Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Silver Badges for 1962


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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.


 673 Robert K. Awtrey
 672 John W. McReynolds
 671 Grayson D. Starner
 670 Douglas Lamont
 669 Stuart E. Cannefax
 668 Edward L. Blalock
 667 Michael Litle
 666 Eugene R. Cain
 665 Charles B. Horton, Jr.
 664 Richard L. Berry
 663 Sigmund Eckert
 662 Edward J. Kennelly
 661 Philip I. Paul
 660 Arthur Fredrick Johnson
 659 Frank A. Krentz
 658 Jerold L. Landon
 657 Charles W. Bing
 656 Raymond A. McAlpine
 655 Adolph E. Gude, Jr.
 654 George F. Squillario
 653 William R. Daniels
 652 Wylie H. Mullen, Jr., M.D.
 651 John R. Smith
 650 Eli Caicuts
 649 Gene M. Wilburn
 648 George C. Jones
 647 Donald W. McCormick
 646 Harvard B. Kilm, Jr.
 645 Jerry D. Robertson
 644 Burton L. Elliott
 643 Raymond M. Olsen
 642 Vernon A. Sutfin
 641 Rustan Bringentoff
 640 David R. Bowers
 639 Walter C. Lockhart
 638 Luther W. Moyer
 637 Phillp Y. Cannon
 636 Robert F. Nichols
 635 Wilson M. Barnes, Jr.
 634 Francis B. Smith³
 633 Leslie H. Gould, M.D.
 632 Charles E. Jackson
 631 Evelyn Primm²
 630 John M. Willis
 629 Gerhard W. Goetze
 628 Frederick J. Robinson
 627 John W. Goode
 626 Roger B. Morrison
 625 Charles E. Dobkins
 624 George C. Willetts
 623 Roger J. Sherron, Jr.
 622 John W. Reid
 621 Peter H. Petersen, Jr.
 620 W. Blair Scott
 619 Sidney M. Yahn
 618 R. Laurent Cannon
 617 Malcolm D. Stevenson
 616 George D. Sterling
 615 James B. Short
 614 Dale K. Anderson
 613 Eugene F. Ruperto
 612 Eugene R. Foxworthy
 611 Karl H. Grenzhauser
 610 O.M. Bilaniuk
 609 William A. Creany
 608 Arthur Zimmerman
 607 William C. Meyer
 606 Pierce C. Fellows
 605 Howard Dwayne Spain
 604 Walter C. Bybee
 603 Alex Smith, Jr.
 602 Victor L. Peres
 601 Malcolm A. Bagshaw, M.D.
 600 Will S. Randall
 599 Olin K. Haley
 598 Leonard E. Samuelson, Jr.
 597 Barna Toekes
 596 Curtis Erwin, Jr.³
 595 Donald F. Miller
 594 Donald R. Hopkins
 593 Richard C. Eldredge
 592 Bernard Paiewonsky
 591 Robert B. Court
 590 William Y. Miller
 589 Lachlan Ohman
 588 Leonard R. McMaster
 587 Neal Ridenour
 586 Edward J. Fritz
 585 Helmut Kanter
 584 Lowell C. Yund
 583 John T. Grange
 582 Carl E. Burson, Jr.
 581 Dietrich Ennulat
 580 Richard E. Morris
 579 Tom E. Sitton
 578 Robert A. Porter
 577 Dorothy Asdel²
 576 Duane Eisenbeiss
 575 John E. Jensista
 574 Lyle N. Hoag, Jr.
 573 Irving Taylor
 572 Eugene V. Martz
 571 Russell R. Palmer, Jr.
 570 Howard R. Ebersole
 569 Richard N. Sisley
 568 Morris A. Kline
 567 Walter Fuller
 566 James R. Holliday
 565 James C. McCarrier
 564 Evan C. Turner
 563 Gordon H. Durlin
 562 David E. Seymour
 561 Philip R. Miller
 560 Robert Hammer
 559 J. Russell Perkins
 558 Giles S. Gianelloni
 557 Donald E. Harrell
 556 James R. Hurt
 555 Thomas V. Nilon
 554 Cal Kristen
 553 Walter E. Mooney
 552 George Arents, Jr.
 551 Walter E. MacFarlane

² WSPA
³ All badge legs flown in a 1-26

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