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2024 H. Marshall Claybourn Memorial Trophy
The H. Marshall Claybourn Memorial Trophy is awarded to the Schweizer 1-26 pilot who completes the longest straight-out flight of the year. There were twenty Sweepstakes flights of over one hundred mi...
2025 1-26 Championships
The 2025 1-26 Championships (not “Nationals”) will be hosted by the Merlin Soaring Club at the Merlin Aerodrome southwest of Richmond, VA. http://www.merlinaero.org/1-26-championships.html https://www...
2024 1-26 Sweepstakes Results
(full Sweepstakes standings and flights) With the same number of pilots (16) as in 2023 we had more flights in 2024 (80) than we had in 2023. The top two classes, Diamond and Gold, showed the usual su...
2024 1-26 Championships
We are happy to announce the site of the 2024 1-26 Championships will be in Hamilton, Texas – July 31 – August 8th. These dates were selected to avoid a conflict with Oshkosh before the contest and ...
Windy City 1-26 Regatta 2024
Windy City 1-26 Regatta 2024 Windy City Soaring Association, Hinckley, IL, 27.05.2024 – 31.05.2024 Overall results after Day 3 # CN Pilot Total 1. 401 Jimbob Slocum 2797 2. 687 Team: Hayter & Hayt...
1-26 Championship Rules (2024)
1-26 CHAMPIONSHIPS RULES 2024 4/10/2024 revision ORGANIZATION These rules govern the 1-26 Championships. 1.1 Rule Changes At the Championships, rule changes may only be made by majority vote of the Co...
Bill Vickland’s Diamond Distance Letter
1988 Vickland Letter An open letter to Dudley Mattson(074) from Bill Vickland(238) in June of 1988 Dear Dudley, Since 1975 you have been the driving force in motivating Bob Collier and I to fly the Bl...
2023 H. Marshall Claybourn Memorial Trophy
It’s now official. James Neff has captured the Claybourn Trophy for 2023, racking up 237.4 straight out miles. The usual H. Marshall Claybourn Memorial Trophy race for the longest straight line fligh...
2023 1-26 Sweepstakes Results
(full Sweepstakes standings and flights) While it wasn’t the huge increase in flights that I had hoped for, we did get more pilots (16) and flights (67) than we had in 2022. I’m not sure why the turno...
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