Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Silver Badges for 1975


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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.


3004 Donald E. Haselwood
3003 Walter R. Parrasch
3002 Walter K. Chisholm, Jr.
3001 Fred A. Roever
3000 David A.H. Smith
2999 John R. Breeden, Jr.
2998 Gavin McFarlane
2997 Pemberton H. Drinker
2996 Alan C. Vaughan
2995 John Kuharic
2994 John R. Low
2993 Robert W. Driscoll
2992 Jerry D. Owen
2991 Roger L. Grayson
2990 Rudy L. Kunda
2989 Steven J. Pawling
2988 Kenneth R. Koerner
2987 Phillip W. Dufford
2986 Mark A. Jaeger
2985 Joseph M. Bennis
2984 Joseph Jagr
2983 George D. Ledford³
2982 Peter Coira
2981 Willi W. Petersen
2980 Raymond K. Cote
2979 Edd Thiele
2978 John H. Stubbs
2977 Stephen C. Krawchuk
2976 Peter Papadopolous
2975 Gary A. Hagemeister
2974 David R. Mockler
2973 Randall W. Hollenberg
2972 Donald O. Robb
2971 William E. Batson
2970 Richard A. Lewls
2969 Ben H. Middleton
2968 Larry R. Ammerman
2967 Fred N. Sortwell
2966 William T. Black
2965 Perry W. Hanson
2964 Arthur P. Malm
2963 Konstantin S. Haussmann
2962 B.J. Walters Holden²
2961 Ladde L. Mayer
2960 Donald A. Large
2959 Michael W. Jenkins
2958 Douglas A. East
2957 James R. Jackson, III
2956 Leslie E. Buck³
2955 Robert L. Thomas
2954 Gary D. Garrison
2953 Daniel J. Mockler
2952 Wiley J. Hill
2951 Webster M. Lehmann
2950 Hope C. Marlowe²
2949 Robert B. Morford
2948 Steven C. Bradley
2947 William K. Stewart
2946 Robert G. Wilson
2945 David M. Cole
2944 Jere R. Calef
2943 Robert L. Nussbaum
2942 Robert O. Williams
2941 Norman W. Read, Jr.³
2940 Terry Housh
2939 B. Allison Gillies
2938 Don E. Coder
2937 Hans P. Christensen
2936 Rickey H. McClure³
2935 Archer N. Martin
2934 John D. Wilson, III
2933 J. Stanley Buller
2932 Paul M. Cordell
2931 John Norris
2930 Robert Nethercutt
2929 Robert Casamajor
2928 Leslie Horvath
2927 Dennis M. Holloran
2926 Jeffrey L. Hackett
2925 Ralph C. Leubke
2924 Glenn Mauch
2923 Stephen K. Weston
2922 John K. Vandiver
2921 Guy D. Veeasey
2920 Jan I. Gilhousen
2919 Wilson V. Bliss
2918 John Bennett
2917 Douglas R. Work
2916 Albert W. Blackburn
2915 Donald H. Witcher
2914 David J. Sliwa
2913 James A. Williams
2912 Sabrina P. Jackintell²
2911 Glen W. Shaw
2910 James A. Sumner
2909 Carol L. Elliott²
2908 Allyn R. Berryman
2907 Robert R. Imsande
2906 Fred F. Lidinsky
2905 William D. Crowl¹³
2904 Louis McDonald
2903 E. Dale Thompson
2902 Robert C. Feulner
2901 Martha V. Pearce²
2900 Leslie Snively
2899 David B. Reece
2898 Otto Heithecker
2897 Robert J. Hansman, Jr.
2896 Terry R. Richmond
2895 William L. McClain
2894 John R. Price
2893 Barton G. Busick
2892 Peter H. Martin
2891 Ralph N. Jones
2890 John Horak
2889 Michael M. Marker, Jr.
2888 John R. Robertson
2887 John H. Campbell
2886 Rolf H. Richter
2885 William H. Blackburn
2884 Clark W. Schadle
2883 John T. Parker
2882 Basil J.F. Mott
2881 Wesley F. Morris
2880 Leonard A. Blackburn, II
2879 Edward R. Metz
2878 Austen P.W. Damm
2877 Hannah F. Duncan²³
2876 Dan N. Williams, Jr.
2875 William A. Weems
2874 Richard L. Bean
2873 Perry Lee
2872 Peter M. Guy
2871 Calvin H. Maehl
2870 Richard D. Panther
2869 Charles L. Gray, Jr.
2868 Jonathan T. Mead
2867 Harold H. Youngren
2866 Donald L. Sweet
2865 Joseph A. Personett
2864 Eric Molinari
2863 Lawrence A. Matthews
2862 Kim McEligot
2861 Cecil O. Snyder, III
2860 Hal B. Becker
2859 Lutz W. Glasbrenner
2858 David Seward
2857 Richard L. Hall
2856 Floyd E. Cummings
2855 Judy L. Ruprecht²
2854 John V. Epperson
2853 C. James Hamstra
2852 John E. Belt
2851 Gordon H. Casamajor
2850 James E. Fox
2849 Charles R. Smith
2848 Elton L. Bischoff
2847 Floyd C. Bedbury
2846 Mark M. Bachowski
2845 Lawrence Lahm, Jr.
2844 Dale L. Bush
2843 Pierson J. Holcombe
2842 Wolf Elber
2841 John R. Serra³
2840 Frank Renek
2839 Peggy Odendahl²
2838 Richard J. Dutt
2837 Siegfried R. Schuh
2836 Brent C. Rozelle
2835 Nicholas H. Warner
2834 Edward R. Offchiss
2833 John O. Lear
2832 Bryan W. Poehler
2831 Richard B. Sager³
2830 Robert J. Sullivan
2829 C.W. Connelly
2828 William A. Saltzman
2827 Glennon C. Kidd
2826 Donald K. Taylor
2825 Heinz Weissenbuehler
2824 Thomas A. Logan
2823 Lawrence F. Lindsey
2822 Hugh C. Boice
2821 Leo A. Doyal
2820 H. Gilly Smith, Jr.
2819 Neely H. Bostick
2818 Alex A. Burnette
2817 Howard B. Butt.
2816 Charles B. Kniskern, Jr.
2815 George Hanke
2814 Reinhard A. Thiel
2813 Everett A. Raphael
2812 David B. Scriben
2811 William B. Holding
2810 Kay Cawby²
2809 Ronald A. Holmberg
2808 Wayne E. Woodmansee
2807 James E. Taylor
2806 Dagfinn Gangsaas
2805 Donald Traicoff
2804 Franklin J. Hrabak
2803 Andrew Stauble
2802 Edward F. Knight, Jr.
2801 Ernest E. Webb, Jr.
2800 Ben E. Stanton
2799 Gary D. Sauer
2798 John R. Farkas
2797 Russell Gehling
2796 Thomas R. Priddy
2795 Daniel Pinkel
2794 Herbert M. Friedman
2793 Roy W. Reisert
2792 Rick G. Anderson
2791 Lance DeStefans
2790 Neil Dickey
2789 Bruce K. Bauer
2788 Matthew P. Mitchell
2787 Robert P. Johannes
2786 Dick Brandt
2785 Scott T. Imlay
2784 Rolf Hertenstein, Jr.
2783 Charles L. Weinert
2782 Jimmie C. Gray
2781 Albert S. Fulton
2780 David F. Maire
2779 Tommy C. Gray
2778 Merle S. Clements
2777 Delbert N. Blomquist³
2776 P. Michael Newgard
2775 Vernon L. Scott
2774 Neal F. Current
2773 Phillip H. Edmonds
2772 James A. Furr
2771 James A. Cain, Jr.
2770 Larry D. Brill
2769 Kenneth L. Voland³
2768 James A. Jahoda

¹ Flown by pilots under age 21
² WSPA
³ All badge legs flown in a 1-26

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