Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Silver Badges for 1963


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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.


 804 Ian S. Burgin
 803 Eugene O. Hamm³
 802 Hans D. Neumann
 801 Marion C. Cruce
 800 Howard E. Van Winkle
 799 Gordon H. Biggins
 798 Andrew S. Ross
 797 Gordon E. Lamb
 796 Rodney D. Smith
 795 James W. Leland
 794 David G. Culpepper
 793 Donald H. Thome
 792 Henry C. Godman
 791 Harold B. Lawson
 790 Oswin Niehuss
 789 Ronald K. Hedl
 788 Frederik K. Nieuwenhuys
 787 Jack C. Elvis
 786 Richard E. Bush
 785 David M. Nees
 784 Paul H. Schweizer
 783 Nelson B. Noland
 782 James A. Struthmore
 781 Charles H. Whitmore
 780 Kurt Horn
 779 Charles N. Shannon
 778 John B. Hunter
 777 Ward J. Mayrand
 776 John M. Wallace, Jr.
 775 Winfield R. Brown
 774 Philip J. Baugh
 773 Andrew R. Buccini
 772 Alton L. Krauss
 771 Karle L. Jessop
 770 Earl D. Shelor
 769 Wesley G. Coss
 768 Karl K. Eckberg
 767 Serge T. Winkler
 766 Jerry Austin
 765 Aubrey J. Battley
 764 Herbert Franke
 763 Andrew D. Davis
 762 Ray S. Stafford
 761 Frank J. Lilly
 760 Dudley C. Fort, Jr.
 759 Alen W. Fritzie
 758 Robert H. Gurr
 757 Robert A. Nelson
 756 Stanley J. O'Donnell
 755 Thomas E. Daniel
 754 Adolph E. Jost
 753 James O. Cross
 752 Lyman H. Beman
 751 Robert P. Hillard
 750 Rose Marie Licher²
 749 Earl J. Seagars
 748 Harvey Rechsteiner
 747 Ralph C.C. Turner
 746 Joseph B. Harrington
 745 Walter C. Marsh
 744 Glenn R. Williams
 743 Gordon Young
 742 Lee Brody
 741 Charles M. Drew
 740 Herbert A. de Vries
 739 Donald C. Wilford³
 738 Ronald A. Chitwood
 737 Arthur L. Lowe, Jr.
 736 Don G. Larson
 735 Robert D. Leonard
 734 Frank W. Demmer
 733 Francis Popp
 732 Gunars Bumurs
 731 Woodward Cannon
 730 Thomas L. Vinson
 729 Walter D. Burd
 728 W. Mayow Gilson
 727 Kenneth Woodward
 726 Jack S. Conrad
 725 John J. Hill, Jr.
 724 Charles L. Nearing
 723 James A. Roman
 722 Bill F. Sparks
 721 Richard A. Stratton
 720 Harry S. Thompson
 719 Livingston B. Morris
 718 Richard A. Deak
 717 John Nowak
 716 Thomas I. Weston
 715 William E. Rogers, Jr.
 714 Samuel D. Lobmastar
 713 Jane Eldredge²
 712 Gregory E. Litle
 711 Graham Fleming
 710 Allen I. Ormsbee
 709 Joseph S. Brennan
 708 Leo P. Buckley, Jr.
 707 Paul G. Chelew
 706 Robert H. Springer
 705 Olaf K. Szamody
 704 Patricia W. Barber²
 703 Harold L. Peasley
 702 Alfred F. Burnside, Jr.
 701 Harrison Baird
 700 Eugene A. Marks
 699 John F. Barber
 698 John D. Dunn
 697 Wm. Frank Kelsey
 696 D.F. Farrar, Jr.
 695 Robert G. Van Sickle³
 694 Herbert A. Light
 693 James Russell Hyland
 692 Alfred H. Watts
 691 George W. Church
 690 Argo A. Buechler
 689 Donald F. Smith
 688 Donald A. Mosher
 687 C. Fredrick Staten
 686 James B. Castle
 685 Jack Gardiner
 684 George R. Bromley
 683 Howard R. Everhart
 682 Bouldin Frantz
 681 K.C. Oelfke, Jr.
 680 Donald W. Aitken, Jr.³
 679 Glenn R. Whiteley
 678 Harold D. Bingham
 677 Guy B. Davis
 676 Nairn Ringueberg
 675 Edward L. Ralston, III
 674 James A. Waters

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

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