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Throwback Thursday - The Schweizer 1-35

From the October 1974 issue of Soaring magazine. Last week we featured the front cover with the 1-26. Here's the back cover.

#TBT #Soaring #GliderPilot #VintageAviation #SoaringMagazine #schweizeraircraft

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Jul 28

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Safety Tip Tuesday

From the Dec. 1980 edition of Soaring magazine.

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Jul 27

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Jul 23

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Throwback Thursday - The Schweizer 1-26

From the October 1974 issue of Soaring magazine. Another edition with a cover featuring the 1-26.

#TBT #Soaring #GliderPilot #VintageAviation #SoaringMagazine #schweizeraircraft

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Jul 20

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Jul 16

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Throwback Thursday - The Schweizer 1-26E

From the November 1972 issue of Soaring magazine.

#TBT #Soaring #GliderPilot #VintageAviation #SoaringMagazine #schweizeraircraft

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Jul 14

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Also happening this week:

WSPA Seminar happening now at Chilhowee Gliderport, East TN

July 13-17th 2026

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Jul 13

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Jul 7

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Safety Tip Tuesday

Done our Checks? This poster deals with the need to complete your pre-takeoff check lists. Forgetting to latch the canopy is just one item that pilots can forget. Did you remember to keep E - Emergencies as the final checklist item?

https://f.mtr.cool/pelificojc

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Jul 6

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Jun 30

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The SSA office will be closed for the holiday weekend - Friday July 3 onwards - and will resume full operations on Monday July 6.

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Jun 30

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Poster from the Soaring Safety Foundation.

The accompanying text reads:

"Landing a glider requires that the pilot take a bunch of factors into account. These include, but are not limited to, Altitude, wind speed/direction, lift/sink, Traffic, and terrain features. Using these factors the pilot can then determine what specific approach or pattern is practical, and safe. This poster is designed to remind every glider pilot that landing a glider is not like landing a fixed-wing airplane. You can't go around if the glider if things aren't going well."

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