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Summer 2014 Issue of VSA’s “Bungee Cord”

The Summer 2014 issue of Bungee Cord is distributed to Vintage Sailplane Association (VSA) members and we thought the rest of the gliding and soaring community should know about this special 40-page issue, published in conjunction with the VSA’s 40th anniversary. Summer 2014 Bungee Cord: Table of Contents The editorial by Jim Short discusses “Fine…

Winter 2013 Issue of Vintage Soaring Association “Bungee Cord”

We are delighted to inform Café readers that the Winter, 2013 issue of Bungee Cord, a quarterly publication of the Vintage Sailplane Association (VSA), has been published. We invite attendees at the upcoming SSA Convention in Reno, who are interested in vintage or classic sailplanes, to stop at the VSA booth in the exhibit hall and meet us.

Summer Issue of VSA’s “Bungee Cord”

The Summer 2013 Bungee Cord has been published and sent to Vintage Sailplane Association (VSA) members. If you have an interest in vintage or classic gliders, consider joining the VSA. The purpose of the Vintage Sailplane Association (VSA) is to promote the acquisition, restoration and flying of vintage sailplanes by its members, and to assist…

VSA Bungee Cord – April 2013 Edition

Thanks to Simine Short, Editor of the Vintage Soaring Association’s Bungee Cord, for sending us excerpts from the Spring, 2013 issue, including Rusty Lowry’s risk assessment checklist and article on operational risk assessment, and a photo of the nose of a Falke sailplane (1930s vintage) that Joe Steinhauser had built in 1932. Click on the…

The VSA’s Bungee Cord

Thanks to Jim and Simine Short, editors of the Vintage Sailplane Association’s Bungee Cord, for sending us the fall edition of their quarterly publication. Jim is also president of the VSA, which, since 1974, has promoted the acquisition, restoration, and flying of vintage and classic sailplanes and gliders and helped preserve their history.