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Hello 1-26 Association Members, As you know, the 1-26 Association website went t...

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1-26 Championship Rules (2024)

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

2023 1-26 Sweepstakes Results

(full Sweepstakes standings and flights) While it wasn’t the huge increase in fl...

Current Newsletter(s)

1-26 Association Newsletter – Spring-Summer 2025

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1-26 Association Newsletter – 2025 Winter

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Member Stories

Bill Vickland, an Appreciation by Dan Ernst

Bill Vickland passed away peacefully on Friday April 1, 2022. I am but one person that knew Bill. And when you consider that his gliding career started sometime...

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  • SN686 Restoration by Jim Phoenix – Empennage Restoration
  • SN686 Restoration by Jim Phoenix – Empennage Restoration
  • SN686 Restoration by Jim Phoenix – Empennage Restoration
  • SN686 Restoration by Jim Phoenix – Empennage Restoration
  • SN686 Restoration by Jim Phoenix – Empennage Restoration
  • SN686 Restoration by Jim Phoenix – Empennage Restoration
  • SN686 Restoration by Jim Phoenix – Empennage Restoration
  • SN686 Restoration by Jim Phoenix – Empennage Restoration
  • SN686 Restoration by Jim Phoenix – Empennage Restoration
  • SN686 Restoration by Jim Phoenix – Empennage Restoration
  • SN686 Restoration by Jim Phoenix – Empennage Restoration
  • SN686 Restoration by Jim Phoenix – Empennage Restoration
  • SN686 Restoration by Jim Phoenix – Empennage Restoration
  • SN686 Restoration by Jim Phoenix – Empennage Restoration
  • SN686 Restoration by Jim Phoenix – Empennage Restoration
  • SN686 Restoration by Jim Phoenix – Empennage Restoration
  • SN686 Restoration by Jim Phoenix – Empennage Restoration
  • SN686 Restoration by Jim Phoenix – Empennage Restoration
  • SN686 Restoration by Jim Phoenix – Empennage Restoration
  • SN686 Restoration by Jim Phoenix – Empennage Restoration
  • SN686 Restoration by Jim Phoenix – Empennage Restoration

SN686 Restoration by Jim Phoenix – Empennage Restoration

SN686 Restoration by Jim Phoenix Articles in this Series Intro Fuselage Restoration Panel Restoration Wings Restoration Empennage Restoration Cost of Restoratio...

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Recent & Upcoming Events

2025 1-26 Championships

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

2024 H. Marshall Claybourn Memorial Trophy

The H. Marshall Claybourn Memorial Trophy is awarded to the Schweizer 1-26 pilot...

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1-26 Championships

The 2014 1-26 Association Championships

The 2014 1-26 Championships, the Spiffy award winner was Bob Von Hellens ship #244. This 1-26 last won the Spiffy in 1999. All former Spiffy winners at the Cham...

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...

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