Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Silver Badges for 1996


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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.


5903 Crofton B. Wilson
5902 John L. McCormick
5901 Thomas S. Shipp
5900 Jonathan R. Edwards
5899 Bruce W. Hodgkins
5898 Thomas C. Jones
5897 Derek B. Larsen
5896 Dustin Brown¹³
5895 Gene Marten
5894 Robert R. Grimm
5893 Thomas A. Wideman
5892 Joseph A. Houle
5891 John J. Sacco, Jr.
5890 Craig Shaber
5889 Steven Lewis¹
5888 Darrell Fineman
5887 Donald Golden
5886 Roman Stankiewicz
5885 William J. Whelan
5884 Robert C. Pate
5883 Jay E. Weishel
5882 Jeffry W. Stetson
5881 Danny Sorenson
5880 William J. Kautter
5879 John Goodman
5878 Ruey W. Collins³
5877 David Griffiths
5876 Joseph J. Breish
5875 John Sullivan
5874 Linda C. DeMarco²
5873 Paul Natkiel
5872 Chad A. Moore
5871 Leonard Dolhert
5870 Mick Westbrook
5869 Richard D. Cedar
5868 Julio Paredes
5867 George Harris
5866 Elise Gravance²
5865 Stephen W. Smith
5864 Wayne Walker³
5863 John C. Vaughan
5862 Michael L. Marsha
5861 Michael J. Turner
5860 David L. Schuur
5859 Michael P. Vossler
5858 Walter M. Ballard
5857 Vincent Miller
5856 Edith Trinkler²
5855 Nelson J. Brandt
5854 R. Wayne Crank, Jr.
5853 P. Terrence Quinn
5852 Paul McDonald
5851 Cynthia Donovan²
5850 Vince Felgar³
5849 Dennis Sharp
5848 Steven L. Thornton
5847 W. Lee Bradshaw
5846 Gordon A. Ewart
5845 Eric Einarsson
5844 Robert Lacovara
5843 Serge Serfaty
5842 Anne R. Jackson²
5841 Stephen L. Waymire
5840 Stewart De La Hunt
5839 Dennis M. Mast
5838 Gerald R. Harris
5837 Dennis J. Robertson
5836 Dan McCoach

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

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