Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Silver Badges for 1955

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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.

 239 Robert G. Joppa
 238 Harner Selvidge
 237 Betty Jeanne Reynolds²
 236 Victor Swierkowski
 235 Harley J. Shaffer
 234 Robert E. Bauer
 233 George E. Congdon
 232 Billie W. Bowmar
  231 Richard N. Gardner
 230 Donald D. Watt
 229 Walter R. Franz
 228 Houston A. Damron
 227 Dewey J. Mancuso
 226 Jose M. Tellez
 225 Harold D. Hutchinson
 224 Lynn W. Christensen
  223 Charles E. Kerr, Jr.
 222 Roscoe K. Christman
 221 Melvin H. Stickney
 220 Robert E. Kruse
 219 Harold P. Bovenkerk
 218 Earl F. Brooks
 217 O. DeVaughn North, Jr.
 216 Graham S. Thomson
² WSPA

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