Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Silver Badges for 1974


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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.


2767 Leon A. Buseski
2766 Norman M. Austin
2765 William F. Fathauer
2764 Thomas J. Dunigan
2763 Michael E. Stogner
2762 Thomas C. Thompson
2761 Otto B. Munchow
2760 W.E. Lawson
2759 Tom R. Stowers
2758 Robert P. Atkinson
2757 Mark A. Boster
2756 Craig J. Rench
2755 Richard H. Harrington
2754 Clarence H. Barker
2753 William A. Martens
2752 Kenneth D. Harper
2751 Thomas P. Cloyd
2750 John B. Bourland
2749 Bethuel M. Barnum
2748 S David Chapman
2747 Willism H. Painter
2746 Ronald C. Gist
2745 Warren E. Rachford
2744 James Lesage
2743 Erich Haug
2742 Edwin G. Sawdon
2741 Vern J. Hendershott, Jr.
2740 Kim M. Buehre
2739 Bernard A. Decker
2738 Arnold Skopil
2737 Carol L. Moe²³
2736 Holland N. Headley
2735 Paul Volgamore
2734 Albert W. Thomas
2733 Gerald L. Spies
2732 William R. Dade
2731 Robert L. McLaughlin
2730 Tomasz K. Serkowski
2729 Ernest R. Paris
2728 Mark S. Warren
2727 DaYid A. Leedom
2726 Bryant Henry
2725 Richard Apgar
2724 Judah H. Milgram
2723 Walter C. Schiller
2722 John S. Sinclair
2721 Clifford A. Rose
2720 Doran G. Machin
2719 David K. DuVal
2718 Julian Martin
2717 Oscar A. Buchmann
2716 Robert L. White
2715 Gary C. Barnett
2714 Charles W. Harris
2713 Elzie A. Rupe
2712 James D. ChichesterJr
2711 C. Gordon Livingston
2710 Wernher von Braun
2709 Grant W. Cary
2708 Herbert J. Tipton
2707 Dave F. Fletcher
2706 Robert F. Dee
2705 Bill C. Paige
2704 Walt Huemmer
2703 Arnold H. Andrijeski
2702 Galen D. Fisher
2701 James H. Betts
2700 Robert Carl
2699 Charles L. Montgomery
2698 Dieter B. Meyer
2697 Lynda G. Beran²
2696 Kenneth G. Voight
2695 Billy G. Maples
2694 Ronald K. Holliday
2693 James R. Crisp
2692 David L. Knight
2691 Ernesto Estrada
2690 Bruce H. Wickmann
2689 Rudy F. Stadelmann
2688 Paul H. Meisenbach
2687 Elliot P. Cogswell
2686 Gerald D. Finch
2685 John W. Firor
2684 Henry M. Nixon, Jr.
2683 T. Guy Spencer, Jr.
2682 Don Shearn
2681 Michael J. Bayer
2680 Curt Thielemann
2679 Paul C. Paris
2678 Judith W. Silverman²
2677 Kenneth C. Sorenson
2676 Wilbur D. Robinson
2675 Stillman C. Chase, Jr.
2674 Frederick L. Jacobs
2673 Clirton E. Llnd
2672 Steven M. Sliwa
2671 Robert M. Kolter
2670 Ormond A. Gigli
2669 James T. Greeson
2668 Rudolf Suehs, Jr.
2667 Kenneth L. Clements
2666 Michael J. Haynes
2665 Gerald H. Bauer
2664 Charles M. E. Burpee
2663 William P. Mitnik
2662 Hayden H. Harris
2661 Robert Langridge³
2660 Ross A. Maehl
2659 Robert L. Davis
2658 William E. Kantz
2657 Ruth Ann G. Butler²
2656 Reuben E. Joynson
2655 Richard E. Minard
2654 Thomas E. Head
2653 John K. LeMaster³
2652 Paul J. Todd
2651 B Kanter
2650 Teddy E. Dercher
2649 Dean W. Plath
2648 Frank J. Linder
2647 Ronald R. Schwartz³
2646 David N. Byrne
2645 William T. Smith
2644 Jerry D. Wilkinson
2643 Floyd H. Beatty
2642 Dale F. Dye
2641 James L. Johnson
2640 Michael K. Maxwell
2639 Roger L. Heironimus
2638 Constance I.V. Linke²
2637 Dave Schweninger³
2636 William L. Faull³
2635 Joseph E. Rench
2634 Charles W. Falkenmayer
2633 S. McClung
2632 Deborah A. Warneking²
2631 William P. Norton
2630 Jack A. Mayberry
2629 Clark B. Stewart
2628 Ronald N. Ridenour
2627 Mercer P. Fisher
2626 Thomas E. Relley
2625 Jess M. Green, Jr.
2624 Charles J. Archer
2623 Thomas C. Kelly
2622 John P. Greene
2621 Frank Borik
2620 W. Daniel Grupp
2619 Rainer Zuleeg
2618 Robert E. Matheny
2617 Gordon F. Wicksten
2616 John C. Clark
2615 Madeleine A. Holland²³
2614 Thomas Solt, Jr.
2613 Raymond L. Shambien
2612 Wesley J. Beck
2611 Marlo V. Kiff
2610 Kenneth H. Renshaw
2609 Jimmy E. Humphries
2608 John T. MacGuire
2607 William D. de Laureal, Sr.
2606 David R. Winston
2605 Thomas M. Farr, Jr.³
2604 Paul N. Acres
2603 William W. St. Clair
2602 Daniel B. Ahern
2601 David G. Fry
2600 Phil Lawrence
2599 Thomas J. Hanson
2598 Karl Lipscomb
2597 William V. Chapin
2596 F. Steven LaFevers
2595 William K. Adams
2594 Oliver A. Benson
2593 Robert N. MacLeod
2592 George M. Lessard
2591 Hans Vandervlugt
2590 David G. Mahaffey
2589 Harry B. Sudwischer
2588 Robert R. Maynard
2587 Paul Dickerson
2586 Wolfgang W. Wagner
2585 Peter Lane
2584 James L. Miller
2583 Paul Jamison
2582 Bruce R. Carter
2581 Frank Incorvsia³
2580 David R. Rhodes
2579 G. Richard Czerwinski
2578 Larry G. Howell
2577 Albert B. Cutler III³
2576 Paul D. Vanderveen
2575 Lorne D. Catlin
2574 Skip Williams
2573 Walter N. Cawby
2572 M. Phillip Carnes
2571 John P. Conner
2570 C. Robert von Hellens
2569 Edwin D. Rathbun
2568 Michael T. Rubenstein
2567 Robert L. Lorenzo
2566 James B. Trice
2565 Ronald B. Webb
2564 Rudolph J. Stutzmann

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

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