wrote:
In 1967, the US soaring community received a perfect storm of publicity
as three major mainstream publications printed articles about their
sport. Membership in the SSA shot up.

I am in the process of making these articles available on the web. Here
is the first, from the April 1967 issue of Reader's Digest:
http://home.comcast.net/~johan.larso...heirlimit.html

There's an email link at the bottom of the page. Drop me a line if you
spot any typos or other weirdness with the page.

Johan Larson

Great article, great post, I couldn't get the links to show the other
two articles besides "The sky is the limit". Please fix it, I want to
read the other two!
I couldn't believe that in 1967 you could purchase a glider for that
small of an amount!...oh well, times they do change...but the article
shows that the love of the sport, and how you land doesn't change!
micki