On Monday, February 18, 2013 8:28:39 AM UTC-7, Burt Compton - Marfa wrote:
Fantastic collection of soaring history online. The Lakes Gliding Club in the UK has scanned the British Gliding magazines beginning with 1930, and mo



http://www.lakesgc.co.uk/mainwebpage...gmagazines.htm





Here is the 1970 Marfa (TX) World Soaring Championship article (from the British point of view) with photos of Neil Armstrong at Marfa, from the OCT-NOV 1970 issue of "Sailplane & Gliding":



http://www.lakesgc.co.uk/mainwebpage...Nov%201970.pdf



Neil Armstrong flew sailplanes at Marfa in the 1960's. Returned to Marfa 1970 after his historic cross-country flight in 1969. (The moon was his turn point.)

Plenty of soaring history just in that issue.

Frank Whiteley