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Old September 17th 07, 02:21 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default 1961-70 Soaring Magazine Collection For Sale

Several Auctions are posted on EBAY this week.
Here is but one:
Link:

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Soaring Magazine 1961-1970 Vintage Sailplane Glider
10 Years / 120 Issues / 12 per year
A Complete Set of the Key Decade of Soaring Magazines

Clean and very servicable set of circulated Soaring
magazines is
punched and ready to be inserted in the 3-Hole binders
of your
choice.

These issues of Soaring magazine make a great core
set for your personal collection, a glider club, or
an aviation library. The
issues are clean and preserved, having been well-protected
in
binders.

Includes two volume 'Sailplane Directory ' Issues listing
virtually every sailplane flying in 1970, with dimensions,
photo and performance specs..

For details of each issue, please refer to this great
on-line index:

http://soaringweb.org/Soaring_Index
Soaring Magazine Index by year and decade
Soaring Magazine Covers

Some highlights:
- Comprehensive 'Glider Directory Issue' from 1970
with individual glider photos and performance specs

- 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull' / Richard Bach fans
may not know that this runaway best-selling book was
published as a pair of Soaring magazine features in
1968 & 1969, while book publishers were still busy
rejecting the manuscript. Those issues are included
in this set.

- The metal Schweizers 2-22, 1-23, 1-26, 2-32

- Early glass ships Libelle ASW-12 Cirrus

- Homebuilts Schreder HP series, Laister LP-49

This collection weighs approximately 35 lbs,
and can be shipped via USPS to U.S. Addresses.
The collection fills one photocopy paper-sized box,
and occupies
approx 18 inches of shelf space, depending on what
kind of binder you choose to place them in.