Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Silver Badges for 2002


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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.


6377 Robert Fidler
6376 Matthew J. Seymour¹
6375 I. Alasdair Crawford
6374 Paul Robinson
6373 William J. Fihe
6372 Paul F. Ratzlaff
6371 Paul W. Feltz
6370 Milton H. Moos
6369 Carl F. Czech
6368 Phillip C. Umphres
6367 Chris Ruff
6366 Stephen S. Dashew
6365 John C. Harrison
6364 Garrett B. Oliver
6363 Gregory J. McDowell
6362 James J. Rizzo
6361 Miller Wilder
6360 Jari H. Wallach
6359 John H. Larson
6358 Ward A. Gilbert
6357 Daniel J. Dunkel
6356 Bill Granewich
6355 David J. Reed
6354 E. Paul Quick, Jr.
6353 Konrad Krolikowski¹
6352 William H. Gawthrop
6351 Walter Wade Wheeler
6350 James Hays³
6349 Wells D. Morse,
6348 Paul D. McClure³
6347 David H. Cheek
6346 Dave Kuchenbecker
6345 Charles Svoboda
6344 Kenneth Baker
6343 Jeffrey N. Melin
6342 Thomas L. Alexander
6341 Jeffrey A. Hedrick
6340 Michael C. Wilson
6339 Daniel S. Townsend
6338 Bob Faris
6337 Mark A. Conkling
6336 Clayton J. Thomas
6335 Michael L. Povinelli
6334 Irvin B. (Mack) McKain
6333 Bruce Patton
6332 Jan H. Pieters
6331 Ronald M. Waclawik
6330 Dale R. Erickson
6329 Peter Vickery
6328 Elliott Crawford
6327 Laszlo Hullam
6326 David Holmes
6325 Thomas A. Bonser
6324 James A. Pokorski
6323 Gary Campbell
6322 Richard (Rick) Swanson
6321 Rick W. Hazen
6320 Kurt W. Ebersole³
6319 Daniel A. Nugent
6318 Lawrence E. Hood
6317 Mark Sparks
6316 Fred Looft
6315 Wesley R. Chumley
6314 Ivan Kahn
6313 David Hammond
6312 Stanislaw Misiewicz
6311 Alan Smith
6310 James R. Miller
6309 Bryan Cepak
6308 Linda Monahan²
6307 Ryan S. Vihlen
6306 Kevin Z. Brown
6305 Raymond J. Roberts
6304 Thomas P. Farbanish
6303 Tim R. Kurreck
6302 Mark Guay
6301 John M. Roe
6300 John E. Harkin
6299 Dana Hardy
6298 York N. Zentner
6297 David von Linsowe
6296 Kenneth Hazen
6295 Jeffrey Russell
6294 Leon Zeug
6293 Dan W. Whelchel
6292 Sherman A. Scott
6291 Brian Resor
6290 Robert C. Ireland
6289 Valeria E. Paget Doyle²
6288 Frederick G. Winter
6287 Mark H. Doyle
6286 Walter M. Hollister
6285 Hans Van Weersch

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

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