Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Silver Badges for 1973


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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.


2563 Robert W. Prichard, Jr.
2562 Griffith W. Jones
2561 Jon F. Kubly
2560 James L. Smith
2559 Charles A. Bangert III
2558 Charles W. Culwell
2557 Richard D. Weber
2556 Herbert D. Binder
2555 Bonnie B. Stone²
2554 John H. Lane
2553 Richard Houser
2552 Robert MacMullin
2551 Christopher P.J. Lomax
2550 John F. Weis
2549 William L. Carman
2548 Theodore H. Sprague
2547 Robert N. Nye, Jr.
2546 W. Harman Taylor
2545 Fred Hermanspann
2544 James E. Schnobrich
2543 Robert R. Randolph
2542 Marlo A. Crosina
2541 Thomas F. Rothwell
2540 Robert P. Rippstein
2539 Theodore J. Pawski
2538 George C. Trotter
2537 Thomas R. Kessler
2536 Gary D. Evans
2535 Max P. Grassfield
2534 Wayne I. Roberts
2533 Ceorge C. McCullough
2532 Alvan W. Barrett
2531 Bouglas A. Bayger
2530 Charles A. Hayes
2529 Wilbur H. Cramblet,Jr.
2528 Malcolm J. Abzug
2527 Patrick K. Squires
2526 Tom R. D'Amlco
2525 Harry E. Rogers
2524 James L. Dean
2523 Robert H. Nyman
2522 Richard S. Fuller
2521 Helnz H. Luyer
2520 James M. Payne³
2519 Peter W. Pilling
2518 Dian R. Snyder²
2517 Mark P. Bratton
2516 Timothy J. Tillton
2515 Eric W. Rex
2514 Hans Kleln
2513 Glenn A. Emigh
2512 Jerome Courtlanrd
2511 Thomas L. Cooper
2510 Erwin J. Dunki
2509 Henry B. Scarborough
2508 Ludwik B. Domanski
2507 Marion S. Griffith, III
2506 Anne M. Bywater²
2505 David E. Savage
2504 James R. Yankaskas
2503 George R. Bunnell
2502 H. H. Eschenberg
2501 Richard E. Seaman
2500 T. Clark
2499 Terry G. Haug
2498 Henri Sokolove
2497 Peter Sidway
2496 LeRoy R. DeBolt
2495 James A. Finsterbusch
2494 John R. Elliott
2493 F. Burton Compton, Jr.
2492 George R. Auburg
2491 David D. Edson
2490 Ralph R. Beckett
2489 Ralph R. Beckett
2488 Kevin D. Wayt
2487 Martin V. Hill, II
2486 Ragnar Smith
2485 Richard F. Gorton³
2484 William W. Hargrove, Sr.³
2483 Jean J. Desloover
2482 Max Weiss
2481 Russell E. Hawkes
2480 William R. Rousseau
2479 Frederic Mark Schemmer
2478 Josef J. Steigler
2477 Vincent L. Guy
2476 John (Jack) Gomez
2475 Robert W. Schneider
2474 David P. Lincoln
2473 Gardner H. Snow
2472 C. E. Williams
2471 Kenneth Fereuson
2470 George F. Metts
2469 Richard J. Blanchet
2468 John Jan Hassel
2467 Lawrence J. Minch
2466 John I. Baumer
2465 Dore J. Montes
2464 Forrest W. Blossom
2463 David C. Flygare³
2462 Lloyd J. Griffiths
2461 Robert W. Eli
2460 Davlid A. Williams
2459 Norman L. Randall,Jr.
2458 William Requarth
2457 Alfred E. Fichtler
2456 Robert H. Kalser
2455 Kendall L. Somers
2454 Jack R. Conroy
2453 Donald R. Crawford
2452 Rick J. Indrebo
2451 Connie Younger²
2450 Raymond A. Phillips, Jr.
2449 Loring K. Green
2448 Wilfred M. Dyer III
2447 William H. Morrison
2446 Jose Marin
2445 Wayne R. Cook
2444 Robert W. Spitz
2443 John C. Lincoln, II
2442 Dean G. Watts
2441 James C. Cauthen
2440 Richard B. Philbrick
2439 George F. Wacker
2438 Ed J. Adams
2437 Paul R. Deutsch
2436 R. Pears
2435 Richard I. Divelbiss
2434 Larry D. Erickson
2433 Warren A. Messner
2432 Ray M. Gallollay
2431 Dennls L. Doubek
2430 David Jungerman
2429 Robert H. Penn
2428 John J. Harty
2427 Richard H. Karas
2426 Guy Darby, Jr.
2425 Leslie D. Scharf
2424 Richard N. Hall,Jr.
2423 Howard K. Gralres
2422 Hang Anderegg
2421 Elton J. Eddy
2420 Thomas J. Evans
2419 L. Stowers
2418 Edmund K. Gravely
2417 James R. Hayes
2416 Gerard X. O'Neill
2415 Kelth C. Derby
2414 J.R. Grafton, Jr.
2413 Harold P. Harloff
2412 Samuel N. Haramatuk
2411 Gabe Hanover
2410 Lon Skinner
2409 Robert H. Veal
2408 James M. Haynes,Jr.
2407 William K. Chase
2406 Philip E. Blever
2405 Donald D. Yalls ³
2404 Joseph E. Schuager
2403 John R. Brons
2402 John S. Smale
2401 Peggy J. Norgard²
2400 Nancy Zirkle²
2399 Sidney Zigas³

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

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