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1-26 Championship Rules (2024)

1-26 CHAMPIONSHIPS RULES 2024 4/10/2024 revision ORGANIZATION These rules govern...

Explore the performance of the 1-26 – Calculator

This 1-26 Polar spreadsheet allows you to explore the performance of the 1-26, b...

2025 1-26 Championships

The 2025 1-26 Championships (not “Nationals”) will be hosted by the Merlin Soari...

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1-26 Association Newsletter – Fall-Winter 2025

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1-26 Association Newsletter – Spring-Summer 2025

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Member Stories

Tip-Wheel-Attachment-Bolt Anchor-Nut Replacement

How to Replace a Defective Internal Nut For a 1-26E Tip-Wheel I needed to replace a defective Model E, tip–wheel-bolt, anchor nut in my wing. I developed a meth...

  • 1-26A Restoration by Andy Kecskes – Getting Started
  • 1-26A Restoration by Andy Kecskes – Getting Started
  • 1-26A Restoration by Andy Kecskes – Getting Started
  • 1-26A Restoration by Andy Kecskes – Getting Started
  • 1-26A Restoration by Andy Kecskes – Getting Started
  • 1-26A Restoration by Andy Kecskes – Getting Started
  • 1-26A Restoration by Andy Kecskes – Getting Started
  • 1-26A Restoration by Andy Kecskes – Getting Started
  • 1-26A Restoration by Andy Kecskes – Getting Started
  • 1-26A Restoration by Andy Kecskes – Getting Started
  • 1-26A Restoration by Andy Kecskes – Getting Started
  • 1-26A Restoration by Andy Kecskes – Getting Started
  • 1-26A Restoration by Andy Kecskes – Getting Started
  • 1-26A Restoration by Andy Kecskes – Getting Started
  • 1-26A Restoration by Andy Kecskes – Getting Started
  • 1-26A Restoration by Andy Kecskes – Getting Started
  • 1-26A Restoration by Andy Kecskes – Getting Started
  • 1-26A Restoration by Andy Kecskes – Getting Started
  • 1-26A Restoration by Andy Kecskes – Getting Started
  • 1-26A Restoration by Andy Kecskes – Getting Started
  • 1-26A Restoration by Andy Kecskes – Getting Started
  • 1-26A Restoration by Andy Kecskes – Getting Started

1-26A Restoration by Andy Kecskes – Getting Started

These are all the parts it takes to put the fuselage back together again other than the frame.  At this point I hadn’t taken the fabric off the wings yet so the...

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Recent & Upcoming Events

2026 1-26 Championships

The 2026 1-26 Championships (not “Nationals”) were hosted by the Windy City Soar...

2025 1-26 Sweepstakes Results

  (full Sweepstakes standings and flights)   Writing this summary will be my fin...

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1-26 Championships

The 2020 1-26 Association Championships

Sunflower Aerodrome Gliderport (SN76) Postponed  to 2021 due to COVID To access this post, you must purchase International Membership, Life Member, ...

  • The 2019 1-26 Association Championships
  • The 2019 1-26 Association Championships

The 2019 1-26 Association Championships

2019 Moriarty, New Mexico May 28 to June 7   1-26 Championships 2019 Moriarty, NM, 30.05.2019 – 06.06.2018 1-26 Class # Pts CN Pilot 31.05 03.06 04.06 06.06 1 3...

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