Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Silver Badges for 1959


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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.


 377 Stephen duPont
 376 Carleton M. Mears, Jr.
 375 James E. Hard
 374 S.S. Montgomery
 373 Robert J. Nichols
 372 Dorman R. Brown
 371 James L. LeSueur
 370 Charles W. Robertson, Jr.
 369 James E. Sands
 368 David E. Gray
 367 Harold T. Kennedy
 366 Lloyd M. Licher
 365 William B. Snead
 364 Norman F. Gowin
 363 Stanton W. Tombs
 362 Paul A. Wilson
 361 Richard T. Chapman
 360 Johann G. Kuhn
 359 John C. Seymour
 358 Eric H. Nacht
 357 Evan R. Stover
 356 Roger L. Williams
 355 Dorothea G. Schultz²
 354 Theodore J. Falk
 353 Robert D. Howerton
 352 Robert D. Kellner
 351 Robert Biennenstein
 350 Robert L. Pfeiff
 349 Claude G. Ray
 348 Haward F. Trampenau
 347 Diane L. Sprague²
 346 Tennis Mahoney
 345 William C. Holbrook
 344 Everett G. Keeler
 343 Theodore E. Grabowsky
 342 Edward E. Glowacke
 341 Herbert C. Mortz
 340 John D. Ryan
 339 Constand A. Moeller
 338 Duke H. Stallings, Jr.
 337 Helen R. Dick²

² WSPA

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