Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Silver Badges for 1982


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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.


4307 Charles F. Yahrling
4306 Eugene Friner
4305 John Scrogin, III
4304 Gordon Ray Wingate
4303 Terry J. Nielsen
4302 Leonard V. Interrante
4301 David F. Agneta
4300 T. Dankwood Schmalbruch
4299 Wendell E. Spence
4298 Charles D. Walter
4297 John D. Newell, II
4296 John G. Howe
4295 Thomas L. Yoder
4294 Richard D. Smith
4293 Michael J. Stimac
4292 Betsy Hopson²
4291 John D. Benham, Jr.
4290 Janet V. Clark²
4289 Peter Clemens
4288 Paul Trautman, Jr.
4287 James Kirkland Garner
4286 William Douglas Fisher
4285 Gregory K. McGill
4284 William R. Hose, Jr.
4283 Robert H. Bruce
4282 William H. Knox
4281 Taber Leon Kopan
4280 Douglas A. Pauley
4279 Leslie K. Stoner
4278 Gregory E. Smith
4277 Alan G. Duckett
4276 Joel Falmenbaum
4275 William J. Campbell
4274 G. Dean Forney
4273 Joseph P. Seidel
4272 Jacqueline L. Brown²
4271 Harry D. Brown
4270 David Allyn
4269 Billy D. Wellborn
4268 Wayne E. Jenkins
4267 John H. Steward
4266 Thomas E. Peekema
4265 Robert M. Maddalena
4264 Edward F. Lesage
4263 Steven Leonard
4262 John H. Knoetzel
4261 Bill T. Jones
4260 William Edward Brown, II
4259 Paul E. Furst
4258 Dan S. Dreeben³
4257 Ronald K. Almquist
4256 Thomas M. Hellner
4255 John C. Hinckley
4254 Joseph Edward Foreman
4253 Paul B. Detwiler
4252 Gary P. Aho
4251 Rudolph O. Burck
4250 Gary Lee Buda
4249 William Hinote
4248 Gordon R. Boettger
4247 Virgil L. Minter
4246 Richard Thomas Simmons
4245 Daniel J. Arthur³
4244 Charles K. Theis
4243 Myron Brownie
4242 Margaret McCracken²
4241 William David Ray
4240 Bill Underwood
4239 Susanne Connor²
4238 Stephen T. Drane
4237 Ronald L. Hatcher
4236 Carleton V. Briarton-Rehr
4235 Steven Imrich
4234 John C. Mealka
4233 Everett Charles Leaf
4232 Allan L. Freedy
4231 Diana Erica Dann²
4230 Bruce S. Barrett
4229 Kenneth W. Kotik
4228 Gary Kreski
4227 Carl A. Johnson
4226 Harold Frank Olson
4225 John O. Graybill
4224 Vincent L. Hinds
4223 M. Wayne Hutchinson
4222 Hylton L. Nolen³
4221 Vitek Siroky
4220 Keith G. Anderson
4219 Raymond C.D. Gould
4218 Wayne B. Lancaster
4217 Harold T. Matousek³
4216 Lloyd A. Atwell
4215 Mitchell Deutsch
4214 Billy L. Taylor
4213 David W. Malloy
4212 Kenneth H. Barnett
4211 Bennie H. Flavers
4210 Radoscav Mulik
4209 Paul Alan Sengebusch
4208 John Geyman
4207 Harold A. Katinszki
4206 Doug Donohue
4205 David H. Lippincott
4204 John Hilger
4203 David M. Cohodes
4202 David S. Parkman
4201 Eric James
4200 Mark M. Sanderson
4199 Dexter B. Wakefield
4198 Paul G. Miller
4197 Robert Wallach
4196 Samuel W. Clipp
4195 Keith M. Kumm
4194 Clayton W. Vickland³
4193 Jane E. Jackson²
4192 Andrew J. Accando
4191 Robert F. Atherton
4190 Jeffrey S. Duhaime
4189 Donald James Broomfield
4188 Manfred F. Maurer
4187 Leon Soren
4186 Frederick H.G. Wright, II
4185 Todd Robert Noll
4184 Michael S. Koehn
4183 Charles T. Williams
4182 Joseph F. Frick³
4181 Larry D. Knauer
4180 Dave Borsetti
4179 Henry A. Hellensbe
4178 Henry E. Mangles
4177 Lewis H. Casassa
4176 David Lawrence Nelson
4175 Davidson Wehring³
4174 Martin Green
4173 Charles Allen Chester
4172 Rob McKinley
4171 Robert W. Youngblood
4170 Fredo P. Killing
4169 W. Gould Jones
4168 Bruce Francis Brown
4167 David J. Woods
4166 Karl-Heinz Ziwica
4165 Dan Wells
4164 Albert M. McCarthy
4163 Thom McGuire
4162 James C. Simmons
4161 James P. Hopkins
4160 Edward W. Crawford
4159 P.L. Cristensen
4158 James Terry Frazier
4157 Steven L. Day
4156 Richard Suffoletto³
4155 Otto E. Roy
4154 Anne Jonsson²³
4153 Ann W. Mullen²
4152 Paul S. Sommerfield
4151 R. Jack Stuart
4150 Craig Talbot
4149 Gary D.. Peterson
4148 Jack Benedict
4147 William E. Weir
4146 Robert McCabe
4145 David L. Gabriel
4144 Edward E. Hindman
4143 Elliott M. May
4142 Ernesto S. Estrada
4141 Michael E. Baum
4140 Rainer Kuenzel
4139 David P. Howard
4138 Steven R. Lawrence
4137 Gordon Sorenson
4136 Kevin A. Ruehle
4135 John E. Peck

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

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