles, California. Subscriptions to individuals in the United States only if SSA members ( on an optional basis ) at $3/yr. Membership in The Soaring Society of America, Inc., is open to any­one interested in the art, the science or the sport of motorless flight. Annual dues : Member, $10 ; Family Member ( Member status for any person in same family and household of a voting member ) , $5; Associate, $3; Student Member ( enrolled full­time in academic school ) , $1; Sponsoring Member, $50 ( includes free subscription to Soaring); and Industrial Member, $50 ( includes free subscription to Soaring). Life Member fee, $200 ( may be four $50 quarterly payments ; includes free subscription to Soaring). Subscription price, $5 ( in the U.S., available only to libraries and institu­tions ) . Soaring magazine is printed by Parker & Son, Inc., 24 1 E . 4th St., Los Angeles, Calif. 900 13.

Circulation of the August, 1965, issue was 5002.

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IN MEMORIAM

ALEX DAWYDOFF It is with regret that we must re­

port the death of Alex Dawydoff, Editor of Soaring magazine, who passed away on August 1st as the result of a heart ailment. He was 61 and had been active in his work until just a few days before the end. All who knew and worked with him will feel his loss.

Alex came to Soaring in April of 1964 after a distinguished career of aviation journalism. He began edit­ing SSA's magazine with the June issue that year and steadily in­creased its quality and promptness, as evidenced by the numerous letters of praise received by SSA from its members.

Born in Russia in 1903, Alex came to the United States with his mother and sister in 1921. He later attended Alma College in Alma, Mich., and Columbia University in New York City.

His interest in aviation began as a child, since his father was one of the Directors of Anatra, an aircraft manufacturing firm. In 1925 he joined the Sikorsky Aviation Co., then building the twin-engine S-29 at Roosevelt Field, Long Island. This was followed by an interlude with a brokerage office on Wall Street, after which, in 1928, he became a salesman for a newly­founded aviation firm, Air Associ­ates, Inc. In that year he was per­suaded by J. c. Penny, Jr., to try gliding. Penny had imported sev­eral German instructors and glid­ers which were operated on Cape Cod, Mass. With some powerplane experience, Alex was skeptical of the gliders at first but, after ex­posure to the primaries, he was so fascinated that from then on he became a staunch enthusiast.

Alex's further exposure to gliding was with Hawley Bowlus who in­terested a Flushing, N.Y., flying service in starting a school using Bowlus training gliders. Hawlev checked Alex out as an instructor for this operation which used auto-

O p posite: P a u l P a l l m e r of Ri c h l a nd, Wa s h­ington, exercis i n g his n e w P r u e S u per Sta n d ­a rd sail p l a n e. Of .a l l-meta l c o n stru ctio n . s hip is u n painted (a testi m o n i a l to Irvinq Prue's s u p e r b crafts m a n s h i p) exc e pt for fib e r g l a s s

n o s e co n e , wing fa i r i n g a n d t a i l c o n e .

Photo b y Robert Lee Moore

SEPTEMBER . . . 1965

tow launches. It was here that he suffered his first and only serious accident when an elevator control turnbuckle failed at an altitude of 150 feet. After a year in the hospi­tal he was left with a permanently stiff leg and limp. Nevertheless he could still fly, and did so into his later years.

Alex then turned to a career of writing and was hired as technical editor of Air Tt'ails magazine. Here he began the first column on glid­ing ever to appear in an aviation magazine. It was well received and inspired numerous readers to take up the activity. His writing and soaring as a member of the Air­hoppers Gliding and Soaring Club resulted in his meeting and becom­ing friends with many famous per­sonages in soaring, which he con­sidered one of his brightest experi­ences.

Except for two war years work­ing in the T-2 section of the USAAF, and one year spent rede­signing the Kirby Cadet glider for a proposed N.Y. State Aviation Vo­cational Training Program, Alex was with Air Trails and its sister publication, Air Progress, until 1956. He then joined the staff of Flying magazine where he became managing Editor before taking the job as Editor of Soaring in 1964.

As an outside interest he helped form the Gliding and Soaring Serv­ice, Inc., in Sanford, Fla., in 1945, the first VA-approved glider train-

ing school. Steven and Ginny Ben­nis ran the school while Alex served as Treasurer from his New York of­fice. Later he and Don Lawrence formed the Metropolitan Soaring Assn. at the Wurtsboro, N.Y., Air­port with two P-R's and a PT-17 tug. It was subsequently merged with the Airhoppers to become the well-known M.A.S.A., which spawned Sail Flights, Inc., to oper­ate all the flying equipment. Alex served as president of M.A.S.A. and an officer of Sail Flights for many vears. , In 1953 Alex wrote the book "Air­planes of the World" together with illustrator Douglas Rolfe. After nu­merous editions and revision it has remained popular to this day. His dedication to avaiation earned him a respected reputation as a store­house of aeronautical knowledge, some of which he has bequeathed to mankind in his work.

Alex was single and is survived by his sister, Mrs. Lili Gubbins of Los Angeles, and an aunt with whom he lived, Miss Natalie Osti­noff.

Alex Dawyd off, l eft, as he a p p ea red with

George Uveg e s onad a y at

EI M i r a g e Fie l d .

Photo by Paul Heasley

EULOGY TO ALEX Given at his funeral

by GILL ROBB WILSON (Introduction: Reading from the

Book of Revelations 21:1-7 and Psalms 23:1-6.)

The turnings and windings of life are strange. Little did I ever think to stand here beside an old com­rade, far away from the scenes of our bovhood and our activities. But there is no geography in friendship, and the sky is the universal canopy which is over all of us who have

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loved it. And so, perhaps it is most appropriate and fitting that Alex, who contributed so much, but who was so unostentatious, so simple and so gentle, should feel that it is well that he rests here in the minds and hearts of those of us who rep­resent what he represented.

I have been thinking about him much since I learned the news of his passing. Not too many people have made any great impression upon my life. He is one of the hand­ful; and I don't think it was because we shared so much technology or worked together, so much as it W 1S

that he was a great thoroughbred. I never needed to doubt what his reaction would be to the false or to the tottering. I always knew where he would stand, what he would be­lieve. I suppose neither one of us were what you would call deeply religious and yet we had spent hours examining the icons that each of us had, discussing the source of life. Things that were seemingly far away from the wind and sun, and the quiet flight that he loved so much. So I think it was that gentility in the midst of so much that was rough and ready. I think it was the little winds that played in his heart that made me so utterly devoted to him so much. In all the years, I never heard anyone say an unkind word about Alex Dawydoff. 'What an obituary, what an ambi­tion that would be if each of us could start and fulfill a life like that! And as the news of his passing goes out across the land and comes to the attention of airmen every­where, here and over the seas, I'm sure there will be a lot of regret but at the same time a flood of thank­fulness that they knew him and that their paths had crossed. May his soul rest in the peace that he sym-

bolized by the gentility of his spirit, the freedom of his mind, in dedica­tion of his heart. I hope when I am' gone there will be someone to stand and say that I am something like Alex Dawydoff. Just a little, and I will be content.

(Conclusion: The Lord's Prayer.)

REMEMBERING ALEX by WILLIAM VVINTER

I was a long-time associate of Alex from roughly mid-1936 until the recent past. He had worked un­der me, and I had worked under him. We had been together on sev­eral publications for some fairly long terms and, both as work and for pleasure, had flown together in numerous aircraft.

In all that time, one can get to know a man very well and to ad­mire a good man like Alex with a deep respect and a degree of fond­ness-which so many others also must hold for him.

Alex was a very special person in countless ways and a very rare in­dividual-I should score individual for he was refreshingly unique, charming, serious and humorous­with a rather wry humor, keenly understanding of human nature, a fine companion, outspoken (but po­litely reserved when proper), impa­tient of pretense, and, if I leave out a thousand other things, I am sure beloved by all who knew him and worked with him.

To me, Alex was a man whose respect you valued and this was always enough to make an associ­ate realize he must always toe the mark.

The brief mentions of what he has done read quickly, but know­ing from first-hand experince the infinite number of things involved

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in those experiences, many of us could write on for many, many pages, what he had really done.

It is altogether true and fitting to say that a big chunk has been taken out of life with the passing of this lovable and capable man, whose life was dedicated to the air­plane, and a gentleman who most definitely was Class in the fullest possible sense of the word.

Sailplane Certification Procedures Up for Review

The officers of SSA have recently learned that FAA is in the process of considering changes to the certi­fication procedures and require­ments as presently outlined in the Glider Criteria Handbook. These changes would undoubtedly encom­pass ne,v approaches to engineer­ing, structures, aerodynamics, sta­bility and all other elements incor­porated in future sailplane and glider designs. Flutter, gust load­ings and safety considerations such as cockpit strength may also be changed. An attempt is being made to coordinate current SSA thinking along these lines (and others which may be applicable in design consid­eration) in order that we may pre­sent these to FAA at the Washing­ton level.

SSA members who have specific recommendations should forward them to the SSA President, John D. Ryan, P.O. Box 16006, Phoenix, Ari­zona 85011, with a copy to Donald Mosher, SSA Governmental Hllles and Regulations Committee, Box 18, Savoy, Illinois. It is expecte(l that these inputs will be collated and packaged into a recommended program for presentation to FAA sometime later this fall. Don't delay!

-J.R.

Team Fund Contributors Names of persons and organiza­

tions who have made contributions to SSA for the purpose of sendin� the n.S. Team to the World Soar­ing Championships, since the last listing and through August 26th, are as f(\llows:

Donald W. Aitken, Ir. Walter S. Crowell

D wight "Ed" Cummings Thomas E. Daniel

Franklin D. Kaufman �Ietropolitan Airhoppers Soaring Assn. ,

in memory of D o n Lawrence New England Soaring Assn.

Pat Page Arthur R. Shanley Clarence J. Stein

Total contributed to date: $10,659.

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32nd ANNUAL U.S. NATIONAL SOARING CHAMPIONSHIPS

by TOM PAGE, Chief Scorer, and Hoy It. WINN, Editor of the Nationals Daily Newsletters

Sanctioned by The Soaring Society of America, Inc.

The largest U.S. national contest outnumber the 1947 Nationals at is the Adrian, Michigan, Soaring Wichita Falls but the remarkable Club's 1965 reward for renewing performance qualities of men and their outvoted bid of 1964. In machines would have made one sportsmanship, in contest adminis- 1947 duffer think he were dream-tration, and in facilities the Adri- ing if he had not participated in the an community wins a high score 18 intervening years of develop-from American soaring. Commu- ment. nity, Club and the State of Michi- Midwestern weather provided a gan contributed to the successful full sample of challenges so that contest. neither "lead sleds" nor "floaters"

After seven closely-fought con- could dominate the tasks. Only test days Hans-Werner Grosse of one task was deliberately chosen Lubeck, Germany, emerged as top with the probability that very few pilot and OSTIV Standard Class or none would complete it. On most Champion in a Schleicher Ka-6E. days a slight improvement over His total score of 6258 separated forecast, plus remarkable flying by him by only 17 points from second- the serious pilots, brought enough place Dean Svec of Bedford, Ohio, around the course to contribute to in a Sisu lA who became U.S. Na- separation of scores both among the tional Champion. George B. Moffat, hard contenders and between them Jr., of Elizabeth, New Jersey, after and the gentlemen duffers. In fact, leading in total points for six days Claybourn and his colleagues had in an Austria SH-l, slipped nine met the championship require-poiuts below Svec into third place ments of the rules in the minimum OIl the last day. John Firth, an Eng- time-four days. In the following lish pilot now living in Montreal, days the premiums on consistency flew his Austria SH-l to fourth and the penalties for inconsitency, place. Paul Bikle's consistent per- which are desirable features of fine formances in a Prue Standard competition, began to accumulate earned fifth.

Not only did the sheer scale of The SSA Team

competition - 69 entrants - finally It was downright friendly of the

Wally Scott circles over the Adrian airport on a practice flight. Landing places were not difficult to find in Michigan, but high grain led to many ground-loops.

Photo by S. A. Aldott (all rights reserved)

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Federal Aviation Agency to send Marshall Claybourn from Okla­homa City to Adrian on temporary duty. This meant a Competition Di­rector who had studied under the legendary E. J. Heeves, managed the 1961 contest at Wichita, and di­rected the 1963 competition at El­mira. Dr. Francis P. Bundy of Sco­tia, New York, another Elmira task­setting veteran, served on the Con­test Committee (and crewed for a competitive son-in-law, name of Moffat). Dean Fleming, president of the Adrian Soaring Club, added the intimate knowledge of a top area pilot to task selection (while doubling at the timer's gate or con­test headquarters). Marshall often helped man the timer's stand when business was good, or the tele­phones when the landing reports got heavy. His wife Bettye also lent an experienced hand in headquar­ters.

Chief Scorer was Tom Page of Urbana, Illinois, a survivor of Ed Butts' task committee at McCook (also doubling as take-off line pusher), aided by his wife Barbara. The wee hours were routine for this pair.

The near-legendary James L. Hhine of Tulsa was Chief Timer again-again aided by his wife Gerry. When a gaggle of ships came through the starting gate at once, the pilots could count on an experienced gaggle-hacker. Gerry also doubled on the telephones when pilots and crews were report­ing.

In each recent contest the SSA teams have reduced a large part of their experience to written instruc­tions, forms, and procedures, now incorporated in a kit which is re­vised and updated for the next con­test. This has reduced reliance on Murphy's Law: "If anything can go wrong, it will."

The Host Team

The key to a successful contest is one man who knows how to un­lock the energies of the dozens of others it takes to stage the show. At Adrian this was Werner E. Som­mer, Contest Manager, airport manager, city engineer, energetic Adrian Club member, soaring pilot, and general hole-plugger. The scale of community effort at Adrian, it is safe to say, was larger and more va­ried than at any recent national soaring contest.

First, the contest was granted a virtual monopoly on the Adrian

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Municipal Airport, with a tempo­rary FAA tower to shoo away the stinkpots when shooing was re­quired. The airport area was wholly adequate to the contest needs with only minor ground traffic adjust­ments. Surrounding terrain was friendly-also the natives.

Housing at Adrian College, with breakfast, was pleasant and eco­nomical for pilots, crews and fami­lies. Camping on the field near the sailplane and trailer tiedown area was used by several teams. Motels had their share.

The headquarters, commanded on an overtime basis by Jo Ann Fleming and a succession of other volunteers, had an airport-wide public address system to help com­munications. One special telephone for pilot reports and three lines for crew calls meant a minimum of delay in pilot-to-crew contact. The fact that Richard Henemyer, chair­man of the local contest committe, is local manager for General Tele­phone, helped in many other ways, too.

The Adrian Area Chamber of Commerce gave energetic support to the contest, guided by its presi­dent, Clyne Durst. Chuck Wise, the secretary of the Chamber, worked early and late on logistics and pub­lications, especially during the wee hours in which newsletters and daily scores went to press.

Roy R. Winn of the Vultures Soaring Club, Detroit, volunteered for the entire period as newsletter editor. His daily contest newsletters were available at the next days' pi­lot meeting along with the daily scores. The Chamber of Commerce staff also put these in the mail daily to the soaring fraternity with the ink barely dry. Roy Winn's thor­ough reporting made the compila­tion of the contest story for Soa1"­ing easy.

Far more extensive press cover­age of this National Championship than any previous one was the work of Ward Mayrand, loaned to the contest by the Michigan Depart­ment of Aeronautics. He knew the territory and he knew the media. Every night the local and metro­politan media and the press services got the daily results, as did home­�own papers of the top ten pilots for the day. Regional and national television covered the meet. A color film and sound recording of the contest was made for later com­mercial release.

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Photo by George U veges

Comfo rt a b l e a n d s p a c i o u s a c c o m m o d at ions were prov ided for the d a i l y p i l ots ' m e eti n g in the a u d itori u m of a loca l s c h o o l . As u s u a l these m e eti n g s were w e l l a H e n d e d .

O n e Big Dress Rehearsal

When H. ( for what? ) Marshall Claybourn greeted the 0900 pilot meeting at dress rehearsal on Mon­day, June 28th, it was clear that an old contest hand was in charge. Pilot meetings were held in the gymnasium of Prairie Elementary School, one-half mile from the air­port. On an elevated stage, cur­tained until the task was an­nounced, was a large, specially-pre­pared blackboard, designed by A. J. Smith. Duplicate mimeographed blanks for the same data were given to the pilots. Task, turnpoints, open times, traffic and timing pat­terns, and basic weather data could be copied from the board while yesterday's winner was lying about his good luck.

Weather analysis was equally taut and knowledgeable throughout the contest. Charles Chappel of the Kansas City office of the U.S. Weather Bureau understudied at McCook last year and was able to anticipate mos!" questions. He in turn was understudied by Howard Smith. Two weather circuits clat­tered away in a trailer on the field. The American soaring movement is grateful that th e Weather Bureau gives effective support to our weather needs by detailing a pair of its ablest yOl l'lg forecasters to the ('ontest.

Briefing for the day's operation by Werner Sommer, the Contest �anager, was so clear an d concise that it was hard for newcomers to believe that there wasn't some silly question that ('ould be asked. A few tried it until they found that Clay­bourn had all the short answers.

Pictures of turnpoints with panel locations were displ ayed for a c loser look by pilots. The 0700 weather chart, with expected changes, wa� also available. The formal seSSIOns rarelv ran over the :3U-minute goal set by Claybourn­"Good morning ( click-click-click ) , see you on the flight line." It was not a social hour.

Participants began to realize that this premier for Adrian was one big dress rehearsal for future bids as a major U.S. soaring center.

L a u n c h i n g R ecords

On the operations side new rec­ords were set. On the second day 66 ships were launched in 67 min­utes. As if this wasn't good enough, on the final day 65 were launched in 48 minutes with "7.6" towplanes. Credit for this level of operational efficiency goes to Rudy Wolf, Chief Starter, and Lauren Hammond Chief Tow Pilot. A few old-tim� tow pilots had to be reminded that some of today's sailplanes stall at higher speeds than towplanes and that the contestants would rather be towed than dangled to 2000 feet.

Everyone spoke the same opera­tions safety language because the standard signals from the Ame1"ican Soaring Handbook had been illus­trated on a cartoon sheet included in the pilots' kits. The signal sheets are now available as SSA Item #36, 10 for 30 cents.

Opening Cerem o n y

A colorful display of national and state flags served as backdrop for the opening ceremony addressed by Governor George Romney on June 29th. Then the Governor ran the

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Photo by s. A. A ldott ( a l l r ig hts reserved ) Ma rsha l l Claybou r n , S S A C o m p etit ion Di­rector for th e Nati o na l s , ea r n ed hi gh p raise from the pi lots for his exce l l e n c e i n th at

positi o n .

wingtip for a ceremonial tow. May­or Walter Bohn of Adrian made the introduction and participated in other social events of the contest, The Director of the Michigan De­partment of Aeronautics, James Ramsey, participated in both the opening and closing festivities.

J u n e 29 - Fi rst Contest Day With possible weather deteriora­

tion to scattered thunderstorms by evening but with a predicted .5 cumulus cover with bases at 5000 feet by mid-afternoon, the first dis­tance task was assigned-a 153-mile goal and return to Lima, Ohio, Air­port, plus distance along a fixed course through Williams County Airport at Bryan, Ohio, from Ad­rian. The sky cover increased to overcast by 1500 an d thermal strength was weak at best. Pi lots who struggled and came down after short 50-mile shots, including Grosse and Schreder, could not profitably rush back and take -.sec­ond launches. The first run at Lima claimed six and only 13

rounded the turn. None returned to Adrian . George Moffat made 130 miles count for 1000 points. Wally Scott used 114 miles for second and 876 points, and Ben Greene 112 for 862. Mozer, Firth, Svec and Bikle also made more than 98 miles to start the high point group over 750.

Three ships were damaged-two in landing, one totally-but with no injuries . The two with minor dam­age returned to competition on the third day.

Notably missing from the contest, of course, were seven-time Cham­pion Dick Johnson and A. J . Smith, both recently back from the Inter­nationals . A.J . 's Sisu was damaged in England and was, sa dly, not ready for a contest in A.J . 's home territory.

J u n e 30 - Second Contest Day Light precipitation had been ab­

sorbed overnight. A morning stra­tus left from a light fron tai passage and the prediction of light thermals to near 6000 feet with li ght north­erly breeze suggested moderate free distance possibilities to the committee . The 66 competitors were launched in 67 minutes into improving conditions. After five "relights" everyone disappeared to the south. Book began to be made on the chance of a rest day, if someone should make over 200 miles . Coapman and Schweizer trailered back in for relights, Schweizer's just before the line closed at 1709; they made 189 and 87 miles, respectively.

Some of the first pilot reports hinted that conditions had im­proved greatly. By 2100 a great arc of 90 degrees from West Virgin ia to the southeast through Kr::n tucky to I llinois in th e sou lhwest was filled with pinpoints on the scoring chart -25 over 200 miles, and seven of these over 250 miles.

" . . . yesterday 300 mi l e s , over 600 o n the free d i sta nce day. Frank ly I hope it rai n s ! " Photo b y George Uveges

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Dale M ay "blundered along," he said, in his Sisu 272.8 miles to the Louisville Omni Station, to take 1000 points.

Ben Greene landed at Lexington, Kentucky-980 points for 267.4 miles . England's John Firth, one of the unknowns in American compe­tition, landed 257.5 miles out at Huntington, West Virginia. George Moffat was 249.7 miles south-south­west in In diana. These three Aus­tria SH-l pilots now held the first three ranks for two days.

The other uncertain quality in American competition, Hans-Wer­ner Grosse of Germany, began to remove some of the uncertainty by reporting his Ka-6E from Mar­shall, Illinois, 255.7 miles out, fourth for the day and fourth overall de­spite a weak first day, Dean Svec h eld on to sixth rank with 245.2 m.iles.

A rest day was well deserved­total miles flown was 10,675. This gave the hosts short notice but they laid on a hangar party for all hands, rested and hungry, on the evening ot July 1st, complete with Mayor Bohn an d pretty Nin a Kohls to draw the door prizes . With good beer and a good dance combo "Twinkletoes" Grosse displayed his other threats to American competi­tion.

J u l y 2 - No Contest Day With an approaching warm front,

a speed dash to Richmond Airport at Gregory, Michigan, and return was called-79.5 miles . After a few launches and almost as many re­turns the task was cancelled. Light rain fell in the evening.

Rene Comte of Switzerland called in frustration from New York to report that his beautiful Diamant was firmly blocked by the dock strike.

J u l y 3 - Third Contest Day A bright sun promised a working

day. The Committee set a speed dash to Van Wert, Ohio, and re­turn-149.6 miles with a 20-knot crosswind but with moderate ther­m al s tren gth and .3 to .5 cumulus sky predicted to raise to over 5000 feet. Few relights were needed after the m ain launching. The large n umber of contestants made for some congestion through the single startin g gate, but there was little conges tion coming back-on l y 15 of 68 starters made speed points.

Grosse reappeared first, calling in by radio to alert the timers, then

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Bikle, Svec, Schreder and Moffat whistled through. Sorting out the elapsed times rearranged them as Schreder first with 35.35 mph for 1000 points, then Bikle, Grosse, Svec and Moffat for the day. The task had required reliance on dry thermals as low as 1800 feet to keep moving. Moffat, Grosse, and Svec displayed the consistency now re­quired to stay on top.

Two repaired ships moved back into competition but one of the host pilots dinged his ship enough to put it out of the contest.

July 4 - Fo urth Contest Day Another speed task to the south­

west - Bryan-Defiance, Ohio, Air­port, then Branch County Airport at Coldwater, Michigan, and return, 143.7 miles-was set. Moderate to strong thermals were forecast into early .1 to .2 cumulus cover as high as 6500 feet, but with thin, high clouds moving in from the west by midafternoon to suppress heating. Launching of 67 ships was again very rapid, with no complaints about being launched ahead of the time chosen in pilot meeting. Only one relight was needed in a sky filled with clusters of sailplanes climbing for a dash through the neutral zone to the starting gate.

First to return with clearly the 1000-point time was Dean Svec in his Sisu at 44.28 mph, to put him within 93 total points of Moffat, who took second for the day with 40.70 mph. Firth, May, Schreder and Grosse then led a parade of 44 back through the timing gate. The large number of pilots completing the two speed tasks reduced the points available for mileage only on these two days, thus widening the overall point spreads. In the top ranks, however, consistently good performances were narrowing the gaps.

On the evening of the Fourth an Old Timers Banquest had been ar­ranged at a nearby restaurant by Chuck and Millie Kohls of the host committee. Nearly 70 attended-pi­lots who entered soaring over 15 years ago, and their wives. Clever ceramic favors inscribed to each Old Timer, and to the wives, had been prepared by Millie as me­mentos of the occasion. Senior soar­ing citizens were Pop and Mom - Krohne of Maitland, Florida, at the 1920-1930 table.

J u l y 5 - Fifth Contest Day Early cumulus formation with

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Photo by S. A. Ald otl ( al l r i g hts reserved )

G e o r g e M offat, J r . , shown here i n h i s Sta n d a rd Austr ia S H - I , h a d o n e b a d d a y d u r ing the N a t i o n a ls-his l a st. Pr ior to that ti me he was i n fi rst p l a c e after every d a y ' s fl yi n g . T h e Austri a s

proved a b le t o c h a l l e n g e the b e s t s a i l p l a nes n o w fl y i n g , fi n i s h e d i n to p p l a ces .

moderate to strong thermals was forecast ahead of an approaching system of frontal thundershowers. Claybourn announced a goal to now familiar Van Wert, Ohio, Air­port, and return, 149.6 mil es, plus a final distance leg option. The launching team again outdid itself with the high clouds visible in the northwest. Soon after noon the pack had disappeared and by 1250 the first drops of rain fell. The Adrian turn panels were dutifully turned on the quarter hours but everyone thought it was just a damp formality.

Rain squelched several homely events planned for the holiday crowd, none as effectively, how­ever, as the greased pig himself who simply refused to be chased and laid down 'til those crazy kids went away.

Suddenly, at midafternoon, a red Austria SH-l whistled in under the gray overcast between rain show­ers, banked over the panel s, and

"A few more m i n utes before you

take off, D i c k , " A n g i e S c h r e d e r t e l l s h e r p i l ot. D ick ' s o n e

I OOO- point d a y e a r n e d h i m t h e c a r e

of t h e Stro u koff Tro p h y for a nother y e a r , for t h e best

g o a I - a n d -return p e rform a n c e ,

3 5 . 1 5 m p h .

Photo b y S . A . A l d otl ( all rights reserved )

slid back south. John Firth coasted nearly 29 miles more to make 178.3 miles worth 1000 points.

Grosse almost made it back to Adrian but the 35-mile gap in mileage from Firth meant nearly a 200 point gap in the day's points. Bob Semans covered a remarkable 137 miles in his 1-23H for third spot. Moffat and Svec stayed among the first 12, all of whom earned over 700 points for the day. The top three-Moffat, Grosse, and Svec -were within 2.9 percent of a 4535 total, with Firth a fourth.

Ju ly 6 - Sixth Co ntest Day Claybourn's committee called for

a 93.2-mile speed triangle-to Hills­dale, Michigan, Airport, then to Williams County Airport, Bryan, Ohio, and return-with weak ther­mals no higher than 4700 feet, and increasing cirrus patches from noon on, plus scattered altocumulus by 1800. A deteriorating day made it look like work, but there were lots of hard workers.

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32nl Annual a s. National Soaring C J U N E 29 J U N E 3 0 J U LY 3

D I STA N C E TASK FREE D I STA N C E 1 49 .6- M I . G & R

f iNAL STAN D ING - D I ST. DA I LY D I ST. DA I LY C U M . SPEED DA I LY CUM . P I LOT SA ILPLAN E M I LES SCORE M ILES SCORE SCORE MPH SCORE SCORE

1 . Grosse, Hans·Werner Ka·6 E * 1 0 7 . 8 829/6 2 5 6 . 5 940/4 1 7 6 9 /4 3 3 . 8 7 9 6 8 / 3 2737 /2 2 . Svec, Dean S isu 1 A 1 06 . 7 8 2 1 /7 246.7 904/1 0 1 7 2 5 /6 3 3 . 5 6 9 6 0 /4 2685 /3 3 . M offat, Geo. B . , J r . A u s . SH·l 1 30 . 0 1 00 0 / 1 249.7 9 1 5 /8 1 9 1 5 / 1 3 2 . 6 5 9 3 6 / 5 2 8 5 1 /1

4. F i rth, J o h n A u s . S H · l 1 07 . 9 8 3 0 /5 2 5 7 . 5 944/3 1 7 74 /3 ( 1 1 8 .5 ) 3 5 6 /28 2 1 3 0 / 1 1 5 . B i k l e , P a u l F . I rue Hd. 9 8 . 0 7 54/8 2 2 2 . 8 8 1 7 / 1 9 1 5 7 1 /9 3 3 . 9 6 9 6 9 / 2 2540 /5 6. Mozer , R u d o l p h W. Ka·£ E * 1 1 0 .3 848/4 240.6 8 8 2 / 1 1 1 7 3 0 / 5 2 7 . 9 4 8 1 6 /9 2546 /4

7 . Ray, C . G a b l e lCa · ( C R * 9 4 . 9 730/ 1 0 2 5 0 . 1 9 1 7 / 7 1 647 /7 24. 3 1 7 2 3 / 1 5 2370 /6 8 . Greene , Ben Aus. SH·l 1 1 2 .0 8 6 2 /3 2 6 7 . 4 9 8 0 /2 1 842/2 ( 1 44.4) 434/21 2276 /8 9 . Schrede r, R ich ard E . Hp·1 2 3 3 . 2 2 5 5 /42 1 1 4. 7 420 /43 6 7 5 /5 0 3 5 . 1 5 1 0 00 / 1 1 6 75 /2 1

1 0 . Sc ott, W a l l a c e A. Ka·6C R * 1 1 3 .9 8 7 6 /2 9 9 . 2 3 64/48 1 240/20 (1 44.9) 436 /1 8 1 676 /20 1 1 . Gertse n, Kai Ka·6 C R * 7 6 . 6 58 9 / 1 4 252.3 9 2 5 / 5 1 5 1 4 /1 1 24.39 7 2 5 /1 4 2239/9 1 2 . Semans, Robert l. 1 · 23H 9 3 . 6 7 2 0 / 1 1 2 1 4.4 7 8 6 /23 1 5 0 6 / 1 2 2 7 . 8 2 8 1 2 /1 1 23 1 8 /7

1 3 . Karl ovich, J o h n M . Skylark 4 7 6 . 6 58 9 / 1 6 224.8 824/1 8 1 4 1 3 /1 4 ( 1 44.0) 435/22 1 848/1 5 1 4 . M u l l e n , Wyl i e H . Ka·6C R * 8 1 .4 6 2 6 / 1 2 247.5 907 /9 1 53 3 / 1 0 ( 1 1 2.3) 338/34 1 87 1 / 1 4 1 5 . Mears, Carlton M . , Jr. Prue Std. * 44.5 342/39 2 1 1 .6 7 7 6 /24 1 1 1 8 /23 (1 03 .9) 3 1 3 /4 1 1 43 1 /28

1 6 . Bierens, J o h n Ka· 6 * 9 7 . 8 7 5 2 /9 239.6 8 7 8 / 1 3 1 6 3 0 /8 (49.2) 1 48 /57 1 7 7 8 / 1 7 1 7 . H o l b rook, Wm. C . Aus. SH·l 63 .6 489 /33 1 0 1 . 0 3 7 0 /47 8 5 9 /43 2 7 . 9 2 8 1 5 /1 0 1 6 74/22 1 8 . Deruji nsky, G l e b Sisu 1 A 25.4 1 95 / 5 1 2 1 9 . 3 8 0 4 / 2 1 9 9 9 / 3 1 3 1 .35 9 0 3 /6 1 9 02 / 1 3

1 9. Ryan, J o h n D . S isu l · A 7 6 . 6 5 8 9 / 1 9 1 8 1 .6 6 6 6 / 3 2 1 2 5 5 / 1 9 (1 4 2.6) 4 2 9 /23 1 684 /1 8 20. May, D a l e S. S isu l ·A 2 2 . 0 1 69 / 5 8 272.8 1 00 0 / 1 1 1 6 9 / 2 1 29 .40 843/7 201 2 / 1 2 2 1 . Carris, Bernard M . 2·32 30.8 2 3 7 /48 1 93 .2 7 0 8 / 2 8 9 4 5 / 3 7 ( 1 44.7) 435 /1 9 1 3 80 /32

2 2 . Randal l , J o h n J . Ka·6C R * 7 6 . 6 5 8 9 / 1 8 1 92.8 7 0 7 /29 1 2 9 6 / 1 8 (99.3) 2 9 9 /42 1 5 9 5 /23 2 3 . H u p e , Rob ert F . Ka· 6 C R * 42.7 3 2 8 /40 6 7 . 8 249/59 577 / 5 7 2 4 . 8 6 7 3 6 / 1 3 1 3 1 3 /36 24. Eckert, S igmund Ka·6C R * 7 3 . 3 564/21 2 5 1 . 9 9 2 3 /6 1 48 7 / 1 3 ( 1 1 2.3) 3 3 8 /3 5 1 82 5 / 1 6

2 5 . Hero ld , C a r l D . Ka· 6 C R * 32.9 253 /44 23 1 .8 8 5 0 / 1 5 1 1 03 /24 (1 40.3) 422 /24 1 5 25 /24 2 6 . W h e e l e r , G o r d o n A. BG· 1 2C 66.0 5 0 8 /30 240.0 8 8 0 / 1 2 1 3 8 8 / 1 6 DNC 0/68 1 3 8 8 / 3 1 2 7 . Byars, Edward F. Aus. SH·l 23.4 1 80/54 89. 1 3 2 7 /54 507 /60 (1 44.7 ) 435 /20 942/52

28. Smith, Sta n l ey 1 · 2 1 80 .0 6 1 5 / 1 3 83.7 3 0 7 / 5 6 922 /38 (1 04.8) 3 1 5 /40 1 23 7 /41 29. Br iegleb , Ross BG·1 2 B 6 9 . 5 5 3 5 /26 9 8 . 8 3 6 2 /49 897 /4 1 ( 1 1 0.9) 334/38 1 23 1 /42 3 0 . R i d e n our, Nea l Prue Sup. Std . * 3 8 . 1 2 9 3 /4 1 93.8 344/52 6 3 7 /54 (1 2 1 .8) 3 6 6 /2 7 1 003/50

3 1 . Zauner, Otto Ka·6CR* 7 2 . 0 5 5 4 /24 228.7 8 3 8 / 1 7 1 3 9 2 / 1 5 2 8 . 6 4 8 3 4 / 8 222 6/1 0 32 . Beebe , Bruce Foka* 4 8 . 5 3 7 3 /38 78.4 2 8 7 /5 7 6 6 0 / 5 2 2 7 . 3 6 800 / 1 2 1 460/25 3 3 . Hauke, C h ar les K . Ka·6C R * 7 6 . 6 5 8 9 / 1 5 1 0 1 .2 3 7 1 /46 960/35 ( 1 48 .4) 446 / 1 6 1 406 /2 9

34. Schwe izer, Paul A. 2·32 7 3 . 0 5 6 2 /22 87.3 3 2 0 / 5 5 8 8 2 /42 (1 1 1 .4) 3 3 5 /36 1 2 1 7 /43 3 5 . Sparks, B i l l F . 1 ·23H·1 5 * 32.6 25 1 /45 2 1 7 . 7 7 9 8 /22 1 049/28 ( 1 30.5) 393 /26 1 442 /27 3 6 . Sm ith, T h o m a s W . 1 ·2 9 5 1 .3 3 9 5 /36 1 63 . 8 6 0 0 / 3 7 9 9 5 / 3 2 ( 1 1 4.9) 346/31 1 34 1 /3 5

3 7 . K u h n , J o h a n n G . Ka· 6 B R * 7 6 . 6 5 8 9 / 1 7 1 26.4 463/42 1 052/27 (1 1 3 . 1 ) 340/33 1 3 92/30 38. P h i l l i ps, Larry A. Ka· 8 B * 7 2 . 5 5 5 8 /23 96.2 3 5 3 / 5 1 9 1 1 /40 (60.9) 1 83 /5 2 1 094/47 3 9 . R o b e rtson, Joseph M . Ka·6C R * 1 4.0 1 08 /63 1 99.2 7 3 0 /2 6 838 /44 (1 46 . 9) 442 /1 7 1 280 /3 8

40. B e n n i s , Stephen J . 1 ·2 3 H 69 .6 5 3 5 /25 1 45.2 5 3 2 /40 1 06 7 /26 (99.4) 2 9 9 /43 1 366 /33 4 1 . B o venkerk, H. P. 1 ·2 3 0 6 0 . 0 4 6 2 /35 1 65 . 9 6 0 8 /36 1 0 7 0 /2 5 (74.8) 2 2 5 /50 1 29 5 /3 7 4 2 . Wright, James C . S i s u 1 A 1 7 . 3 1 3 3 / 6 1 234.4 8 5 9 / 1 4 9 9 2 /33 (1 1 8 .0) 3 5 5 /29 1 347 /34

43. Le land, James W. Ka·6 B R * 1 7 .3 1 3 3 /6 0 2 3 1 .6 849 / 1 6 9 8 2 /34 (98.3) 296 /45 1 2 78 /39 44. Starr, Sterl ing V. 1 · 2 3 H M 2 3 . 1 1 7 8 /56 2 1 1 .6 7 7 6 /25 954/36 (38.4) 1 1 5 /6 2 1 06 9 /48 45. Slack, John C. LO· 1 5 0 6 B . 0 5 2 3 /2 7 220.0 806/20 1 3 2 9 / 1 7 ( 1 1 7 . 8 ) 354/30 1 683/1 9

46. Hu nter, Ll oyd P. 1 ·23C 23.6 1 8 2 /53 1 74.2 6 3 9 /34 8 2 1 /46 (97.7) 294/46 1 1 1 5 /46 4 7 . C hase, Robert A . S t d . Aus. S * 2 3 . 2 1 7 8 /55 1 06 . 8 3 9 1 /45 5 6 9 /5 8 (1 0 7 . 9 ) 3 2 5 / 3 9 894/5 5 48. Pa l lm er, Paul Prue Sup. Std. * 48 .6 3 7 4 / 3 7 1 7 9.4 6 5 8 /3 3 1 03 2 /3 0 (36.4) 1 0 9 /63 1 1 4 1 /45

49. S is ley, R ichard N . Ka· 8 B * 62.3 4 7 9 /34 52.4 1 92 / 6 1 6 7 1 / 5 1 (52. 1 ) 1 5 7 /53 828 /56 5 0 . E m o n s , J o e F. H p· l 1 1 6 . 9 1 3 0 /62 6 6 . 2 243/60 3 7 3 /64 (95.3) 2 8 7 /47 660/61 5 1 . Peres, Victor H p· l 1 3 1 .4 242 /46 1 84.8 6 7 7 /3 1 9 1 9 / 3 9 (1 1 4.6) 345/32 1 2 64/40

52. S q u i l lar io , Geo. F. Ka·6C R * 24.2 1 8 6 /5 2 2 1 .2 7 8 / 6 5 2 6 4 / 6 6 (8 7.5) 2 6 3 /48 5 2 7 /66 53. O I d ershaw, Vernon W. 0·2 6 5 . 8 5 0 6 /3 1 ONC 0 /68 5 0 6 / 6 1 (5 1 . 8) 1 5 6 /54 6 6 2 /60 54. C oapman, R ichard T . Ka·6 C R * 1 2 .0 92 /66 1 8 9.2 694/30 7 8 6 /48 (39.6) 1 1 9 / 6 1 905 /54

55. C a n n o n , Walter B. 1 ·2 3 H 2 7 . 9 2 1 5 /50 9 1 . 8 3 3 1 / 5 3 5 5 2/59 (74.8) 2 2 5 /5 1 7 7 7 /57 5 6 . Jackson, R a y W . 1 · 2 3 H· 1 5 * 1 3 . 0 1 00 /64 1 97 . 7 7 2 5 /27 8 2 5 /45 ( 5 1 .6 ) 1 5 5 /5 5 980 /5 1 5 7 . Rehr, L o u i s R . 2 · 3 2 6 7 . 4 5 1 8 /28 7 6 . 6 2 8 1 /5 8 7 9 9 /4 7 (44.6) 1 34 /60 933 /53

58 . G i a n e l l o n i , G i les Sky lark 4 2 2 . 8 1 7 5 / 5 7 1 6 0 .3 5 8 8 /3 8 7 6 3 /49 99.3) 2 9 9 /44 1 062 /49 5 9 . H i l l , John J . Ka·6 C R * 3 3 . 0 254/43 3 7 . 0 1 3 6 /63 3 9 0 /63 (86.7) 2 6 1 /62 6 5 1 /62 6 0 . G e h r l e i n , Lawrence 1 ·2 6 m o d . 6 6 . 2 5 0 9 /29 1 6 7 . 1 6 1 3 /35 1 1 2 2 /22 (24.0) 7 2 /64 1 1 94/44

6 1 . Ste i nhoff, Ernest A. Ka·6C R * 3 1 .4 242/47 96.5 354 /5 0 5 9 6 /55 (45 .5) 1 3 7 /5 8 733 /58 6 2 . Coverdale, Wm. H . , J r . H p· l 1 20.4 1 5 7 /5 9 4 1 . 7 1 5 3 /62 3 1 0 / 6 5 ( 1 1 0 .9) 334/37 644/63 63. Anderson, Oale Ka· 6 C R * 6 4 . 3 4 9 5 /32 1 46 . 7 5 3 8 /3 9 1 0 33 /29 (1 3 9 .8) 4 2 1 /25 1 454 /26

64. Stauffer, Royce O . 1 · 2 6 0 .0 0 /69 1 2 9 . 8 4 7 6 /4 1 4 7 6 /62 ( 2 1 .0) 6 3 / 6 5 53 9 /65 6 5 . Smith, Winston J . BG· 1 2A 3 0 . 2 2 3 2 /49 1 1 3 .0 4 1 4 /44 646/53 ( 1 2 .8) 3 8 /6 6 684/59 6 6 . H e erman, Walter K. Ka· 8 B * 0 .0 0 / 6 8 0 .0 0 /6 6 0 / 6 9 ( 7 .4) 2 2 /6 7 22 /69

67. C ruce, Marion C . Prue 2 1 5A 1 0. 7 8 2 /67 ONC 0 /6 7 8 2 / 6 8 (5 1 . 2) 1 54/56 236 /68 68. Seymour, Edgar H . Ka· 6 C R * 7 5 . 1 5 7 8 /20 ONC 0 / 6 9 5 7 8 /56 ONC 0 / 6 9 5 7 8 /64 69. d u Pont , Stephen H p· l 0 1 2. 7 98 /65 2 2 . 9 84/64 1 8 2 / 6 7 4 5 . 6 1 3 7 /5 7 3 1 9 /67

Total m i l e s flown each day: 3 , 7 6 1 .6 mi les 1 0, 6 7 5 . 4 mi les 7 , 0 5 3 . 5 m i l e s

* Ind icates OSTIV Stan d ard C lass. / (slash m ark), Separates score and rank. ( ) Parentheses i n d i cate m i l eage on i n c o m p l ete speed task. ONe i n d i

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mpionsilips - Table 01 Scores - 1965 J U LY 4 J U LY 5 J U LY 6 J U LY 8

1 43 .7- M I . T R I A N G L E D I ST A N C E T A S K 93 .2- M I . T R I A N G L E D I STA N C E TASK SPEED DA I LY C U M . D I ST. DA I LY CUM . SPEED DA I LY C U M . D I ST. DA I LY CUM . MPH SCORE SCORE M I LES SCORE SCORE MPH SCORE SCORE M I LES SCORE SCORE

38.80 8 8 8 /6 3 6 2 5 /3 1 43 . 3 804 /2 4429 /2 26 .99 8 2 9 /8 5 2 5 8 /3 284. 1 1 0 00 / 1 6 2 58 /1 44.28 1 0 0 0 / 1 3 6 8 5 /2 1 2 8 .4 7 2 0 / 9 4405/3 30 . 1 8 9 1 5 /3 53 2 0 /2 2 6 5 . 7 9 2 1 /4 624 1 12 40.70 927 /2 3 7 7 8 / 1 1 3 5 . 0 7 5 7 /5 4535 /1 3 3 . 3 1 1 000/1 5 5 3 5 /1 1 9 8 . 0 6 9 7 /1 7 6232 /3

40.54 924 /3 3 0 5 4 /7 1 7 8 . 3 1 0 0 0 / 1 4054/4 26 .05 804/1 6 4 8 5 8 /4 2 8 1 .9 992 /2 5850 /4 32 .97 7 7 1 / 1 6 3 3 1 1 /4 1 26 . 5 7 0 9 / 1 1 4020/5 2 3 . 7 7 743 /22 4763 /5 238 .3 839 /1 0 5602 /5 23.52 5 8 0 /43 3 1 2 6 / 6 1 1 3 . 2 6 3 5 /3 9 3 7 6 1 /8 26 .37 8 1 3 / 1 4 4574/6 2 5 3 . 0 8 9 1 /7 5465 /6

3 7 . 1 1 854/ 1 0 32 24/5 1 1 8 . 2 6 6 3 /24 3 8 8 7 /6 1 8 .63 6 0 3 /32 4490/7 206 .3 726 /1 4 5 2 1 6 /7 1 7 .5) 3 6 8 / 5 1 2644 / 1 2 1 3 6 . 2 764 /4 3408 /1 2 2 8 . 6 7 8 7 5 /5 4283/9 240.2 845 /9 5 1 28/8 39.01 8 9 3 /5 2 5 6 8 / 1 6 1 2 8 . 2 7 2 0 /8 3 2 8 8 / 1 4 2 6 . 8 9 8 2 6 / 9 4 1 1 4 /1 0 2 7 7 . 1 9 7 6 /3 5090 /9

3 6 . 9 5 8 5 1 / 1 1 2 5 2 7 /20 1 1 8. 2 6 6 3 /2 5 3 1 90 / 1 8 30.25 9 1 7 /2 4 1 0 7 /1 1 2 5 8 . 7 9 1 1 /5 5 0 1 8 /1 0 3 1 .80 746 /26 2 9 8 5 /9 1 20 . 2 6 7 4 / 1 6 3 6 5 9 / 1 0 26 .20 8 0 8 / 1 5 446 7 /8 1 1 7 . 0 4 1 2/35 4879/1 1 30.38 7 1 7 /31 3 0 3 5 /8 1 3 7 . 3 7 7 0 /3 3 8 0 5 /7 (60 .4) 2 9 2 /45 409 7 / 1 2 202 .0 7 1 2 /1 5 4809 /1 2

28 .61 6 8 1 /35 2 5 2 9 / 1 9 1 08 .8 6 1 0 /45 3 1 3 9 / 1 9 2 5 . 3 0 7 8 4 / 1 9 392 3 / 1 5 243.9 859 /8 4782 /1 3 29 .92 7 1 1 /32 2 5 8 2 / 1 4 1 2 6 . 2 7 08 / 1 2 3290 / 1 3 20 .37 6 5 1 /28 3 94 1 / 1 4 2 0 7 . 7 7 3 1 /1 3 4672 /1 4 3 1 .93 749/25 2 1 8 0 /2 5 1 1 5 . 3 647 /35 28 2 7 /27 29 .27 8 9 1 /4 3 7 1 8 /2 0 254 . 1 894/6 461 2 / 1 5

32 . 1 8 754/23 2 5 3 2 / 1 8 1 1 8. 8 6 6 6 /22 3 1 9 8 / 1 7 2 2. 1 3 698 /25 3896 /1 6 1 80 . 3 6 3 5 /23 45 3 1 /1 6 37.33 859 /9 2 5 3 3 / 1 7 9 3 . 0 5 2 2 /56 3 0 5 5 / 2 1 24.64 7 6 6 /2 1 3 8 2 1 /1 8 1 9 9 . 8 7 0 3 / 1 6 4524 / 1 7 35.02 8 1 21 1 2 2 7 1 4/1 1 1 2 7 . 0 7 1 2 / 1 0 3426 / 1 1 (84.0) 406 /40 3 8 3 2 / 1 7 1 86.4 6 5 6 / 1 9 4488 /1 8

38.68 8 8 7 / 7 25 7 1 / 1 5 1 1 8 .0 6 6 2 /2 9 3 2 33 / 1 5 2 6 . 7 2 8 22 / 1 0 405 5 / 1 3 1 1 5 .8 408 /37 4463 /1 9 39.42 901 /4 2 9 1 3 / 1 0 1 3 5 . 0 7 5 7 /6 3 6 7 0 /9 (1 7 .0) 8 2 /62 3 7 5 2 / 1 9 1 60 .7 5 5 6 /26 43 1 8 /20 33.24 7 7 6 / 1 3 2 1 5 6 /29 1 1 9 . 9 6 7 2 / 1 8 2 8 2 8 /2 5 2 6 . 5 1 8 1 6 / 1 2 3644/23 1 84. 1 648/20 4292/21

29.46 699 /34 2294/22 1 08 . 8 6 1 0 /4 8 2904/22 26.43 8 1 4 /1 3 3 7 1 8 /2 1 1 60 .7 5 6 6 /27 4284/22 33.22 7 7 5 / 1 4 2088/32 1 1 5 . 9 6 5 0 /3 2 2 7 3 8 /3 2 28 .52 8 7 0 /6 3 6 0 8 /24 1 84.2 648/21 4256 /23 28.23 674/36 249 9 / 2 1 1 08 .8 6 1 0 /42 3 1 09/20 (90.2) 4 3 6 /37 3545 /2 6 1 94.3 6 84 / 1 8 4229 /24

27 .80 666 /3 7 2 1 9 1 /24 1 1 9 .9 6 7 2 / 1 9 2863/23 (90 .9) 439 /34 3 3 0 2 / 2 9 2 2 3 . 4 786 /1 1 4088/25 32.46 7 6 0 / 1 8 2 1 48/30 . 1 1 4. 8 644 /3 6 2 7 9 2 /3 0 28.24 8 6 3 /7 3 6 5 5 /2 2 1 1 7 . 7 4 1 4 /34 4069/26 32.09 7 5 3 /24 1 6 9 5 /43 1 2 3 . 9 6 9 5 / 1 3 2 3 9 0 /40 26.6 1 8 1 9 / 1 1 3 2 0 9 / 3 3 2 1 8 . 1 7 6 8 / 1 2 3 9 7 7 /27

30.58 7 2 2 /27 1 95 9 / 3 7 1 1 8 . 2 6 6 3 /26 26 2 2 / 3 7 2 1 . 1 7 6 7 2 /27 3294/30 1 82 . 1 641 /22 3935 /2 8 32 .88 7 6 9 / 1 7 2000 /34 1 1 8. 7 6 6 6 / 2 1 2666 /34 2 3 . 3 1 7 3 0 /23 3 3 9 6 /2 8 1 42 . 1 500/32 3896 /29 30.59 7 2 2 /28 1 7 2 5 /4 1 1 34 . 0 7 5 2 /7 2477 /38 26 .01 803 / 1 7 3 2 8 0 / 3 1 1 49.0 524/30 3804/30

1 7 .5) 368/52 2 5 94/ 1 3 1 08 .8 6 1 0 / 5 1 3204/1 6 (54.7) 264/47 3468/27 94.9 334/55 3802/31 30.45 7 1 9 /29 2 1 7 9 /26 1 1 5 . 8 649 /34 2828/26 (89.9) 434/38 3 2 6 2 /3 2 1 08.7 3 8 3 /43 3645 /3 2 32.22 7 5 5 / 2 1 2 1 6 1 /28 1 1 4. 1 640/38 2 8 0 1 /29 25.41 7 8 7 / 1 8 3 5 8 8 /2 5 1 3 .9 49 /64 3 6 3 7 /3 3

32.29 7 5 6 / 1 9 1 9 7 3 /36 1 2 0 . 2 6 7 4 / 1 7 2647 /36 (90 .9 439 /35 3 0 8 6 / 3 5 1 5 2 .0 5 3 5 /29 3621 /34 25.88 626 /38 2068 /33 1 1 8 . 8 6 6 6 /23 2 7 34/33 ( 8 1 .3) 3 9 3 /41 3 1 2 7 /3 4 96 .5 340/54 346 7 /3 5 33. 1 ) 4 1 7 /47 1 7 5 8 /3 9 1 2 1 . 2 6 8 0 / 1 5 2438/39 1 8 .47 5 9 9 /3 3 3037 /36 1 1 9 .0 4 1 9 /33 3456/36

3 3 . 1 7 774 / 1 5 2 1 6 6 /2 7 1 1 5. 9 6 5 0 /3 3 2 8 1 6 /2 8 (1 4.7) 7 1 /64 2887 /4 3 1 5 9 . 9 563 /28 3450/37 25 .1 7 6 1 1 /40 1 7 0 5 /42 1 1 0. 8 6 2 1 /40 2 3 2 6 /43 22.28 702 /24 3 0 2 8 / 3 7 1 1 4 . 9 404/38 3432/38 30.46 7 1 9 /30 1 9 9 9 / 3 5 1 1 8 . 0 6 6 2 / 2 8 2 6 6 1 /3 5 (65 .7) 3 1 7 /44 2 9 7 8 /3 8 1 0 6 . 1 3 7 3 /47 3351 /39

93 .4) 292 /56 1 6 5 8 /47 1 08 . 8 6 1 0 /4 1 2 2 6 8 /45 2 1 .40 6 7 8 /26 2946 /40 1 1 3 . 1 3 9 8 /4 1 3344/40 1 7 .6) 3 6 8 /53 1 6 6 3 /45 83.2 467 /5 8 2 1 3 0 /47 24.76 7 6 9 /20 2 8 9 9 /4 1 1 1 3 . 3 3 9 9 /40 3298/4 1 37 .46 8 6 1 /8 2208 /23 1 1 8 .2 6 6 3 /2 7 2 8 7 1 /24 (1 6 .5 ) 80 /63 2 9 5 1 /39 98.4 346/52 3 2 9 7 /42

27 . 1 ) 3 9 8 /49 1 67 6 /44 1 08 .8 6 1 0 /46 2286 /44 (76 .9) 3 7 1 /43 2 6 5 7 /4 5 1 66 .4 5 8 6 /25 3243 /43 3 2 .23 7 5 5 /2 2 1 824/38 64.3 3 6 1 /62 2 1 8 5 /46 78 .0 ) 377 /42 2 5 6 2 /48 1 7 8.4 6 2 8 /24 3 1 9 0 /44 35 .8 ) 4 2 5 /46 2 1 0 8 / 3 1 1 1 7 . 7 6 6 0 /3 0 2 7 6 8 / 3 1 (29.2) 1 4 1 /55 2 9 0 9 /4 2 7 9 . 5 280 /5 9 3 1 8 9 /45

14.9) 360/55 1 47 5 /4 9 1 08 .8 6 1 0 /44 2085 /48 1 9 . 2 1 6 2 1 /3 1 2706/44 1 1 4. 9 404/39 3 1 1 0 /46 1 6 .4) 365/54 1 2 59/55 1 2 2 . 9 6 8 9 / 1 4 1 948/52 20.2 1 646 /29 2594/46 1 0 8 . 7 383 /44 2977 /47 25.36 6 1 6 /39 1 7 57 /40 1 0 8 .8 6 1 0 /47 2367 /4 1 (40.5) 1 96 /5 0 2 5 6 3 /47 1 03 .4 364/48 2927 /48

24.43 5 9 7 /4 1 1 42 5 / 5 1 90 .4 5 0 7 /57 1 9 32/53 1 9 .38 624/30 2 5 5 6 /49 8 5 . 3 3 0 0 / 5 8 2856 /49 32 .30 7 5 6 /20 1 4 1 6 /5 2 1 08 .8 6 1 0 /43 2026 /50 (90.7) 438/36 2464/50 1 08.7 3 8 3 /45 2847 /5 0 27.5) 3 9 9 /48 1 6 63 /46 1 1 9 . 0 6 6 7 /20 2 3 3 0 /42 (26.2) 1 27 /5 7 245 7 /5 1 9 9 .7 3 5 1 /50 2808/5 1

24. 1 6 5 9 1 /42 1 1 1 8 /6 0 1 08 . 8 6 1 0 / 5 0 1 7 28/58 (89 .5) 4 3 2 /39 2 1 60 /54 1 1 6 .8 4 1 1 /3 6 2 5 7 1 /52 19.59 7 0 1 /33 1 3 6 3 /53 1 1 6 . 0 6 5 1 / 3 1 2 0 1 4 / 5 1 (3 1 .9 ) 1 54/53 2 1 6 8 / 5 3 1 1 1 . 8 3 9 4 /42 2562 /53 13.50 5 7 9 /44 1 4 84 /48 1 00 . 3 5 6 2 /5 5 2046 /49 (26.2) 1 27 /58 2 1 7 3 /5 2 99.4 3 5 0 /5 1 2523 /54

10.8) 3 7 8 /5 0 1 1 5 5 /58 1 1 4. 3 6 4 1 /3 7 1 7 9 6 / 5 6 (36.0) 1 74/51 1 97 0 / 5 6 1 46 .7 5 1 6 /3 1 2486 /5 5 iO. l ) 1 5 7 /64 1 1 3 7 /5 9 1 0 7.4 602152 1 7 39/57 (47 .5) 2 2 9 /49 1 9 68 /5 8 9 7 . 1 342/53 23 1 0 /56 13 .4) 2 9 2 / 5 7 1 2 2 5 /5 6 1 0 8 .8 6 1 0 /49 1 835 /55 (29.2) 1 4 1 /56 1 9 76 /5 5 92.4 3 2 5 / 5 7 2301 /57

;4.3 ) 2 0 1 /63 1 2 6 3 /54 1 0 3 .3 5 7 9 /54 1 842/54 (26 .2) 1 2 7 /5 9 1 9 6 9 / 5 7 9 2 . 4 3 2 5 / 5 6 2294/58 /8 . 1 ) 245/61 8 9 6 /64 1 0 5 . 6 5 9 2 /5 3 1 48 8 / 5 9 (57 .9) 280/46 1 7 6 8 / 5 9 1 0 8 . 7 3 8 3 /46 2 1 5 1 /59

0 0/67 1 1 94/57 45.0 2 5 2 /6 3 1 44 6 / 6 1 (35.4) 1 7 1 /52 1 6 1 7 /60 1 03 .5 3 6 4 /49 1 9 8 1 /60

/8 . 1 ) 245/60 9 7 8 / 6 1 74.8 420/59 1 3 9 8 /62 (1 2 .9 ) 6 2 /65 1 46 0 / 6 1 7 5 . 9 2 6 7 /60 1 1 2 7 / 6 1 17 . 1 ) 2 7 3 / 5 8 9 1 1 / 6 2 4 0 . 7 2 2 8 /64 1 1 45 /64 (49. 1 ) 237 /48 1 3 8 2 /6 3 6 2 . 1 2 1 9 /6 1 1 6 0 1 /62

ONe 0 /68 1 4 54/50 ONe 0 /68 1 454/60 O N e 0 /6 7 1 454/62 ONe 0 /66 1 454 /63

14.7) 2 6 5 /5 9 804/65 40.7 2 2 8 / 6 5 1 03 2 /6 5 (26.2) 1 27 /60 1 1 5 9 /6 5 42 .2 1 49/63 1 3 08 /64 10.8) 2 2 1 /62 9 0 5 / 6 3 68 .3 383 /6 1 1 2 8 8 /6 3 0 . 0 0 /6 8 1 2 88 /64 0.0 0 /6 7 1 2 88/65 12 .4) 446/45 4 6 8 / 6 7 74.8 420 /6 0 888/66 (31 . 1 ) 1 50/54 1 0 3 8 / 6 6 ONe 0 / 6 8 1 0 38 /6 6

10.8) 1 28 /65 364/69 30 .0 1 6 8 /6 6 5 3 2 /6 8 (26.2) 1 27 /6 1 6 5 9 / 6 7 44.2 1 56 /62 8 1 5 /6 7 ONe 0 /6 9 5 7 8 /6 6 ONC 0 / 6 9 5 7 8 /6 7 ONe 0/69 5 7 8 /68 ONC 0 / 6 9 578/6 8

15 .7) 1 1 2/66 43 1 /68 8 . 9 5 0 /6 7 4 8 1 /69 (1 0 .5) 5 1 /66 5 3 2169 1 3 .0 46/65 5 7 8 /69

: 9 .9 mi les 7 ,259 .0 mi l es 4,709 .1 mi l es 9 , 6 6 8 . 6 m i les l id not compete. Total d i stance flown i n contest: 5 1 , 5 6 7 . 1 mi l es.

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\\'i th 12 restarts required, 66 con­testants left either through the tim­ing gate, or with take-off roll t ime -an option always available. Bud M ears in his Prue Standard was first back from an early start with fourth best speed. Then Moffat came sizzling in with a speed of 33.31 mph for 1000 points and a slightly stronger hold on first place. Wally S cott brought his Ka-6CR in for the day's second at 30.25 mph, but Svec came in a close third for the day to hang onto second cumu­lative total. Grosse was 8th among the 17 who scored over 800 points. By 1630, 33 pilots had earned speed points and another five had faded agonizingly below the treetops to the southwest within three miles of their goal.

The stakes were all on the tab le­the top ten had to earn 700 or more points per day for the re­maining days to stay in that group.

Photo by S. A. A l dott ( a l l r ights reserved ) B u d M e a rs of Los A l a mitos , C a l iforn i a , s h o w n h e r e with h i s wife B e t h , was o n e of 1 3 p i l ots

to tra i l e r from the West C o a st. Bud fl ew his P r u e Sta n d a rd to 1 5th p l a c e .

July 7 - No Contest Deteriorating conditions on the

6th had become severe thunder­storms through most of the night. \Vednesday was clearly i mpossible by 0900 and was declared no con­test. It rained intermittently all day on the 7th.

Shirley E mons, Bettye Clay­bourn and Barbara Svec quickly organized a dinner downtown at the catering service which had served so famously at the hangar party. E veryone had a marvelous time. The night sky was clearing and the air was dry.

J u l y 8 - Seventh and Fina l Contest Day

The chips were down and the

sun was out. Moderate thermal strength and scattered cumulus at 6000 feet were predicted by noon. The possibility of scattered thunder showers to the northwe st with cir­rus and altocumulus byproducts led to selection of a 160.7 -mile trian­gle to the northwest plus a final dis­tance leg option from Adrian. Turns were made at Davis Airport, Lans­ing, and Brooks Airport, Marshall, Michigan.

S tarting at 1010, 66 sai lplanes were launched in 48 minutes with eight towplanes, one of which ar­rived late! A few relights were re­quired but most pilots moved out On course in developing conditions.

A thundershower over Marshall brought down some of the slower ships in its shadow.

A m o n g o u r g u e sts at t h e 3 2 n d N a tio n a l s w a s H a n s-We r n e r G rosse of L u e b e c k , G e r m a n y . Grosse ra n t w o m i l e s b e f o r e b r e a kfast e v e r y m o r n i n g a n d , w h e n i h e co ntest was o v e r , h a d

a c c u m u l a ted t h e m o s t poi nts f o r fl y i n g - 6 2 5 8 . S h i p is S c h l e i c h e r ' s n e w K a - 6 F Photo by S . A. A ldott ( a l l r ights reserved )

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At about 1530 two fast-moving specks in the sky were identified as Grosse and Firth heading east­southeast over Adrian on the op­tional leg. Svec came over soon after on the same course. A total of 25 overflew, but M ay in h is Sisu landed on the airport after a des­perate search for local lift. The rest began reporting in along the Mar­shall-Adrian leg.

A gasp went up when Moffat was announced as down a scant 38 miles out, having chosen a final leg to the south, for a total distance of 198 miles.

After a hushed period the long­lines began to ring. Grosse had flown 284.1 miles to Brunswick, near Cleveland. Firth was at Lodi, Ohio, with 281.9 miles and S vec landed downwind at Oberlin with 265.7 m iles. This was one for the calculator to sort out. Rechecking was completed by noon on the 9th.

Grosse edged S vec by 7 points and S vec edged Moffat by 9; the 26-point spread was 0.4 percent of the winning total.

The Awards The Awards B anquet was held

Friday night, July 9th, in the dining hall of Adrian College. Ward May­rand presided over the ceremony. The following SSA awards were given for non contest recognition :

The Tuntland Award to Hans Zacher of Germany for his techni­cal paper on performance testing of sailplanes, accepted for him by l-lan s-Werner Grosse.

The Barringer Trophy for 1964 to

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Al Parker of Odessa for his 647 . 1 7-mile world record distance flight.

F AI world record certificates to Wallace Scott, George B. Moffat, Jr. , and Al Parker.

SSA's highest award, the E aton Trophy, to Paul Bikle for outstand­ing contribution to soarin g in the United States .

To begin the contest awards, spe­cial plaques were given to all con­testants and SSA contest officials by the Adrian Area Chamber of Commerce. Keys to the city were granted to the foregin pilots-John Firth, Hans-Werner Grosse, and Rene Comte. The following compe­tition recognition was given :

An Irving parachute donated by Midwest Parachute Co. to Dean Svec as first runner-up and a para­chute donated by McElfish Para­chute S ervice to Dale M ay for the longest straight-line flight. The tra­ditional California and Texas flags were awarded to Paul Bikle of Cali­fornia as the highest standing pi­lot from either state by E. J . Beeves from southwestern U . S .

The Michigan Department o f Aeronautics Trophy went to Rudy Mozer of Bloomfield Hills as th e highest-standing Michigan pilot.

The Stroukoff Trophy went to

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Final Sta n d i ngs

1 . Hans-Werner Grosse-Ka-6E 6258 2 . Rudolph W. Mozer-Ka-6E 5465 3 . C . Gable Ray-Ka-6CK 5216 4 . Wallace A. Scott-Ka-6CR 5018 5 . Kai Gertsen-Ka-6CR 4879 6 . Wylie H. Mullen-Ka 6CR 4672 7 . C . M. Mears, Jr .-Prue Standard 46 1 2 8 . John Bierens-Ka-6 453 1 9. John J . Randall-Ka-6CR 4284

10. Robert F . Hupe-Ka-6CR 4256 1 1 . Sigmund Eckert-Ka-6CR 422tJ 12. Carl D . Herold-Ka-6CR 4088 13. Ncal Ridenour-Prue Sup. Std. 3804 14. Otto Zauner-Ka-6CR 3802 15 . Bruce Beebe-Foka 3645 16. Charles K . H auke-Ka-6CR 3537 17. Bill F . Sparks- 1 -23H- 1 5 3467 18. Johann G. Kuhn-Ka-6BR 3450 19. Larry A . Philips-Ka-8B 3432 20. Joseph M. Robertson-Ka-6CR 335 1 2 1 . James W . Leland-Ka-6BR 3243 22. Robert A. Chase-Std. Aus. S 2977 23. Paul Pallmer-Prue Sup. Std. 2927 24. Richard N. Sisley-Ka-8B 2856 25 . George Squillario-Ka-6CR 257 1 26. Richard T. Coapman-Ka 6CR 2523 27. Ray W. Jackson-1-23H - 1 5 23 1 0 28. John J . Hill-Ka-6CR 2 1 5 1 29. Ernst A. Steinhoff-Ka-6CR 1 727 30. Dale Anderson-Ka-6CR 1454 3 1 . Walter K . Heerman-Ka-8B 1038 32. Edgar H . Seymour-Ka-6CR 578

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The 1 965 U .S. N ati o n a l Soar ing C h a m pi o n , D e a n S v e c o f Bedford , O h i o , i n h is m o m e n t of g l ory a t the a w.a rds b a n q uet , after h a v i n g b e e n presented w i t h t h e R i c h a r d C. D u Pont

M e mor ia l Trophy.

Richard E. Schreder for the best goal-and-return performance in the contest.

Hans-vVerner Grosse received the Adrian Area Chamber of Com­merce Trophy, as the highest stand­in g foreign pilot, and the Standard Class Champion Trophy.

Dean Svec received the duPont Trophy as the 1965 U . S . National Soarin g Champion .

The 32nd in Perspective On the qualitative side, the 32n d

Nationals displayed combination s of superb pilots and fine ships per­forming with such consistency that the smallest lapse was magnified. It is no reflection whatever on the pilots to say that the top three wound up in a dead heat, separated by scarcely more than the chance variances possible in the scorin g system . Most of the top competitors are well known but one new per­former of high rank is Air Force Captain C. Gable Ray, who m akes the most of a Ka-6CH. Youn g Rob­ert L. Semans again this year pushed his 1-23H perform ance be­yon d expectations for that ship . The Sisus were so widely scattered in rank that a ll one can say is that somehow it didn 't h:m di cap De:m Svec to be flying on e .

At the other en d of the scale the day is fast approachin g when tighter entrance standards for the N ationals will be required to limit entrance to genuinely qualified

competitors and truly competitive sailplanes.

The advantages of well-equipped site and well-supported host group are now so obvious that SSA must provide the lead time necessary to make this quality of support effort possible.

Finally, an imaginative search is in order for events which raise spectator and public attention as­pects of the contest without sacrific­in g safety or competitive standards . The public and the press would like to S E E soaring, not just be told "they went thataway."

Materials Avai lable The Soaring Society of America has a

variety of items available on a free dis­tribution basis, as follows ( request by item number or name from SSA, Box 6607 1 , Los Angeles 66, Calif. ) :

Item 3 . FAI Soaring Awards Appl . Form .

Item 4. SSA Membership Appl. Form. ( Postage-paid business-reply envelope. )

Item 6. "SOARING . . . The S .S .A. . . . and YOU" pamphlet. Tells about the activity, glider pilot certificates, how soaring is organized, SSA, and how to get started in soaring.

Item 7 . List of Soaring Clubs ( for each SSA region ) . Gives club addresses, meeting information, flying sites and contact persons . Specify states desired.

Item 8. List of Manufacturers and Suppliers of Plans, Kits, Partially-Com­pleted and Ready-to-fly Gliders and Sail­planes-U.S . Manufacturer. Includes brief description of each sailplane, price and manufacturer's name and address .

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equipment only. Item 9 . List of Soaring Schools and

Commercial Glider Operators in the U . S . ( for 3 Zones, E . , Central, W. ) . Gives location, equipment and prices, where known.

Item 10. List of Books on Soaring. Gives price, brief description and source.

Item 23. SSA Merchandise Order Form.

Item 24. Incorporation Procedures ­Calif. Shows nonprofit clubs how to in­corporate, with specific details for Calif.

Item 25. Suggested Bylaws for Soar­ing Clubs. For clubs being formed only .

Item 28. Used Sailplanes For Sale List. Latest revision date is August 3rd.

Item 38 . How to Start a Soaring Club. Six pages of suggestions .

Item 39. State Soaring Records Rules and Application Form.

Item 4 1 . SSA Chapters . Lists benefits and policies and teIIs how a club may apply for SSA Chapter status .

Item 42. List of Foreign Aero Clubs and Soaring Centers . Sources of informa­tion about soaring abroad.

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SOARING'S NEW EDITOR The Soaring Society of America is

pleased to announce that it has em­ployed Mr. Richard N. Miller as the new full-time editor of Soaring magazine, to succeed the late Alex Dawydoff. Lloyd Licher, SSA E xe­cutive Secretary and former edi­tor of Soaring, is serving as acting editor for this, the September, is­s u e and will assist Miller with the next few issues as he gradually as­sumes full responsibility for the magazine.

In response to a request that he provide the readers with a bio­graphical sketch of himself, Mr. Miller submitted the following:

Richard N . Mil ler Born in Oak Park, Illinois, August

17, 1924. Spent early years in Holly­wood and Chicago. Built models from a very early age and was an avid aviation reader. (Contributed many articles to Model Airp lane News and American Modeler, once held Open Indoor H and-Launch Glider record.) Just prior to and during early years of World War II worked as aviation mechanic at Embry-Riddle, Arcadia, Fla. (PT­ITs) and Bainbridge, Ga. (BT-13' s ). Served two - and -one - half years in U.S. Navy, 20 months in Pacific Theatre in CASU 6 and CASU 32. Graduated A.M.M.2jC.

Attended Northwestern briefly following war. After an interlude in S. F. and L.A. continued schooling at Mexico City College (early 1950). Next five years, happiest of life, spent in Paris where 1, Attended the Sorbonne; 2, M arried an Israeli Sculptress; 3, did dubbing and worked as bit player in films and

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early TV series (Captain Gallant & such like) with Buster Crabbe, Kirk Douglas, Anne Baxter, Sidney Chaplin and so forth; 4, Inspired by Kon Tiki, launched raft expedition ( Ken-Tooki) which fell into hands of French Coast Guard off coast of Marseille (crew taken in on piracy ( ! ) charge); 5, Changed to other side of camera and made a series of short films for French TV; and 6, Began writing.

Terminated this wayward exist­en ce in 1955 and retuned to U.S. ( NYC) absolutely determined to be a writer. Continued work in motion picture production and other labors better left undescribed in order to pursue destiny as writer.

First contact with gliding was building ribs for a sailplane taking shape in the basement of Baptist Church in Austin, Ill. (Chicago) c. 1939j40 (Joe Steinhauser, can you help?). Begain active soaring in 1948 with N.C.S.A.-Ames Club, then at Warm Springs, Calif.

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(Ralph Salisbury, Les Arnold, Fred Matteson, Gabby H ansen, Earl M enefee, Ted Nelson, Harry Perl). First 75 hours in TG-3A. Owned Baker-McMillan Cadet II with Andy Tagliafico and Einar Enev­oldson. Could race a cloud and lose . Continued soaring during French Wanderjahr with Aero Club de France where flew Grunau, Emou­chet, Kranich, etc. Currently has commercial glider ticket ( Steve Bennis felt generous one day) with about 400 hours. Has worked for Steve, and Les Arnold, as instruc­tor.

Soaring editor of Air Progress magazine for last three years, con­tributed frequently to Soaring, S &G, Australian Gliding. Recently published superfrabdelociousjetc.­jetc.jetc. Year Book.

Enjoys skiing, swimming and surfing and music, particularly Bach. As a matter of fact, wants to be a 17th Century Church com­poser when he grows up. Looks forward to the future with a sort of megalomaniacal intensity-espe­cially after every look back at the past.

Long Soaring Flights Information received by SSA in­

dicates that the following soaring flights of over 150 miles have been made in the recent past.

May 1 5 ; Joseph Bearden, Jr . ; 1 9 1 m i . ; from Richmond, I n d . , t o Medina, Ohio ; 1-23B ; 4 : 35 hr . ; to earn Dia. goal and Gold dist.

May 30; Charles Drew ; 197 mi. ; from El M irage Field to Bishop, Calif . ; BG-12A; 5 : 37 hr.; to earn Gold dist. and complete Gold badge.

May 3 1 ; Lee Brody; 2 1 0 mi . ; from EI Mirage Field, Calif. , to Dry Lake, Nev . ; 1-26; 6 : 00 hr. ; to earn Dia. goal, Gold dist. and complete Gold badge.

June 18; Michael Greenwald; 188 m i . ; from Naperville t o Bloomington, I I I . and return; Std. Austria S H ; 5 : 45 hr. ; to earn Dia. goal and Gold dist.

June 24; Stephen duPont; 195 mi . ; from Bryan, Ohio, to M adison, Ind . ; HP� 10; 5 : 07 h r . ; to earn Dia. goal and Gold dist.

June 24; M ichael Greenwald; 251 m i . ; from Naperville to Columbia, I ll . ; Std. Austria S H ; 6 : 05 hr.; to earn Sil . dist. and complete Sil . badge.

June 24; Jim I-lard ; 230 mi. ; from Nap­erville to Centralia, III . ; Cherokee I I .

June 2 7 ; H a l Bonney ; 204 m i . ; from El Mirage Field to Twenty Nine Palms, Calif., and return ; Prue Super Std . ; 6 : 33 hr . ; to earn Dia . goal and Gold dist.

June 27; Helen Dick; 235 mi. ; from El Mirage Field, Calif. , to Coaldale, Nev. ; Zugvogel I I I B ; 6 : 30 hr. ; Dia. dist. attempt.

June 29; Woodward Cannon ; 1 96 m i . ; from Corning, N . Y . , t o D anbury, Conn. ; 1 -23H- 1 5 ; 4 : 1 0 hr . ; t o earn Dia. goal and Gold dist.

July 4 ; Philip R. Platt ; 199 mi . ; from

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'vVenatchee to Davenport, Wash . , and re­turn ; Olympia; 7 : 45 hr. ; to claim Dia. goal and Gold dist.

July 5 ; James LaFleur; 197 mi. ; from Tehachapi, Calif . , to Basalt, Nev. ; Dart; 4 : 1 5 hr. ; to earn Dia. goal, Gold dist. and complete Gold badge.

July 1 1 ; Ronald Chitwood; 200 m i . ; from Wenatchee t o Richland, ·Wash . , via Sprague ; Cherokee II; 7: 1 7 hr. ; to claim Dia. goal, Gold dist. and completion of Gold badge ( not approved, photo tech­niques deficient ) .

July 1 5 ; Burton M eyer ; 1 9 1 mi. ; from Naperville, Ill . , to Bloomington, Ind . ; 1 -23H ; 5 : 55 hr. ; to earn D i a . goal, Gold dist. and complete Gold badge.

July 17; Marion Griffith, Jr.; 324 mi. ; from Rockwall, Texas, to Medicine Lodge, Kansas; Standard Austria; 6: 55 hr. ; to earn Dia. dist.

July 20; Robert B. Smith ; 204 m i . ; from Elmira, N.Y. , t o Dickerson, M d . ; 1 -26; try for D i a . goal ( 7 m i . short o f Leesburg, Va. )

J uly 21 ; Walter F. Briggs ; 2 1 5 m i . ; from Utica, N . Y . , t o North Central State Airport, R . I . ; 1 -26; 7 : 10 hr. ; to claim Dia goal.

July 25; Hannes Linke; 318 m i . ; triangle from M arfa, Texas ; Zugvogel lIlA; 8 : 05 hr . ; to earn Dia. dist. and complete Dia. badge ( certified to vVest Germany ) .

July 25; John P. M iller; 1 92 m i . ; from Iv/ arfa to EI Paso, Texas; Skylark 4; 5 : 03 hr . ; to earn Dia . goal and Gold dist.

Aug. 1; Paul vVilson ; 26 1 m i . ; from

Wichita, Kansas, to Lake Texoma Lodge, Okla . ; Cherokee I I ; 6 : 36 hr . ; try for Dia. dist.

Aug. 1; James Struthers ; 193 mi . ; from Stanton, M inn. , to Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Ka-6; 4 : 25 hr.; to claim Dia. goal and Gold dist.

Aug. 14; David McNay; 285 m i . ; from EI M irage Field, Calif., to St. George, Utah; Prue S uper Std . ; 6 : 30 hr. ; try for Dia. dist.

Aug. 2 1 : C. M. "Bud" M ears, Jr . ; 330 m i . ; from El M irage Field, Calif., to Cedar City, Utah; Prue Std . ; 7 : 05 h r . ; to claim Calif. state open goal record. Alan Cameron made the same Hight that day in the 0-2, claiming New Zealand national

distance and goal records and Dia. dist. Two others were trying the same flight that day, Dick Lyon in a Ka-6CR and Dave McNay in a Prue Super Std . , hut they landed at Mesquite, Nev., about 260 miles out. Ray McAlpine Hew the BG-12C 200 mi. from El Mirage to Dry Lake, Nev . , that day to claim Dia. goal and Gold dist . , also .

At Marfa, Texas, flying the Lilienthal Soaring Club's Zugvogel IlIA, Helmut Kanter flew 295 mi. to Truth or Conse­quences, N . M . , on July 26, and 26 1 mi. to vV . of Ft. Stockton, Texas, on Aug. 5, and Harry Wuenstel Hew a 300-mi. trian­gle ( missed a turn ) on July 28, and went 303 mi. to Melrose, N . M . on Aug 4 in trics for Dia . dist .

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C l u b r e p o rters s h o u l d s u b mit items for this co l u m n to R o b e rt H. F u l l er , 4730 C h e st­nut St. , P h i l a d e l p h i a 39, Pa. P l e a s e try to l i m it news to o n e page of d o u b l e-spa ced typ i n g o n a s e p a rate s h eet a s it m i g ht a p­p e a r in p r i n t a s r e g a rd s ca pita l s , i n d e nta­t ions , etc. ) . S u b ject m atter o u g ht to cover t h a t which i s thoug ht to be of g e n e r a l in­terest . C l u bs with n e ws l etters a r e r e q uested to put Bob o n t h e m a i l i n g l i st for s a m e , i n a d d i t i o n t o S o a ri n g .

Ced a r Ra pids Soaring Soc. 800 Knol l S .E . Cedar Ra pids , Iowa

Eastern Iowa is o ff the ground with the newly formed Cedar Rapids So,uing So­ciet) , Inc. initial organization is com­p lete with n ine full members and three associates, who are the proud owners of a 2-22 recently p urchased in \,y is . , and l railercd back to Cedar Rapids.

Operation will be from McBride Air­port, two miles north of Cedar Rapids, and will be mostly auto-tow with some aero-tow possible. Later on we hope to try winch operations if things work out well .

The spark plug in organizing the club has been Bob Kellner, a fonner member of the Detroit Vultures, who now is vice president i n charge of operations as well as the flying instructor. The other officers

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are President, Denny Sprecher; Treasurer, Virgil D. Evans; and Acting Secretary, Beryl Layton. Dick Lenth and Ed "Varns were ins crumental in helping to get things rolling.

\V e have already accepted one more ful l member and three associates and we're sure more will join as soon as we rcal ly get going.

:BERYL LAYTON

Phi ladelphia Gl ider Coun. Rte. 1 . Box 3 1 5 Perkasie, Penn.

The Philadelphia Glider COL,neil 's Open H ouse from 1 7 through 25 July was one of thc most successful ever held.

Visitors includcd Bjorn and Britt Flo­dcn with their newly l icensed II P - lO ; Bi l l a n d Mary Ellen Felobaumcr from Hoanoke, with Bill taking the duration record of 8 hours and 1 5 minutes in his new Standard Austria; Nate Frank from � [aryland; G . H. Christiansen from New J ersey and Bill Mi l ler from Allentown, both of whom never miss an Open H ouse. Tom Finch, from Santa Monica, who was participating in the model meet at vViI­low Grove Naval Air Station also dropped in to say hello .

The weather cooperated with our plans during the I1rst part of the week. Two PGC members. Don Joyce and R ob Buck, o ual i l1ed for their duration and altitude Si lver badge legs ( ncnding official con­firmation ) . "Chris" Christiansen had the longest n i �ht of the week- 160 miles. Clark Rosenblum flew to Danbury, Conn . , s t I l l aftcr his Gold distance lcg . Liv � [or · ris landed in the Poconos.

Bill Hee, one o f the newest PGC mem­bers, soloed the 2-22 one day and had a 2J�-hour fl ight in it thc next. That same day he took off for Danhnry to retrieve Clark. Two davs l ater he soloed the Cherokce that he and his brother Tohn recently completed. Over the wpekend our latest new member, M ark Pfeiffer, Ph . D . , also soloed the 2-22.

Saturday nigh t's cxcel lent picnic, nre­nared bv Kay Fox, Claire Agostini, Jean Herr and others was fol lowed by award presentations by Art Mil lay. Open House task director. As a <Decial dcsert. Mrs. Kenneth Hoser ( Addie ) nerfo"mpd hula dances as she learned them in her na­tive Hawaii.

Ed Cox. the Open House (:ommittee chairman , had also arrangf,d a 111m on you know what from SSA's 111m l ibrary. Eel can fepl iustly proud of the way the week of activities went .

H. S . HERR

Texas Soaring Association 1 5 1 4 Tulip Drive Arl ington, Texas

\Ve have been pushing several things very hard around here :

l . Our new clubhouse addition. 2 . General equipment and condition . 3 . Membership l·enewals . 4. Delinquent accounts.

\Ve are ready to go on the clubhouse. I t wi l l be all brick, natural wood and windows. A thing of beauty and a joy to behold.

Our equipment is A- I . The Ka-7, 1-26 and 2 22 Ay constantly when the weather is good. ( $ 150.00 worth one recent Satur­day-Sunday zilch . ) The tow plane made

25 tows Sccturday and the J -3 flies a lot too. The premises look great : clean and orderly. The grass is growing too fast because we've had a lot of rain. So we mow more than normal .

I ' l l work up an article for Soaring on the clubhouse, pictures and all . vVe have fi lms every meeting and I plan that once the clubhouse is complete, every meeting will be short and sweet, followed by a

party. Better I should say each meeting night party will bc interrupted by a brief business meeting.

GEORGE E. CODER, President

S C H O O L N EWS Hol iday Soaring School Box 6 Te h a c h a pi, Cal ifornia

Holiday Soaring School's 5 th Annual 1 -26 Hegatta, held over the weekend J une 19, 20, was blessed with some of the best soaring weather ever experienced in the valley. Visiting pilots were treated to a fairly common Tehachapi phenomenon -winds blowing i n from both ends of the valley and converging near the field. Altitudes of 1 3,000 and 14,000 were the order of the day and almost everyonc completed Saturday's task, One dust devil apparently passed over the city dump as newspapers were reported being sighted above 10,000 feet.

Dick Lehman, a newcomer to soaring, but not to aerobatics, entertained spec­tators with a spectacular demomtration of rol ls, loops and inverted flight in a 1 -26. Fred and Goldie I-Iarris again hosted the traditional Saturday evening barbecue. E nthusiasm was only slightly dampened by premonitions of what the task committee woul d dream up f0r Sun­day in anticipation of another superb day. F red had no dremns at aI!, h aving stayed up all night replacing a sick engine. It seems you iust cannot depend on those power craft !

Sunday morning weather promised even better possibi lities and the task com­mittee selected a speed task over a 3 1 -mile triangle. The lift was slow i n start­ing, however, and only a providential dust devii saved the committee from the tar and feathers brigade. Best times around the course were 43, 45, and 54 minutes. The speed task provided valu­able experience for cross-country flying and will probably be a part of al l future regattas here.

Dave Nees retired the perpetual tro­phy by amassing the most points for the third straight year. Dave collected maxi­mum points for both days and also turned in the best time for the speed task.

Final results were as fol lows : 1 . Dave Nees 2. Ed Musselman 3. D ick Lehman 4 . M erle Hubel .5. Wayne Smith Wayne Smith collected a fine sunburn

in over 10 hours of flying during the two days. Mrs. Smith read "Gone with the Wind" twice while waiting in the lounge.

N e w C l u b s a n d S c h ools N e w soaring groups seem t o b e spring­

ing up these days almost faster than you can write them down . Mr. \,yilburn "V. Martin, a long-time S . S .A. member, re­cently added a TG-3A to his fixed-base

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operation at the Municipal Airport, Abi­lene, Texas, and offers free tows with his 135-HP Super Cub to people wishing to make badge attempts from his field.

The Oak Brook Soaring Club was in­sti tuted earlier this year as an addition to the Butler Sports Preserve in Oak Brook Vi llage, Illinois. The location is about twenty-five miles west of Chicago and the sports offered to members of the vi llage, in addition to soaring, i nclude fox hunting, golf, quarter horse racing, soc­cer, polo, archery and tenni s . Corky \Vhite i s the manager and chief Hight in­structor of the gliding department and works out of the Oak Brook Air Strip and the Aurora M unicipal Airport. Equipment presently includes two 2-22's and three I-26's.

Many new groups have sprouted up in CalHornia including a club in Indio and another, the Twentynine Soaring Club at Twentynine Palms. Equipment is cur rently l imited to a 2-22 and flying to weekends. James H. B ur gess ( 82-357 Mt. View, Indio ) says that the stories of fan­tastic lift at the wartime site are not exaggerated and advises all interested narties that a tow plane is available at the Twentynine Palms Airport. Not far from Twentynine Palms, at Thermal, Califor­nia, Mr. Jim Morrison is operating 'It the Desert Air Oasis ( at the Thermal Air­port ) with a Shinn tug, a 2-22 and :1

1 -26. Vic Swierkowski, who has been qctive

with the Sacramento Soaring Club for many years, is now running a commercia l operation a t the Truckee-T:lhoe Airnort iust north of Lake Tahoe in th e High S ierras. Currently cquipment includes a TG-3A and a PA- 1 8 and � lth('u!lh most of the flying is done on weekends the tow nlane is available all week long. During tIle summer doldrums many pilots from the San Francisco area have been leaving their ships at Truckee-Tahoe and making; the three-hour drive from the coast each weekend. Even on a bad day the dust devils go by with snrprising regularity and climbs to 1 3.()OO or 14 .0()() fe('t in thermals seem qu ite ordinary. Plans are :lfoot for the installation of a new runway, a glider oDE'rations office and the addition of new gliders. Information about Sierra Soaring, Inc., can be had by writing to Swierko"'ski :It 2 1 3-26th Street, Sacra­mento 25, California .

K l e m pe re r F u n d Contributors

As mentioned in the May issue of Soaring, a Dr. Wolfgang B. Klem­IJerer Memorial Fund has been es­tablished in the care of SSA so that those desiring to pay enduring homage to this great aeronaut could do so in the form of a con­tribution to the fund, in accordance with the wishes of his family. The SSA Directors have offered the fund to OSTIV, the international organization for scientific and tech­nical aspects of soaring, so that they might establish a perpetual, international award in memory of Dr. Klemperer, who had been an OSTIV Director for many years. The exact purpose for which the

S E P T E M B E R . . . I 9 6 5

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FLY IN ALL-NEW EQUIPMENT

Fly The new swe pt-ta il 1 -26 Fly The new 2-32 Fly The new 2-22E

H ea d q u a rters f o r S a i l p l a n e S u p p l i e s

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award will be made each year is to be determined by the OSTIV Di­rectors at their next meeting, early in 1966, and will be announced in SoaTing shortly thereafter.

Those who have contributed to the Fund as of August 11th are listed below. Contributions as of that date totalled $1399. Others wishing to contribute should make checks payable to "Klemperer Me­morial Fund-SSA" and mail to SSA, Box 66071, Los Angeles 66, Calif.

Dr. & i\Irs. M. H. Abzug ]\[rs . Jean D . Altizer

Leslie Arnold Dr. & Mrs. Karl Arnstein

F . J. Bailey Robert A. Bailey

Capt. & Mrs. R . S. Barnaby. USN ( Ret ) Anne & Gus Briegleb Charles Brouyette

i\ [ r . & Mrs. Peter P . Burger Howard E . Burr

G. H. Butler i\ [r. & i\ [ rs . Stephen J. Chris 1'dr. & Mrs. J. Cassin Cl ark

Rene Comte J . S . Cooley

i\ [r . & Mrs. Irv Culver Benjamin J . Cutshall, M . D .

Alex Dawydoff George Deibert

Dr. & Mrs. Armin J. Deutsch Jay L. Dodds

27 Employees of Douglas Aircraft Co. l isted by name in this list plus

others unnamed Dou glas Aircraft Employee Auxiliary

Services Edith & Sam Drummy

Maurice Edelstein Richard I-I. Edwards

i\ Ir . & i\[rs . J . E . Ekstromer i\ [ i1dred Engelman

M. P. Erhard Karl Freund

Dick Gardner Mr. & Mrs. C. W. Gaskell, Jr . Ceniseo Technology Corp .

Sunniva & John Graves R. J. Gunkel

i\ [ iss Gloria Guozzo Dr. :lnd Mrs . Raimo J. H akkinen

Stanley A. Hal l Fernanda Hartmann D . A. Hen derson

Mr. & Mrs. C . r . Hertel Clair I-liggins

i\ Ir. & Mrs. George A . Hine C. H. Jackson

i\ [ r . & Mrs. Walter E. Johansen, Jr. Robert L . Johnson

i\ l r. & i\[rs . Leo Tones E lmer Katinszky Jon L. Laymen

Alexander M. Lippisch i\Ir . & i\ Irs. William Littlejohn

J . J. Martin Joseph M . Mathias, Jr.

F. H . Matteson Dale S. May

C. M. McClelland Mr. & Mrs. Warren J . M erboth i\Ir . & Mrs. Richard M. i\ l oek

Angela Moore Robert Lee Moore

Fridolin K. Nachtigal i\ [ r . & Mrs. Erwin R . Neumann i\ [r . & Mrs. R . B . C . Newcomb Dr. & Mrs. Ben A. Newman

John Nowak Dorothy G . C . Oliveau

1[rs. Nadia L. Palm berg Donald H. Pollard

Bob Porter Peter Riedel Parker Roe

Leon A. Roessner L. Eugene Root

Lt. Col. R. S. Royce Victor M. Saudek

J. R . Sayre Gustav Scheurer Wesley M. Scott

John Serafin Dennis Sponer

Clarence J. Stein Mr. & Mrs. M. F. Stoughton

Robert E. Strite William H. Taylor

i\!r . & Mrs. Charles J. Towle T. H. Troller

i\!r . & Mrs. Peter Tuntland Video Tape Enterprises, Inc.

Jack Jester, President Mr. & Mrs . J. C. Walker

R. A. Ward Elmer P. Wheaton

Frank J. White Dr. & Mrs . R . M. Wood

Myron C . Young Zeppelin-Metallwerke Gmb H

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CaRadiaR News

Edited by DAVE KING

I tems for this page s h o u l d reach Dave K i n g , 56 Grenfe l l Crescent, Ottawa 1 2, by the 5th for the next month's Soaring . Photog ra phs a re welcome, b u t ca n not be retu rned . Copy should be about a s you wa nt i t to read . Newsletters a r e welcome but we d o not a l ways have t ime to edit them i n to items su i ta b l e for Soaring . "let­ters to the Editor" are i nvited .

C a n a d i a n N a t i o n a l s The National Championships were held

at Pendleton, Ontario, between the 2Jth of J une and the 8th of J uly. The contest was won by a former N ational Champion, Willi Deleurant, Hying a Standard Aus­tria. Second place ana the '1 eam Cham­pionships went to Mike Stoten and Ted Henderson of the Montreal Soaring Coun­ci l who also Hew an Austria. A total of 1 6 sailplanes entered but only half of these were present during the entire con­test. It was felt that the U .S . Nationals, which were held at the same time, and the somewhat poor accommodations available locally kept the entry down .

The weather was superb. Seven con­secutive contest days-J une 30th to Ju ly 6 -wcrc sandwiched betwcen one no-con · test day at the beginning and two at the end. On two different days an out-and­return task of 187 miles was set and on both occasions it was completed by a number . of pi lots. For two of the pilots, Leo S mIth and J ohn Soulsby, finishing the round-trip Hight was worth one diamond each. Dave Webb ( Skylark 4 ) Hcw only one day, earned 1 000 points for a 225-mile Hight which was the longest of the contest. The longest Hight on free distance day was 160 m iles by Ed Henderson .

Third place went to the team of Boud­reault and Bienada flying a Skylark 3B. Another 3B, flown by the team of T. L . and E . L . S mith finished fourth , fol lowed by Glenn Loekhard ( Foka ) and a Ka 6 entered by George Stanley and Dave MacClement. Among the other competing gl iders were four Skylark 4's, a Ka-6, a Ka-8, a M usger 23G and two I -26's. vVe anticipate a full coverage in a future is­sue of Soo1'ing.

Edmonton Soa ring C l ub Box 293 Edmonton. Albe rta

For once club members can not com­plain that Saturdays and Sundays have been the lousiest soaring days of the week. No Sir! They are no worse but un­fortunately no better than the lousy week­days. Spring and early summer has just not provided good soaring conditions on the western prairies.

Club spirit has not been lacking how · ever, and perhaps at no time in the history of the club has it been so necessary. Fol · lowing the unfortunate loss of our tow­plane our executive and particularly our preSident, Gordon Prest, went to no end of trouble to arrange for the rental of a replacement.

The TG-2 has been overhauled and rental arrangements of a TG- l made for the entire season . Both of these aircraft will play a major part in the club's at­tempt to popularize soaring in the vVest. Twelve-hundred air cadets will be at­tending camp over a s ix-week period at R .C .A.F . Namao and the Edmonton Soar­ing Club will be standing by every day to provide a familiarization R ight for every cadet who wishes to Ry.

Many club members will be donating one week and i n some cases cven two weeks of their vacations to provide the n u mber of quali fied pi lots necessary for such an undertaking.

vVe are also pleased to announce that the Don McLaughlin Soaring Trophy, in­st i tuted in memory of the late Don IVIe­Laughlin, wi l l be available for annual competition . The regulations for its award require that the contestant be a member of any Alberta Soaring Club and that the n i ghts involved start and finish in AI­hcrta. The other regu lations are available from our secrctary.

And now to roll up our sleeves and give the air cadets a worthy introduction to the art and science of soaring.

E DWARD BELL

M o n t real Soa ring C o u n c i l B o x 1 082. S t . La u rent M o ntreal 9. Q uebe c

After the usual small numbers in the carly part of the season, membership i s bu ilding up, and our present complement i s 1 20. Active sailplanes have increased s ince last year, and a Skylark I I or I V or

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O R F O R D I R E C T P O S T P A I D S H I P M E N T I N C O NT. U S A, S E N D C H E C K O R M O N E Y O R D E R TO E. H . R E P LO G L E , P RO D U CT E N G I N E E R I N G

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one of the Standard Austrias takes off and disappears most weekends, sometimes to reappear after three or four hours, hav­ing completed a 200 km. triangle or some such task.

Gord Symonds, from Regina, and Bill Netherton gained their C's recently, and Gordie Hicks reached his Gold distance of Beauf!1Qnt at 7000 ft. in his Sisu, but de­cided to land and claim his goal Dia­mond. Mike Watson Hew for five hours, as did John Bisscheroux. On the distaff side Chris Pattinson made a 70-mile cross-country in a 1-26, and Sarah Mur­chison had her first hour's soaring Right, both worthwhile achievements.

J an Lafeber, our chief towpilot, has organised a roster of 20 regular and standby towpilots, so the towing situa­tion is much improved over 1964.

This year the club is employing Albie Pow as a full-time ground engineer. The recovered fuselages of our 2-22' s are evi­dence of AI's professional ability.

A six-man syndicate took delivery of a Blanik in May, to make three of this type in the club, and members of the syndi­cate are all flying more than last season .

Charlie Yeates and Dave vVebb Hew a Skylark IV and the 17· metre Dart proto­type, respectively, at the World Cham­pionship in England. Their final placings were 9th and 28th , in the Open Class.

Two M.S .C . sailplanes competed in the Canadian National Championships at the Gatineau Gliding Club at the beginning of July, so our representatives tour the world .

BOB GAIHNS

York Soaring Association Box 1 5 3 Don M il ls , Onta rio

A smal l ad in the local papers and a plug ovcr the air produced much interest, many trial flights and varying degrees of enthusiasm but-few, if any, new mem­bers.

Maybe they saw or heard about our last aero tow! This jaunt was to have com­pleted a day of guest riding by a ski club but ended in a very short cross-country flight when the Auster's engine choked over a few miserable paint particles and packed up at a mere 150 feet . The Aus­ter's jockey promptly chopped the string and it was every man for himself.

The Doppelraab containing yours truly and a fair guest sneaked into a small field with no trouble, whilst the Auster bounced madly through the cemetery, breaking the u ndercarriage here, bending the prop there, and finally ran out of steam under a substantial looking hedge. The glider was quickly juggled out of the field and returned to base. But isn't there something ineongruous about trundling a fully-rigged glider along a road? One feels so conspicuous!

With the Auster's repairs still incom­plete the fol lowing weekend found us kicking the winch into l ife and achieving several four-minute Rights plus the usual cable breaks due to the excessive wear hy the gravel runways.

GIL PARCELL

I N T E R N �,TI O N A L F.A. I . B A D G E S FOR SOA R I N G

A p p roved in C a n a d a D u ri n g the M o nth of J u l y, 1 965

S O A R I N G

C B A D G E S

655. Robert C. Pullin ; L- K; Chatham, Ont.

656. Alfred J . Schmied ; Ka-6CR; Wenat­chee, Wash.

657. Alexander H. Foster; 1 - 1 9 ; Fergus, Ont.

658. Gerald S. Neal; 1 - 1 9 ; Belwood, Ont. 659. Robert A. Mitton; Doppelrabb ;

Goodwood, Onto

S I LV E R B A D G E S

152. Helmut Werneburg; Ka-8B ; Brant­ford, Onto

153. Bernard Wohlleben; Skylark 2B; Hawkesbury, Ont.

154. Lothar Schaub ; Ka-6CR; Wenat­chee, Wash .

155. Alfred J. Schmied ; Ka-6CR; Wenat­chee, Wash .

156. Willy Jackson; 1-26; Brantford, Ont.

157. Steve Burany ; Ka-6CR; Brantford, Onto

158. Jim Bader; M 100S ; Brantford, Ont. 159. Trevor M. Owen; L-Spatz; Brant­

ford, Onto 160. Oscar Boesch ; Ka-6CR; Bellwood,

Onto 161 . D. A. Brown ; L-Spatz; Brantford.

Onto 162. John Bisscheroux; Skylark 2B ;

Pendleton, Ont.

LEGS FOR G O L D B A D G E S Robert C. Gairns ; Alt . ; 1 -23D ; Estey,

Vermont Alfred Schmied; Alt . ; Ka-6CR ; Wenat­

chee, Wash. W. Donald MacClement ; Dist . ; Ka-6;

Brantford, Ont.

LEGS FO R S I LV E R B A D G E S B . G. H. Tempelbagen; Dur.; M - I 00S ;

Brantford, Onto Robert H . Boyle ; Alt . ; C . B . I I ; Winne­

peg, Man. Fred Wollrad; Dist . ; Cherokee I I ; Winni­

peg, Man. Fred C. Cooper; Dist . ; 1-26; Hawkesbury,

Onto Herman Kurbis ; Dur. ; G . B . I I ; "Varren,

Man.

BOOK REVIEWS SOARING INTE RNATIONAL YEAR BOOK-1965, by Soaring In­ternational, Box 77334, San Fran­cisco, Calif . 94107. $2.50. 68 pages, 8-3/8" x 1 1" , full color cover .

Here we have one of the most significant pieces of literature on soaring to come out of America in modern times. In a field where SSA has been predominant, the Year Book represents an individual en­trepreneural effort by Richard Mil­ler to help satisfy the insatiable ap­petite most soaring enthusiasts h ave for reading material on the subject. It offers a wide variety of timeless articles, well written and easy to read.

Starting out with Al Parker's "1000 Km . in Zero Zero Zulu," his account of the world distance rec­ord flight, depth is added with a biographical sketch of Al and

S E P T E M B ER . . • 1 9 6 5

"Some Notes of the Sisu" by Len Niemi, designer/builder of the ship Al flew, and interviews with the Sisu owners . That sets the theme for the 16-page article that follows on "World Distance Flying," a veri­table chronology of the attempts to soar ever farther, profusely illus­trated with the men and the ma­chines that made soaring history.

Change of pace comes with " . . . Provacative . . . Paragraphs . . . " ; "One-Class Soarin g'" by Lowell Yund, President of the 1-26 Asso­ciation ; "Shear Lin es and Conver­gence Zones," by John Aldrich, noted met. man who has served in that capacity on the U . S . Soaring Team ; a comprehensive article on "Soaring in Scandinavia"; a few pages about fiberglass sailplanes; more history with "Sir George Cay­ley's Gliders"; and, finally, 15 pages on "World Sailplane Production," discussing what's current and n ew.

All in all , a number of evenings of delightful, absorbing reading, for less that the cost of an average aero tow. The Year Book deserves a place in the library of every soar­ing enthusiast who values the printed word to supplement his per­sonal soaring experiences . -L.L. SIR (;EORGE CAYLEY'S AERO­NAUTICS 1796-1855, by Charles Gibbs-Smith. 269 pages, 4 plates, 84 illustrations . Published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Lon­don. Available from S ales Section, British Information Services, 845 Third A venue, N ew York 22, New York. $6.00.

It is not too much to say that Sir George Cayley ( 1773- 1857 ) in­vented the airplane as single-hand­edly as, say, Sigmund Freud did psychoanalysis or Thomas A. E di­son the motion picture; that attend­ant to this he evolved what was un­questionably the first practical ap­preciation of such aeronautical concepts as dihedral, decalage and the relationship between the cen­ter of pressure and the center of gravity; that he built and flew the first heavier-than-air craft of which there is any authentic historical rec­ord ( incorporating, it might be add­ed, such refinements as box beams and sprung wheels ) ; and that his overwhelming contributions to the­oretical aerodynamics were ig­nored, his practical experiments overlooked and he himself forgot­ten as thoroughly as was old Bach following his death a century earlier.

This is perhaps saying a lot, but hardly too much. The 269 pages of Gibbs-Smith's new book dealing solely, as its title implies, with Cayley's contributions to aeon au­tics, seem hardly enough to enu­merate his wondrous catalogue of achievements . And let it be noted that aviation was only one of the disciplines, although certainly the most noteworthy, in which Cayley exercised his genius, ballistic mis­siles and prosthetics being in­stances of his other interests .

No more could be said of th e Gibbs-Smith book than that it does full justice to its subject. In it Cay­ley's aeron autical achievements ( as well as his occasional short­comings ) are handled one by one, in chronological order. There is no attempt to inflate the story, which is quite exciting enough ( if this sort of history is your cup of tea ) ; and although the book is scientific in the best sense of the word the author avoids anything approach­ing that abominable scientificeze in which so many such works are written .

The illustrations are excellent and provide a completely adequate accompaniment to the text. There are, in addition, a number of en­lightening appendices and a thor­ough glossary and index. The book is bound in dark blue linen and solidly made.

Perhaps Sir George Cayley's Aero nautics 1 796-1855 could best be compared to Marvin McFar­land's The Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright which is to say that it is a very worthwhile book indeed.

- RICHARD MILLER

H ·3'O l L ibe l l e Licensed O n August 3, 1965, the H-301 Li­

belle, Manufactured by Glasfluegel, received its German airworthiness certificate and is now in full pro­duction.

This license is a milestone in sail­plane technology and leads the way for other manufactures to follow in the footsteps of Ing. Eugen H aenle and his dedicated engineering staff. The merits of fiberglass were con­clusively proved during one of the most rigorous test programs ever devised for a production sailplane.

There are more than a dozen Li­belles now flying in Europe with U . S . orders at present numbering twenty-four. Deliveries for the U . S . have begun. The U . S . A . T . C . i s in process . -P.W.

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INTERN ATION AL F.A. I. BADGES FOR SOARING

A p proved in the U n lted States

Silver Badge No. 1 90A has been issued to John Serafin of Phoenix, Arizona, to correct an oversight in the record­keeping in 1 953 ",hen he completed his Silver Badge requirements.

The fo l l o w i n g c o rrectio n s s h o u l d be made to the a p prova l s l i sted in the 7-65 i s s u e :

Silver Badge No. 962. Frank M . Mel­sheimer ( las t name of M urphy listed in error )

Leg for Gold Badge omitted in error : Ronald A . Chitwood; Alt . ; Cherokee

I I ; Richland , Wash . Legs for Silver Badges omitted in error :

Ch'lries Blodgett; Alt .lDist. ; Cher. I I William A. Prescott; Dist ./Dur . ; 1-26

The fo l l o w i n g c o rrectio n s should be made to the a p prova l s l i sted in the 8-65 i s s u e :

Diamond Badge number assigned to Wal­lace A. Scott; U . S . No. 42, Interna­tional No. 408

Diamonds for Gold Badges : Alex Smith's Diamond was for Goal, not Dist.

Legs for Gold Badges; Alex Smith's leg was for Dist., not Goal.

Leg for Gold Badge omitted in error : Carroll Klein ; Dist. ; 1 -23 ; Richland, Wn.

Legs for Silver Badges : Charles Adams; Alt . ; Ka-8B ( om itted

in error ) Erhard Benzing; Alt./Dist . ; 1-26 ( listed

as Alt./Dur. in error ) Richard W. Rhinehart; Alt./Dist.!Dur. ;

TG-3A ( listed as 1-26 in error ) Louis S chnier ; AIt.lDur . ; Ka 8B ( listed

as only Alt. in error ) Lewis C. Tuttle; Dist. ; 1 -23 ( omitted

in error )

A p prov a l s for Appl ications Received During the M o nth of J u ly. 1 965

D I A M O N D BADGE C O M P L E T E D H a n s M . Linke ( certified t o Germany,

national and international numbers to be assi gned )

G O L D BA D G E S

23 1 . Charles lV1. Drew 232. Lee Brody 233 . J ames K. LaFleur 234. Burton C. Meyer 235. Charles N. Adkisson

S I LVER B A D G E S

988 . William F. Harris 989. Eugene Grieshaber 990. Robert S. Wayt 99 1 . M ichael S. Greenwald 992. Lloyd C. Blanchard 993 . Thomas Richter 994. Robert M. Davenport 995. Louis R . Schnier 996. Wayne G. Placek 997. Warren E. Price 998 . Al Schillberg 999. Dale L. Cosper

1000. Douglas L . Barritt 100 1 . Sylvia C. Hamilton 1002. Samuel H. duPont, Jr . 1003. James H . Artz 1 004. Clem Urbanski

D I A M O N D S FOR G O L D B A D G E S

Joseph N . Bearden, Jr . ; Goal ; 1 -23B ; Richmond, Ind.

Hal Bonney; Goal; Prue Sup. Std . ; El Mirage Field, Calif.

Lee Brody; Goal ; 1-26; EI Mirage Field, Calif.

Woodward Cannon; Goal ; 1 -23H - 1 5 ; Corning, N . Y.

Stephen duPont; Goal ; HP- l O ; Bryan, Ohio

M ichael S. Greenwald; Goal ; Std. Aus. SH; Naperville, Ill . . .

Marion S. Griffith, Jr . ; DISt . ; Std . Austna; Rockwall, Texas

William F. Harris; Alt . ; Breguet 90 1 ; St . Auban, France ( certified from France )

James K. LaFleur; Goal ; Dart; Tehachapi, Calif.

Hans M . Linke; Dist . ; Zugvogel lIlA; Marfa, Texas ( certified to W. Ger­many )

Burton C. Meyer, Goal ; 1-23 H ; Plain­field, I l l .

John P. Miller; Goal; Skylark 4; Marfa, Texas

Malcolm D. Stevenson ; Dist . ; 1 -23H- 1 5 ; M iddletown, N.Y.

LEGS FOR GOLD BA D G E S

Charles N . Adkisson; Al t . ; 1 -26; � Llrh, Texas

Joseph N. Bearden , Jr . ; Dist . ; 1-23B ; Richmond, Ind.

Hal Bonney; Dist. ; Prue Sup. Std . ; El M irage Field, Calif. . .

Lee Brody; Dist; 1-26; El Muage Field, Calif. . � Woodward Cannon ; DISt. ; 1-23H- 1 o ; Corning, N . Y .

Charles M . Drew; Dist . ; BG- 1 2A; EI M irage Field, Calif.

SIERRA SOARING� INC.

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AT TRUCIiEE.TAHOE AIRPOR'l'

Soaring every day. Tow pilot on duty.

RENTAL : Schweizer 1-26, Schweizer TG-3

2-32 fully instrumented for wave Hying.

Instructions by appointment.

35 miles west of Reno on highway 40. Phone Truckee -Tahoe : (916)

587-41 19. Business office address : 213 - 26th St., Sacramento, Calif.

Phone 447-7057.

During the past two months soaring has been from very good to terrific.

Stephen duPont; Dist . ; H P - I 0 ; Bryan, Ohio

Michael S . Greenwald; Dist. ; Std. Aus. S H ; Naperville, I l l .

\iVilIiam F . Harri s ; Alt . ; Breguet 90 1 ; S t . Auban, France ( certified from France )

J ames K. LaFleur; Dist . ; Dart; Tehachapi, Calif.

William E. M alpas; Alt. ; 1-26; EI M irage Field, Calif. ( certified to England )

Burton C. Meyer ; Dist. ; 1 -23H ; Plain­ficId; I I I .

John P. Miller; Dist . ; Skylark 4; Marfa, Texas

Jerald D. M orris ; Alt . ; Ka 6CR; Truckee, Calif.

L E G S FO R S I LV E R B A D G E S

James H . Artz ; Dur . ; 1-26 Herbert F . J . Bals; Alt . ; 1 -26 Douglas L. Barritt ; Alt.lDist./Dur . ; L-K Marion L. Barritt; Dur. ; 1 -26 Leland R. Beck; Dur . ; 1-26 Lloyd C. Blanchard ; Dist.lDur . ; 1 -26 Harry Bochow; Dur . ; BG-12B Alexander G . Bodenstein ; Dur . ; 1 -26 Robert O. Buck; Alt.!Dur . ; 1 -26 Charles E. Campbell ; Alt . ; 1-26 G . M ichael Church ; Alt.lDur . ; M- I00S William E. Clark, Jr.; Alt . ; 1-26 A . D . Elssworth Coe; Alt.lDist. ; Weihe Dale L. Cosper; Dist.lDur. ; Ka-8B Robert M. Davenport; Dur . ; Std. Aus. S Samuel H . duPont, Jr . ; Alt.lDist . ; 2-32 Victor E. Feiler; Alt. ; 1-26 Floyd Finberg; Alt.lDist . ; L-K/ 1 -26 Paul R. Foote ; Alt. ; 1-26 George H . Frost; Alt . ; 1-26 Lawrence P . Garcia; DuI . ; 1-26 M ichael S. Greenwald ; Alt.lDist.lDur.;

Std. Aus. SH Gene Grieshaber; Dist. ; Baby Frankland O. Good; Alt./Dur . ; 1 -26 Wallace S. Gustafson ; Dur . ; 1-26 Kenneth E . Hamilton ; Dur. ; 1 -26 Sylvia C. Hamilton ; Dist . ; 1 -26 William F. Harris; Alt./Dist .lDur. :

Breguet 901 ( certified from France ) Thomas Hutchins, Jr . ; Alt . ; 1-26 Fred Huykman; Dist . ; 1 -26 Donald Joyce; Alt ./Dur . ; 1 -26 M arlo V. Kiff; Alt . ; 1-26 Frederick R. Lawrence; Dur. ; 1 -26 Jon LeRette; Dur. ; 1-26 Hans Luenger; Dur . ; Condor 4-2 B illy Masters; Alt./Dist . ; Weihe Robert V. McNeill; Alt./ D ist. ; 1-26 Ted Melsheimer; Dur. ; 1-26 Richard F . Merian; Alt . ; 1 -26 Eu gene Olah ; Alt. ; TG-3A \iVayne G. Placek; Dur . ; 2-32 Jack Plato ; Alt . ; 1-26 \iVarren E. Price; D u r . ; L-K Roy Reabe ; Dist . ; TG-2 Robert Sands Rehr; Alt . ; 1 -26 Thomas Richter ; Dist ./Dur . ; 1 -26 Richard R. Robinson ; Dur . ; 1 -26 Stanley M. Rowe, Jr. ; Alt.lDur. ; Ka 8B Frank Sanchez, Jr . , Alt . ; 1-26 Richard G . Sayer ; Dur . ; 1 -26 Al Schillberg; Dur . ; Ka-8B David L . Schmitkons; Alt. ; 2-22 Louis R. Schnier; Dist . ; Ka-8B David B . Sheldon ; M . D . ; Dur.; 1-26 D. Wayne Smith; Alt . ; 1 -26 M. David Stevenson , Jr . ; Alt . ; 1 -26 Ernest E. Tcaley; Alt . ; 1 -26 Dorothy R. Thomson ; Alt . ; Ka-6CR John B. Thuren; Alt . ; 1 -26 Clem Urbanski; Dur . ; 1 -23H Brian W . Voth ; Alt./Dist . ; 1 -26 Donald S. Wasness; Alt.lDur. ; 1 -26 Robert S. Wayt; Dur . ; 1 -26 Kenneth H. Wheatley ; Dur. ; 1 -23

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Corkleigh E. White ; Alt . ; 1 -26 Willard C. Wiley ; Alt./Dist. ; 1-26 William M. Wiley, Jr . ; Alt./Dist . ; 1-26 Ned Wilson ; Alt. ; 1-26 Patricia G. Worthington; Alt . ; 1-26 ( certi­

fied to England ) Leonard K. Yerger ; Alt . ; 1-26 Alan J . Yund; Alt . ; 1 -26

AS C PROGRAM N U M B E R E D C E RTI FICATES I S S U E D F O R A B C PRO G RAM C BA DGES

3 1 53. R. Arthur Gaiser 3 1 54. Roy W . Boberg 3 1 55. Marion I. Barritt 3 1 56. James P . McCarthy 3157. Roger L. Mell 3 1 58. Robert L. Roth 3 1 59. Louis R . Schnier 3 160. Leonard J. Cormier 3 1 6 l . Thomas A. Wade 3 162. Robert M. Cordray 3163. James A. MacDonald 3164. Lester J . Murdock 3 165. Nils Nordstrom, JI. 3 166. James Hackman 3167. Karl H. Krueger 3168. Fred Huykman 3 169. John B. Thuren 3170. Maurice W. Newcomb 3 1 7 l . Fortescue W. Hopkins 3172 . Frank E. Brinegar 3 173. Robert W. Schneider 3 174. Michael R. Opitz 3175. Dorothy R. Prest 3 176. Dennis W. Kruckeberg 3 177. John H. Poor 3 178. John E. Gill 3179. Elizabeth Geiselmann 3 180. Ed M . Weaver, Jr. 3 18 l . Robert J. Mudd 3182. Henry C. McDonald, JI. 3 183. Oscar W. Haffke, Jr. 3184. Gene V. Poteet 3185. Gilbert Elliot 3 186. Roscoe Niffenegger

F.A. I . Aw a rd s Caution Recent experience in processing appli­

cations for FAI soaring awards indicates that a few points should be emphasized here to help prevent some future claims being disallowed that might otherwise be approved.

l. Try to use a late edition of the ap­plication form, available on request from SSA. It is most complete, including on the back a declaration form and a check list which should be followed before submit­ting an application.

2 . Read and know the rules and pro­cedures concerning these awards, last published in the February, 1964, Soar­ing ( reprints available as SSA Item 15 , lOc each ) .

3. Your SSA Official Observer is im­portant to you. Check his qualification to act in that capacity ( holding a Sport­ing License is not a qualification ) . He should sign at least twice, the applica­tion form, thereby attesting to the infor­mation it contains, and the barogram ( or separate statement of continual observa­tion for duration flights ) . The Observer who signs the form should be the same one that seals the barograph, supervises its installation in the sailplane, breaks the seal, measures the trace against the cali­bration chart for the barograph, and en­ters the figures on the barogram and form.

S E P T E M B E R . . . 1 9 6 5

4. Photo techniques. The F AI Code ( section 3.2.8 ) is quite specific about minimum conditions for using photo­graphic methods, including the following : the film must b e unused ; the camera must be sealed ; the first and last photos must be of the same declaration notice, showing the time each photo was taken, and be taken by the same Observer. Blackboards have inherent drawbacks in this regard . When photo techniques are used, the Observcr should submit a statc­ment describing the technique ( who did what, when, where and how ) . Some Ob­server who knows the aerial features of the turn point should submit a certifi­cate stating that he knows the point and that the film shows that a simple turn was made around the point ( this is best done on the backs of prints made from the film ) .

5 . The distance penalty / 1 % rule has been changed, as announced in the Dec., 1 964, issue of Soaring. Essentially, it is now thus : If a distance flight up to 62. 14 mi . , loss of height between release and landing must not have exceeded 1 % of distance flown ; if over 62. 14 mi. and loss of height is in excess of 328 1 ft. , a distance penalty of 30 times the excess applies. Some typical distances/ l %'s are as follows : 3 l . 1 mi ./1642 ft . ; 35 mi./ 1848 ft. ; 37.9 mi ./2000 ft. ; 40 mi./2 1 1 2 ft. For every mile farther a pilot flies, he can release 52.8 ft. higher. Be extra aware of this on those "short" Silver badge distance flights. -L.L.

Clllentlllf Items l i sted i n bold-face type a re to be sanctioned by SSA.

Oct. 9-31 . Annual Fall Wave Soar­ing Encampment, vVarren-Sugar­bush, Vt. , Airport.

Oct. 21-23. National Aeron autic Assn . Annual Meeting, Mayflower Hotel, Washin gton, D.C.

Oct. 29 . CVS M Meeting, Paris, France.

Nov. 1 1- 14. 1st International Aero­Classic, Palm Springs, Calif. , Mu­nicipal Airport. Includes sailplane demonstrations .

Nov. 13-14. Fall Soaring Rally, Se­bring, Florida.

Nov. 13, 14; 20, 21. Wave Soaring Camp, Cumberland, Md. , Munici­pal Airport.

Nov. 25-27. Meet, Harris mira, N.Y.

Snowbird Soaring Hill Gliderport, El-

SUGARBUSH OCT. 9 · 3 1 st

A N N U A L FALL WAV E S'OA R I N G E N CA M P M E N T

A new a irfie ld a n d soaring ce nter . . . o u t o f the woods a n d u p o n t h e hi l ls .

A better-tha n-ever location . . . i n the heart of the S u g a rbush-Mad River Va l ley resort area " U nd e r The Wave Window."

For com plete information on faci l ities and a ccommod ations , etc.

S U GA R B U S H SOA R I N G . WA ITS F I E L D . V E R M O N T

SOA R I N G YEAR B O O K - 1 965

Articles on World Distance Fly­ing, Shear-Lines, Fiberglass Revo­lution, Al Parker, Sisu, Cayley's Gliders . World Sailplane Produc­tion, Soaring in Scandinavia. - by C. H. Gibbs- Smith, John Aldrich, Len Niemi, and others. - 68 pages, full color covers. $2.50 postpaid.

S O A R I N G I N TE R N AT I O N AL

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CLASSIFIED

AD VERTISING Classified ad rate is 1 5 cents p e r word . Clos ing d a t e , 1 2th of the prece d i n g m o nth. Make checks p a y a b l e to SSA and send with a d to SOAR I N G, Box 6607 1 , Los A n g e l e s , Cal if. 90066.

S A I L PLA N E S FOR S A L E

H-30 1 LIBELLE open class fiberglass sailplane. Outstanding performance, light weight, and maneuverability . Flaps, re­tractable wheel, water ballast. German ATC issued. U . S . ATC in process. 1 966 delivery positions available . Write Thom­son Wessel, 1 1356 Chenault Street Los Angeles, Calif. 90049 .

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HP- l l , $6500 with trailer, no instruments. HP- 12, $6950 with trailer, no instru­ments . HP- l l wings, $2950. R. E. Schre­der, Bryan, Ohio. 4 1 9-636- 1340.

1963 S KYLARK 4-$5750 with trailer and instruments. Total time 1 10 hours, never damaged. Bob Smith, 1 046 Manor Lane, Bay Shore, New York.

15- METRE Slingsby Dart ( with C-of-A to August, '66 ) and trailer, $4890 F .O .B . Liverpool. Instruments and additional equipment will be fitted by Slingsby at cost. D. M. Kaye, 99 Chestnut Drive, Sale, Cheshire, England.

STANDARD AUSTRIA, fully instru­mented with trailer. Leslie J . Benis, 5845 Melvin Ave . , Tarzana, California. Phone 345-2164 .

STANDARD AUSTRIA S 1963, covered trailer, instruments, including 4-v T&B, Crossfell variometer, oxygen system. Re­cent license, $5200. Robert Chase, 1 2 140 Foothill Lane, Los Altos H ills, California. 948-0522.

STANDARD AUSTRIA S H . Factory trade-in on SHK. New, March, 1964. Late model with Eppler airfoil, in excellent condition . Immediate shipment. FOB

YC, duty paid, $5465. Motorless Flight Enterprises, 125 Farmstead Lane, Glas­tonbury, Conn .

S:rA�DARD AUSTRIA S H- 1 . Eppler aIrfOIl, retractable gear, delivered in U . S . in March, 1965, hand-rubbed white with blue trim. Funds will help two girls in college this year. Without instruments $5,900. Enclosed trailer, $500. Willia� Holbrook, 408 Washington St . , Cumber­land, Maryland. 30 1 -722-5535.

PLANES in fine condition : SZD-22 C Mucha Standard, U .S . $3100. SZD-24 Foka, U .S . $4400. LO- 1 50, U.S . $4150. All CIF U.S. east cost harbor . Expoga, Box 229, Arhus, Denmark.

MINIMOA, Last one of 55 built by Wolf Hirth, for his private use. One of 7 still flying. Time by Hirth unknown; since 1954, 94 hours, 224 flights. Beautiful lines, gull wings ( see 5-64 Soaring, p . 26 ) . 2 fps min. sink, 30 : 1 L I D a t 4 7 mph, 57-ft . span. Includes covered trailer. Instruments, oxygen and parachute extra, rather not sell. Important that sailplane comes into good hands . Klaus Ru­dolph, Torstrasse 9, 2370 Rendsburg, Germany .

GW-1 FOR SALE . 29 : 1 LID. All metal . Picture May, 1964, Som·ing. $2600 .00. No trailer. E . E . Whigham, 3662 Park Blvd. , S a n Diego 3, Calif.

S L- l , $2250 without trailer or instru­ments . Description in May, '64, Soaring. Automatic control hook-up for quick as­sembly. Wings and tail interchangeable with L-K. Grade A fabric 1963. Always hangared . Should ride L-K trailer. Top performance for dollar. Sidney M. Yahn, 5304-B Vine, Ellsworth AFB, South Da­kota. Phone 923-23 12.

L-SP A TZ 55, N9221Z, recovered with Ceconite in 1965. Nova-Tech transceiver, electric T&B, 2 variometers, air speed indicator, altimeter, compass, trailer . $3795. E. Katinszky, 1 5 1 7 Riendo Lane, La Canada, California.

BG-7 - Excellent condition, instruments and trailer. $ 1 750. D . R. Brookfield_ 10703 Wheatland, Sunland, Calif. 213-353-6996. ---------------------------

FOR SALE : BG-7. Excellent condition. Trailer. Instrumented for cloud flying. LID 22 : 1 . $1400. J . K. Jaynes, 224 1 Tokalon St . , San Diego, Calif. 921 10.

FOR SALE : M O D I F I E D P R U E STD., S E R. N O . 3 , N9730Z

54-ft. spa n , 23/1 Aspect Ratio, Epoxy-fil led and painted wing. Experim ental l icense ( ho m e-b u i l t ) to M ay, 1 966. F lown 450 h rs. Longest fl i g ht 557 mi les , 5th place at Adrian. Price: $4500 for s hip, tra i l e r $400, i n strume nts at 50% of new price, ch ute $35, 5-cha n n e l S kycrafter $ 1 25. Take yo u r pick.

Pa u l B i k l e , 44926 N. Raysack, Lan caster, Cal if.

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FOR SALE : Schleicher Ka-8B, kit-built B uterate finish, Schweizer trailer tarp covered, complete assembly plans. Some instruments. Crossfell vario with total en­ergy and audio. Always hangared. Li­censed to July, 1966. A. Aebig, 13 Marion Road, Montvale, New Jersey. ( 20 1 ) 391-3 1 82.

1 -23 STANDARD with trailer and instru­ments . Excellent shape. John Dezzutti, Box 458, Vero Beach, Florida.

CHEROKEE II-Stan Hall's personal sailplane. Trailer, instruments, Grade A. Always hangared. Fresh license. $2300. 1 530 Belleville Way, Sunnyvale, Calif. Ph. 408-245- 1 74 1 .

CHEROKEE II with Crossfell variom­eter, glider airspeed, parachute, trailer . Licensed to March, 1 966. $2,000. Donald Showalter, 1 322 Riviera Dr . , Redding California. 9 16-24 1-2309.

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1 -26A with trailer and instruments. Price, $3200. Ed Musselman, 751 Calle Yucca, Thousand Oaks, Calif. 805-498-26 10.

SCHWEIZER 1 -26 ( new, 1 0 : 00 hours TT ) with new factory trailer and fiber­glass PA- 1 2 tow plane with factory &

,FFA-�pproved hitch ; both licensed 9/66 : dealer s cost, $ 10 ,000, Will sacrifice $5900; can finance. South Central Corp . : RFD #2, Sterling, Virginia, Phone 703-437-233 Evenings.

FAUVEL AV-36, with wheel, excellent condition, 2 years old, C-of-A valid until May, 1 966, fully instrumented, baro­graph, parachute and trailer, fully aero­batic, always hangered . $2400 ,00 or best offer. Martin Steinhilber, Box 441 Shellbrook, Sask. , Canada.

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BABY BOWLUS, with trailer, licensed to June, 1966, $900 complete. Philip Bent, 359 Westbourne St . , La Jolla, Cali­fornia, 459-49 18 ,

1 - 1 9 Schweizer. New wings and fabric, full panel. Friendship Field, Carman, Manitoba, Canada.

SCHWEIZER 1 - 1 9 with trailer, instru­ments, canopy, and August annual in­spection, E. R . More, 8 Wescott Rd" Simsbury, Conn.

D-8 and trailer still for sale, $400 . Call Klaus Hill, Salt Lake City, 255-8058 evenings only.

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CONDOR 4-2 high-performance 2-seater. $3400, or trade for high- performance sin­gle-place. Hans Luenger, 4649 Grayton Rd" Cleveland 35, Ohio.

FLATTOP LK- 1OA, excellent condition, good performance, covered trailer. $2000, Box 8 1 13, Red Deer, Alberta.

TG-2 with trailer, Ceconite wings, tinted canopy, dual paneL Financing available, $2750, 2 1 3-639-6936.

2-22E-New, Ser. 189, Less than 5 1m. Wind damage . All damaged parts re­placed, $3350 ,00, C. W. See, Jr. , 730 Cold Springs Rd. , Baldwinsville, N ,Y,

2-22E, 1 964, excellent condition, never damaged, with rear cockpit door and win­dow, wing-tip wheels, air vent, wheel cover, and instruments, $3,750,00, With Schweizer trailer, $4,200,00. St. Louis Soaring School, 3465 Giles Ave" St. Louis, Mo. 63 1 16 , ( 3 14 ) PR 6-1 138.

S O A R I N G

SAI L P LA N ES WAN T E D

GLIDER i n $3,000 range. M etal 1 -26 with trailer, 1-23, or Ka-6. Cash or trade with 1961 VW, value $900, or excep­tional 1 963 Porsche, value $3,600. Box 53 1 , Provo, Utah.

WANTE D : Ka-7 with trailer. Send par­ticulars . Mert Mussehl1an, 233 Belle Isle View, Riverside, Ont., Canada.

WANTED-Right wing for TG-3. Good condition. Jan Huelle, P.O. Box 14, Olym­pic Valley, California 95730.

WANTED : B aby Bowlus pod, any in­formation will help . Phililp Bent, 359 Westbourne St., La Jolla, California. 459-49 1 S .

WANTED : Wheel a n d brake assembly for Pratt-Read ; also, transporting trailer. Peterson, 707-437-2900.

P L A N S A N D KITS

BG-12B "U-Build-It" kits 1-5. Includes finished, FAA-inspected tail surfaces, all necessary plywood and spruce to finish ship, many extras, less plans. Write for detai ls . J . H. Gray, 1 73 Deerland Ave . , Painted Post, N .Y . 1 4S70 .

WANTED : Plans for Cherokee I I . P. W . Wamsley, # 6 High S t . Ct. , Urbana, Illinois.

W I N C H ES. TRAI L E R S

GEHRLEIN AIRCRAFT C O - Mfrs. of sailplane winches and trailers, auto tow pulleys and soaring supplies. 'Write for information . Thermal-G Gliderport, R . D . # 4, H amot R d . , Waterford, P a . 1644 1 .

I N STRU M EN TS

BURTON Total E nergy compensators now in stock. $ 1 3.50. Thomson-Wessel, 1 1 356 Chenault, Los Angeles, California 90049.

CROSS FELL electric variometers, $95; audio attachment, $45; Canadian agent, C . D. Thompson, 305 Metcalfe St . , Apt. 605, Ottawa 4, Ontario .

RAIN CO has a few Minivar instruments which have been traded in on other equipment-2 only brand new, including audio, total energy, all cables, instruc­tions $ 1 65. As above, virtually new, $ 1 55 . B - 3 Accelerometers, 3-needle type, $ 1 2 .50. Kollsman long-case sensitive ra te­of-climb 0-2000 fpm linear, overhauled FAA certified, matte white dials, $S5. Kollsman long-case, 0 2000 RIC ex­pa'1dpd sr'lle tvpe $70. R. C. Allen 24-volt DC T & B matte white dials, cer­tified, run on 12 volts for reduced sen­sitivity for sailplanes $70.00. 2 onlv, MB-l Artificial Horizons, overhauled, greatly improved version of J-S $200. 2 only, G . E . SKDIAB electric, overh auled DG $200. MB-l and DG's operate from Ra inco TI- 120 Inverter, price $69.50. 1 2 · volt, lO-cell, 6 A H NiCad Batteries, sur­plus, tested and charged $49.50 . RAIN CO, BOX 1 6006, Phoenix, Arizona S50 1 1 .

S E P T E M B E R . . . 1 9 6 5

NEW FROM GERMANY The "LuHt" spherical compass. Fully

floated movement operates in any posi­

tion, even on the inside of your canopy.

2 Inches Dia. 3 Ounces

$ 1 0 POSTPA I D

Dealer Inquiries Invited

GRAHAM T H O M S O N & P E T E R W E S S E L 1 1356 Chenault Street, Los Angeles,. California 90049

ALTIMETE R : New, latest JET AIR­LINER Kollsman. Drum type, 50,000 foot. Extra sensitive. $7S .50. ACCELER­OMETE R : 3 needle, recording type, Bur­ton, 2Y4" size, $ 1 6 . 50, Kollsman, 3Ys", $9.50. BANK INDICATORS : $2.50. Add 5% postage. Write for list of other items . Claude Gray, 9635 Sylvia Ave., North­ridge, Calif.

M E MPHIS Rate-of-Climb, $ 1 00.00; also, long-case Kollsman 0 · 2000 FPM, $75.00. Thomson-Wessel, 1 1 356 Chenault, Los Angeles, California 90049.

RAD I O S

S KYCRAFTERS TRV- 12SA transceivcr, late model, 6 xtals, on shock-mounted base for quick installation and removal. Plus spkr . for remote mounting . $3S5. lG. Anthony, 30 Prospect Hill Rd., Lex­ington, Mass.

BAYSIDE - All models, up to ten-chan­nel 9 0 1 , soon the 100-channel automatic Omni SOO. Trades wanted. Demonstra­tors. Extended terms available. OK, prizes ; every 3rd buyer gets a choice. Reverse charges to order, 753- 1462 . Marine Asso­ciates, 3 1 1 Main St., Worcester, Massa­chusetts .

S KYCRAFTERS TRV- 12SA completely remanufactured at factory to meet latest FCC specs . Price includes crystals for 1 2 1 .5, 1 22 . 1 , 122.5, 122.8 & 1 23.3 Me. , mounting brackct, speaker, antenna and fresh battery pack. $225.00 Thomson­

Wessel, 1 1 356 Chenault, Los Angeles, California 90049.

PARACH UTES

Special for Gliders - Extra thin 26' back parachute, weight lS # , 2" thick, quick­fit snaps, soft nylon harness, new surplus - $75.00. 2S' thin backs, 3" thick, weight 25 # , quick-fit harness - $75.00. 24' thin back, 3/1 thick, weight 22 # - $60.00. All new nylon surplus. Latest release. FAA­approved, packed and guaranteed to fit man and sailplane. 27 years experience - Export orders . MIDWEST PARA­C HUTE, NOVI, MICH.

PARACHUTE : 26' thin back, lS#, 2 " thick, brand new, would n o t fit m y glider, $ 6 0 . Phillip Bent, 3 5 9 Westbourne St . , La Jolla, Calif. 459-49 1S.

PARACHUTE S - Special offer fellow "Glider Guiders ." New government sur­plus, soft, flexible back packs - quick-fit ejector snaps on nylon harness. Easy adjustment any size in two seconds. Get out of harness with one hand. Weighs only 1 734 Ibs . , 25" long, 15" wide and 2" thick. This is the chute worn by most SOARING pilots weighing 1 25 to 225 Ibs . , all over the world . Write for special deal. McElfish Parachute Service, 2615 Love Field Dr. , Dallas 35, Texas. A member of SSA and TSA 16 years.

SOAR I N G SCHOOLS

SOAR YEAR ROUND. Send $.25 for information on Briegleb School and BG-12B High Performance sailplane plans and materials. Sailplane Corporation of America, EI Mirage Field, Adelanto, Cali­fornia.

Say you saw it in Soaring

COURSES - Complete beginners & power pilots. SUPPLIES - Book, in­struments, tow equipment. SALES -Schweizer dealer for Southern Calif. S E RVICE - Repairs, wood or metal re­covering. Holiday Soaring School, Te­hachani Airport, Tehachapi, Calif. TA 2-3736.

PU BLICATIONS

Interested i n home-built aircraft? Read Sport Aviation, monthly magazine of the Experimental Aircraft Assn. Receive it as a Member $ 1 0/yr. or Jr. Member ( age IS and under, $5/yr. ) . EAA, 97 1 1 W. Forest Park Dr. , Hales Corners, Wis.

BACK ISSUE S : The following back is­

sues of Soaring magazine are available at 35 cents each or four for $ 1 .00 for issues over six months old ( specify al­ternates, no refunds, only magazines ) from SSA. Box 6607 1 . Los Angeles 66, Calif. : J-F 42, N-D 43, N-D 44, N-D 45, J-F 46, J-A 46, M-J 47, J-A 47, S-O 47. N-D 47. J-F 4S. M-A 4S, P-A 4S, S-O 4S, M-J 49, M-T 50, s-o 50, N-D 50, M-A 5 1 , S-O 51, N-D 51, J-F 52, J-A 52, N-D 52, M-J 53, M-J 56, s-o 56, M-J 57, 9-59, 10-59, 3-60, 1 0-60, all of 6 1 thru 65 to date EXCEPT 5-6 1 , 1 0-6 1 , 1-62, 2-62, 4-62, 6-63, 7-63 and 10-63. Price of May, 1 964, issue, 50c.

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SOAR I N G books. Log books. Zweng Aviation books. N avigation equipment. ( Free Catalog. ) Pan American N aviga­tion Service, 1 202 1 Ventura Blvd. , North Hollywood, Calif.

"Directory of All Active S ailplane Mod­els in U .S." ( 1 1 4 photos, specs, perform­ance, statistics ; 5-64 issue of Soaring ) , 50¢; "S oaring in America" illustrated pamphlets, 2o¢ ( 1 0 or more, 1 5¢ ea. ) ; "American Soaring Handbook," Chap. 2, Training, $ 1 .75 ( $ 1 .50 to S S A M embers ) -Chap . 4, Airplane Tow, $ 1 .00 ( $ .75 to SSA members ) -Chap. 6, Cross-Country & Wave Soaring, $ 1 .50 ( $ 1 .25 to SSA members ) -Chap. 7, Equ ipment I, In­struments & Oxygen, $ 1 .25 ( $ 1 .00 to SSA members ) ; "50 Modern Sailplanes" ( in German ) , photos, specs, 4"x6", $ 1 .50; "Soaring Year Book - 1965," pub. by Soaring Int'l , $2.50; "Southland 'Weather Handbook" by John Aldrich ( for So. Calif. ) , $2.00 ; "FAI Soaring Awards Rules & Procedures," l O ti' . Order from SSA, Box 6607 1 , Los Angeles 66, Calif.

READ Australian Gliding, official monthly publication of the Gliding Fed­eration of Australia. Annual subscription, $4.25. Box 1650M, G.P.O. , Adelaide, South Australia, Australia .

M I SCELLA N E O U S

WANTE D : One full-time clerk-typist for headquarters office of the Soaring Society of America a t S anta Monica, Calif., Airport. Starting salary, $72/wk. Call for appointment. 2 1 3-298-9894.

FLY the Blanik-Elsinore ( Calif. ) Club expecting del ivery in J anuary-have 1 -26 now. Limit 16 members . Call Tom Rath­bone ( 2 1 3 ) VE 8-6785.

SAILPLANE MODELS : 1 /48-scale balsa kits, Skylark 4; Sisu l A ; L-K; Schweizer 2-32, 1 -26, 1-23, 2-22, TG-3A; BG- 12; M inimoa; Baby Bowlus ; Zogling; Prufling. $ 1 .25 each, 3 for $3.00. Schweizer 2-22 flying model, $3.95. AWARD M I N IATURES, Box 1 27, Fed­eral Way, Washington 98003 .

CANADIANS - have your Schweizer 1-2 6 built this winter for next season's soar­ing. Valley Sailplanes, RR # 1 , M anotick, Ontario, Canada.

SOARING M E RCHANDI S E : SSA silver lapel buttons, $ 1 .00; SSA decals, 3-in. lOc, 5-in. 25c, 1 0-in. 50c; SSA Trophies and Awards Handbook, free to full Mem­bers, $ 1 .00 to others ; SSA sew-on em­blems, 65c; for F AI award holders, C sew­on emblems, 60c, Silver Badge sew-on emblems, 601t, Gold B adge sew-on emblems 60c; binders to hold 12 issues of Soaring, $2.50; glider pilot log books, $ 1 .00; sailplane log books, $ 1 .00; baro­graph seals, 2c ea. (min. order is 5) ; aircraft safety pins, 5c ea. (min. order is 10) ; SSA Item #37, List of Foreign Sailplanes Available, lOc; posters to ad­vertise soaring, 1 0c; S SA Zippo cigare t te lighters, $3.50; post cards (photo of 2-32), 10c ( 1 0 or more, 8c each) ; 7"x7" SSA glass tray, $2.00; 1 965 SSA wall calendars ( 1 2 photos in color ) , 50 cents ; "Diamond" crown pieces for Gold Badges ( see ad on pg. 28 of 4-64 S oaring ) ; Co­ordinates for 9 Wortmann airfoils ( see pg. 16 of 1-64 Soaring ) , 25¢. Order from SSA, Box 6607 1 , Los Angeles 66, Calif.

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SAILPLANE LEASE PLANS : New Schweizer sailplanes available for opera­tors or clubs, short or long term , some plans include p urchase options. Du Pont Aero Finance, Box 1 367, Miami, Florida 33148 .

FLY, BUT NOT TOO HIGH! Build a POWE R BREEZE air cushion machine . Flys you to 15 inches off the ground to 25 mph. Construction costs about $300. No welding-Wood and Bolts! Drawings for $5.00. 8 1 39 Matilija, Panorama City Calif.

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BEAUTIFUL hand-made soaring tro­phies, jewelery and gifts. Price list on re­quest. Gehrlein Aircraft Co., Thermal-G Gliderport, R . D . #4, Hamot Rd., Water­ford, Pa. 1 644 1 .

RADIO RULES CHANGED

All soaring pilots who use or con­template using radio in their soar­ing activities will be interested to learn of recent changes to the rules governing such operations. Largely as a result of efforts by Tom Page and the Soaring Society of America, the Federal Communications Com­mission has amended its Rules and Regulations, Parts 2 and 87, with re­gard to stations licensed under Sub­part I-I-Part 87, Aviation Services, as follows (reference Docket No . 15929) :

1 . Part 2, A, 2 . 1 , dclete definition for "Flying School Station"; add "Aviation Inst mctional Station: A land or mobile station in the aeronautical mobile service used for radiocommunications pertaining to instructions to students or pilots while actually oper�tin&,

ai rcraft or engaged in soanng actlvltles.

2. Section 2 . 1 06, Table of Frcquency Alloca�ions, entries "Flight test; flying school in column 1 1 , opposite the fre­quencies 1 23. 1 , 123.3 and 123.5 M c/s in column 10, amended to read "Flight test ; aviation instructional"; footnote US33 amended to read as follows : "US33 The band 1 23.075- 123.555 Mc/s is for use by flight test and aviation instruc­tional stations ."

3. Section 87.5, definitions "Flying School Aircraft Station" and "FlU'ing School Station" deleted ; add "Aviation Instructional Station : A land or mobile station in the aeronautical mobile service used for radiocommunications pertaining to instructions to students or pilots while actu�lly op

.eratin& aircraft or engaged in

soanng actIvI t Ies . 4 . Section 87. 123 is amended to read

as follows : "Permissible communications. All ground stations in the Aviation Serv­ices shall transmit only communications for the safe, expeditious, and economical operation of aircraft and the protection of life and property in the air; provided, however, that aeronautical public service stations, aeronautical advisory stations,

aeronautical m ulticom stations, aviation instn;ctionaJ stations, and Civil Air Patrol land and mobile stations may communi­cate in accordance with the particular sections of this part which govern the operation of these classes of stations, and any station in the Aviation Services i n Alaska, regardless o f class in which l i­censed, may transmit messages concern­ing sickness, death , weather, ice condi­tions, or cther matters relating to safety of l ife and property i f : ( a ) There is no established means of communication be­tween the points in question ; ( b ) No charge is made for the communication service ; and, ( c ) A copy of each mes­sage so transmitted is kept on file at the transmitting station in accordance with 87. 103."

6 . Part 87, Subpart H-Aviation In­structional Stations, amended to read as follows :

"87.34 1 Frequencies Available. The frequencies 123. 1 , 1 23.3 and 123.5 Mc/s are available for assignment to ground and aircraft instructional stations on the basis that interference is not caused to flight test stations. Normally, one fre­quency will be assigned to each station at a fixed location ; mobile stations will be assigned all these freuencies .

"87.343 Eligibility for licensee. An aviation instructional station license will be granted only to flying schools and to persons engaged in soaring activities ; pro­vided, however, that temporary use, not to exceed six months, of aviation in­structional frequencies may be authorized in a private aircraft station to a person taking flight instructions for communica­tions i n accordance with this subpart. E ach application shall be accompanied by a statement that the applicant is either the operator of a flying school, engaged in soaring activities or taking flight in­structions.

"87.345 S cope of service. Communica­tions shall be limited to the necessities of pilot training, coordination between gliders and ground stations, and promo­tion of safety of life and property.

"87.349 Cooperative use of facilities . ( a ) Only one aviation instructional sta­tion will be authorized at a landing area; prOVided, however, that this limitation does not apply to aviation instructional stations authorized for mobile operation on the ground. ( b ) An aviation instruc­tional station authorized for operation at a fixed point on a landing area will be required to provide service without dis­crimination, but on a cooperative mainte­nance basis, to all eligible for a license for an aviation instructional station.

"87.35 1 Mobile on the ground. Avia­tion instructional stations for mobile op­eration on the ground may be author­ized on a noninterference basis to avia­tion instructional stations authorized to serve a landing area.

"87.353 Power. The power output of aviation instructional stations shall no he more than 50 watts for land or mc bile stations on the ground and not more than 10 watts for aircraft stations .

"87.355 FreQu encies assignment non· exclusive. No frequency available to a station engaged in instructional flying will be assigned exclusively to any licensee. All stations in th is service are required to coordinate operation so as to avoid in­terference and make the most effective use of assignments ."

SOA R I N G

Diamond Badge Com pleted Hans Linke of Venice, Calif . ,

completed his Diamond soaring badge with a 3 18-m ile distance flight on July 25th. He flew the Li­lienthal Soaring Club's Zugvogel lIlA sailplane around a triangular course out of M arfa, Texas , just barely finishin g it with a low glide down a slope that equaled his glide angle into the airport . Since H ans is still a Germ an citizen his achieve­ment has been certified to the Ger­man Aero Club for them to issue a completed badge number and sub­mit his name to F AI for entry on the international register of Dia-mon d badge pilots . -L.L.

South e rn Cal if. Soarin9 Cham pion s h i ps. Pa rt 2

The second of this SSA-sanc­tioned, three-part Championships was conducted at E lsinore, Calif . , on the weekend of July 24-25. An unusual south wind an d strong in­version made soarin g quite difficult with the result that S aturday was a no-contest day for both classes, as was Sunday for the 25 : 1 -and-un­del' class.

The open class had a cotnest day o n Sunday when five pilots com­pleted the 22-mile goal race to B an­ning, as follows : 1 . Bud Mears ( Prue Std. ) : 48 : 45 2. A l T effier ( LM - l ) 1 : 00 : 25 3. Hal Bonney ( Prue Sup. Std. )

1 : 03 : 10 4. Paul Bikle ( Prue Std. ) 1 : 04 : 40 5. Jack Lambie ( BG- 12A ) 1 : 1 1 : 15

The third part of the contest will take place at Inyokern over the La­bor Day weekend, Sept. 4-6.

-L.L.

Record C l a i m s Information received b y S S A indicates

that the following soaring record claims have been filed, all subject to approval by the homologating authorities :

World feminine multiplace; 100-km. speed; 88 kmph, 54.68 mph; Poland ; Wiera Kaminska/Elzbieta S awon; Bo­cian ; July 1 9 .

U .S . national open multiplace; 100-km. speed; 60 mph; W. Ross Briegleb/David M. Nees ; 2-32; Aug. 9 ; EI Mirage Field, Calif.

Israel national open ; 500-km. speed; 50 mph; Col . Menaham Bar; HP- 1 1 ; Aug. 10; Odessa, Texas.

Israel national open; 300-km. speed ; 55 mph; Col. Menaham Bar; HP- l l ; Aug. 12 ; Odessa, Texas.

New Zealand national open ; 300-km . speed; 39 mph; Alan Cameron ; 0-2 ; Aug. 19 ; EI Mirage Field, Calif.

New Zealand national ODen; distance and goal ; 330 miles; Alan Cameron; 0-2; Aug. 2 1 ; EI M irage Field, Calif . , to Cedar City, Utah.

S E P T E M B E R . . . 1 9 6 5

On Aug. 12th, Wally Scott and his son burned up a 100-km. course at Odessa, Texas, with a speed of 72.6 mph in their new Schwiezer 2-32. Un­fortunately, the wrong crossroads were photographed for one of the turn points or a claim could have been filed for a

new world open multiplace record. The current record is 66.97 mph, held by Po­land.

Pilots contemplatin g soaring rec­ord attempts in the United States are reminded that the record forms have been revised. Also available are descriptive articles design ed to aid in un derstan din g some of the procedures in record flying. Persons who act as SSA Official Observers on record attempts are reminded of their respon sibility for a thorough knowledge of the F AI Sporting Code and record procedures . For further information contact the SSA Record Homologation Committee, c/o B. M. Ryan , Chairman, 1 1 15 W. Ave. J - 14, Lancaster, Calif.

State 'Soarin9 Records Since publishing the "Table o f All

State Soaring Records" in the May SOG'/,­ing, entries for a few more states have been confirmed, as follows :

M ass. : As in table ( none ) . Minn. : As in table except Open Dist. is

196 and Open Goal is 196. North Carolina : As in table. Vermont : As in table except Open Alt.

is 22, 1 44 and Open Gain is 18, 1 1 1 . New state soaring records announced

by the record keepers since the table was published include those listed on page 5 of the August issue plus the following :

Calif . ; multiplace ; Jr . ; alt. gain; 6250 ft . ; David Nees/Patrick Hayes ; 2-32; July 20; El Mirage.

Conn . ; Open ; 100-km . speed; 20.7 mph ; Ev Keeler; 1 -23G ; June 4.

Maryland; singleplace; Open ; alt./alt. gain; 17, 100/1 5,000 ft . ; William Hol­brook; M ay 1 .

New Jersey; Open & S r . ; alt. gain ; 5,-500 ft. ; Francis Chromczak ; Ka-8B; May 3 1 ; Somerset.

Penn . ; Open & Sr . ; alt./alt. gain ; 15 , -260/10,460 ft . ; Luther Moyer; 1-26; April 3; Kutztown.

Texas ; singleplace; Sr . ; dist . , 83 mi . , C . C . Holt ; goal, 27 mi . , Taylor ; alt./alt . gain, 9,600/7,200 ft. , Taylor.

Texas ; multi place; Sr. ; alt./alt. gain : 4,385/2,536 ft . ; Winkler ( alt . ) /Holt ( alt . gain ) .

Letters I n M e m o ry of Don Lawre n ce a n d Alex Dawydoff To John D . Ryan, S S A i', t,id" . . L

On my return from Adrian I learned of the untimely death of Don Lawrence who was a prominent force in the or­ganization of the sport in the New York metropolitan area. As an active enthusiast for nearly thirty years and one of the founders of the Metropolitan Airhoppers Soaring Association and Sail Flights,

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S O L I D S T E R L I N G S I LV E R . I D E A L S O L O O R S O A R I N G A W A R D .

P . O . B O X 4 1 , OA K C R E E K , W I S C O N S I N .

Inc. , h e was very close t o many o f us and contributed energetically until just a

few years ago when he was no longer able to make the weekly trek down from Utica as he had done for several years.

I am enclosini/ a check for $ 1 00 con­tributed by Don s friends to be donated to the Team Fund in his memory.

Don was also a very close friend of Alex Dawydoff and again our group was deeply shocked to hear that Alex too had passed away. We all know of the enor­mous contribution made to our sport by Alex and it seems appropriate that some­thing of Significance should be done.

vVe at vVurtsboro, having enjoyed Alex for so many years, feel this loss very strongly and would like to contribute to a fund which might be sponsored by SSA to raise the additional funds necessary from others throughout the country to es­tablish a perpetual award to be presented by the SSA each year at the Nationals .

I would appreciate your advise on this matter, J ohn, and any help you may be able to give.

Lams J. CHARCHIAN 44 Union St . , Montclair, N . J .

Bayside Caution T o the Editor :

I have read with interest Frank Mel­sheimer's article on Antenna Systems ( J uly SOGring ) . It's extremely well done, and should be of value to every SSA member using radio. One note of caution, however, relating to the next to the last paragraph-Bayside equipment is not to be adusted for maximjum power output as recommended in the article . To do so would destroy the balance between mod­ulation capability and power output. Proper adjustment requires an audio sig­nal generator used in conjunction with an oscilloscope in order to obtain proper RF output wave form.

Those attempting to adjust for maxi­mum RF will end up with a set requiring expensive service to get back in order .

JOHN D . RYAN, President RAINCO, Box 16006, Phoenix, Ariz . 850 1 1

Plaud its to the P resident T o the Editor :

My compliments to Mr. Ryan for the fine work he has done in regards to the FAA. I am sure that I speak for many when I say that his efforts on our behal f are sincerely appreciated.

Mr. Moffat's pilot reports were ver, interesting and I feel that we should have more PR's. Perhaps Mr. Wills would oblige with reports on the Skylark 4, Olympia 463, Dart, etc. I would be par­ticularly interested in comparisons of the Dart, 463 and Ka-6CR.

ROBERT B. CLARK 1 1 1 Southlawn Ave. , Dobbs Ferry, N .Y.

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THE SCHWEIZER 2-22E OPENS THE SOARIN C DOOR

. . . AN D A CREAT DEAL MORE

The latest vers ion of the famous 2-22 series jo ins i ts

predecessors i n opening the door to soar ing to the

majority of those who take u p the sport i n the U . S . A .

The 2 - 2 2 is recog nized as the sta n d a rd tra i n e r f o r

practica l l y a l l the c l u bs a n d com merc i a l s c h o o l s . I t

a l so pl ays a n i m portant ro le i n l o c a l two-p lace soar­

ing and passenger h o ps.

Ask your soa r ing instructor. H e can te l l you why the

Schweizer 2-22 E i s America's most su ccessfu l c l u b

tra iner . Ask any 2-22 pi lot, a n d h e c a n te l l y o u how

much fun it i s to fly.

Spec ia l featu res of the 1 965 "E" Model i n c l u d e new

spoi ler system for easier spoi l e r a n d brake o peration,

a redesigned rear cockpit for i ncreased comfort a n d

visi b i l ity, wing tip w h e e l s to s i m p l ify g r o u n d h a n d l i n g

and t o make u nassisted ta ke-offs a c i n c h . A Gro u p o f C.A.P . Cadets at the Schweizer S o a r i n g School

Plan n ow to get a 2-22E for your soa r i n g g ro u p or for you rse lf . I f you have a n older model, m ove u p to an "E". See your nearest Schweizer Dea ler, or w rite i n d i rect.

SCHWEIZER AIRCRAFT CORP.

I Ai rport Road, E l m i ra, N.Y.