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1-26 Association GPS Information
By Bill Vickland Having satisfactorily tested the concept of GPS scoring at the 2001 Championships at Ionia, the Association has elected to discontinue the use of turn point cameras in favor of inexpe...
The 2021 1-26 Association Championships
Sunflower Aerodrome Gliderport (SN76) June 22 – July 1 Links Related to this Article Download Championship Rules Registration Available on the SSA Website 1-26 Championships 2021 Sunflower Aerodro...
The free 1-26 glide computer.
From: Alan Meyer Yes folks, here it is, the free 1-26 glide computer. HEADWIND TAILWIND IAS -25 -20 -15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15 20 25 35 1.2 1.7 2.1 2.6 3.1 3.6 4.1 4.6 5.1 5.5 6.0 40 1...
Improving Performance In Climbs, Cruises and Glides.
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Glide Slide
From time to time 1-26 pilots have asked me about the slide-rule-type glide calculator that Jo and I have been using for the past 15-plus years which is mounted to the instrument panel in #196. I will...
Speed Numbers by Charles Shaw, Lew Neyland, and Larry Pardue
From: Garry Dickson Here are speed numbers that Charles Shaw, Lew Neyland, and Larry Pardue produced through testing to use with their 1-26 glide calculator. Light 1-26 Heavy 1-26 MPH FPM MPH FPM 36 0...
SPN-1 Glide Calculator
There are over 250 of the SPN-1’s floating around out there in the 1-26 community! I suspect many {most} pilots have long since lost the original instruction booklet–hopefully this will get them to di...
Polars Of Eight
By Paul Bikle – Printed in Soaring Magazine, June, 1970. To access this post, you must purchase International Membership, Life Member, Sustaining Member or Regular Member.
A Flight Test Evaluation Of The Schweizer 1-26E
By Richard H. Johnson – Printed in Soaring Magazine, February, 1977. To access this post, you must purchase International Membership, Life Member, Sustaining Member or Regular Member. ...
An Oil Flow Study and Turbulator Installation on a Schweizer 1-26 Wing
By Richard H. Johnson – Printed in Soaring Magazine, May 1997. To access this post, you must purchase International Membership, Life Member, Sustaining Member or Regular Member. ...