Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Silver Badges for 1937

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The Silver Badge is intended to develop the self-reliance of the new soaring pilot.   Earning the Silver Badge requires that the pilot complete a flight over a straight course of at least 50 km, an altitude gain of at least 1,000 meters, and a duration flight of at least five hours.

  27 Alan R. Essery
  26 Randell M. Chapman
  25 Woodbridge P. Brown
  24 Parker Leonard
  23 Donald C. Stevens
  22 W. Harvey Stephans
   21 Harland L. McHenry
  20 Elmer Zook
  19 Udo Fischer
  18 John Robinson
  17 Floyd J. Sweet
  16 Julian F. Hidley
   15 Robert J. Auburn
  14 Theodore G. Bellak
  13 Stanley R. Carcoran
  12 Robert M. Stanley
  11 Warren J. Merboth

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