Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Silver Badges for 1985


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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.


4789 Lee H. Marzke
4788 Bernard R. Gross
4787 Mark F. Beavers
4786 Jeffery G. Byard
4785 Robert W. Warden
4784 Mike S. King
4783 Geoffrey G. Gardner
4782 Jerold M. Bernstein
4781 Steven L. Bair
4780 Roger K. Hinote
4779 Michael J. Evans
4778 Robert M. Hey
4777 Malcolm S. Pond
4776 Ronald B. Russell
4775 Janos A. Bokfi
4774 Bob McClelland
4773 Craig M. Wall
4772 Howard A. Banks
4771 Raymond T. Burns
4770 Sean P. Murphy
4769 William B. Carmody
4768 Melvin E. Richards
4767 Angelo Dounoucos
4766 Jon T. Daffer
4765 Ronald Mudry
4764 Edward R. Thornton
4763 Randy Gobbel
4762 Rokki F. Roberts
4761 Kenneth (Skip) Batch
4760 David L. Coggins
4759 Claud Gilmer
4758 Charles E. Henning
4757 Werner W. Birkelbach
4756 James L. Cwyer
4755 Albert Lang
4754 George C. Flaherty
4753 Frank V. Hunt
4752 Duane O. Callahan
4751 Richard E. Cadieux
4750 Eulalia L. Nichols²
4749 Andrew P. Roeper
4748 Seppo I. Palmqvist
4747 Carol Bartell²
4746 Juan R. Batch
4745 Mark D. Matwey
4744 Mark E. Rose
4743 Philip C. Marks
4742 James H. Dodson
4741 William A. Bohart
4740 Richard M. Lafford
4739 Walter O. Konecny
4738 John E. Ford
4737 John W. Apps
4736 John E. Davidson
4735 John N. Evans
4734 Albert D. Frederickson
4733 Arnold Roy
4732 Davis L. Lawrence
4731 Kenneth G. Morris
4730 Oliver Smithies
4729 Billy C. Dennis, Jr.
4728 Karol A. Hines²
4727 Raymond Gramas
4726 Becky Rackley²
4725 Jerry Wilger
4724 John C. Stiles
4723 Donald L. Kinney
4722 Joel R. Baker
4721 Mary E. Hunt²
4720 Frank R. Gibson
4719 James T. Lewis, Jr.
4718 Wit Wisniewski
4717 Gary P. Johnston
4716 William Bartell
4715 Gary N. Ittner
4714 Jeffrey A. Turner
4713 Fred Daams
4712 J. Steele Lipe
4711 Richard G. Cathcart
4710 Andrew P. Schwertner
4709 James D. Richardson
4708 John R. Roberts
4707 Robert D. Link
4706 Ralph A. Hendrickson
4705 Max Karst
4704 William K. Kind
4703 Mark C. Ritter
4702 Roger L. Clark
4701 Robert L. Janco
4700 Michael G. Byrne
4699 Christian H. Klix
4698 Richard W. Siegried
4697 William Timm
4696 Elden Hinkle
4695 Gregrory J. Hausman
4694 Peter C. King
4693 C.B. Howard
4692 Kent H. Meserve
4691 W.J. Desmond
4690 David R. Poling
4689 Gerold W. Noyes
4688 Omeed Alaverdi
4687 Bruce Baker
4686 Jan Huelsbeck²
4685 Robert D. Slapper
4684 Michael L. Swanson
4683 Dianile R. Galassini
4682 Joan Whitten²
4681 William P. Patterson
4680 Eileen D. Youngblood²
4679 Steven R. Nichols
4678 William S. Brewer
4677 George R. Carter, Jr.
4676 Jonathan Fox
4675 Frank A. Newberry
4674 Christopher G. Dabolt
4673 Gary Amburgey
4672 Robert M. Gerhard
4671 George J. South
4670 Joseph C. Findley
4669 Anthony G. Schueller
4668 Donald F. Daniesl
4667 Marvin E. Smith
4666 Steven A. Pachura
4665 Thomas A. Seim
4664 Timothy S. McDonald
4663 Stanley H. Mick
4662 Robert Dooley
4661 Gery Konnert
4660 Rodney P. Lusk
4659 Michael R. Noel
4658 Ira Mark Clarfk
4657 Thomas K. Jona
4656 Ann E. Nielsen²
4655 Eric J. Gosch
4654 Alfred B. Bennett, Jr.
4653 Marty Bivens

² WSPA

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