Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Silver Badges for 2003


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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.


6451 John C. Downing
6450 John P. Browning
6449 Steven Coggins
6448 John E. Templeton
6447 John A. Schirra
6446 Keith Purves
6445 Edward F. Breau
6444 Preston Blake
6443 Scot A. Ortman
6442 William Kaewert
6441 Richard E. Stone
6440 Peter A. Detore, Jr.
6439 Max R. Gieseke
6438 Craig W. Smith
6437 Dean Chantiles
6436 Michael L. Wills
6435 David W. Harmony
6434 Christopher Prince
6433 Joe D. Allbritten
6432 Richard G. Fuller
6431 Michael J. Remus
6430 Steven Waitekaitis
6429 Chris Ungermann
6428 James J. Dickson
6427 Bill Richardson
6426 Richard Nicholson
6425 Sean J. Scialfa
6424 Kathy Fosha¹²
6423 Chuck Deeerinck
6422 Michael Pereira
6421 Hermann Michel
6420 Philip F. Schmalz
6419 Christopher J. Fleming
6418 Robert DeFabio
6417 Doug E. Padrick
6416 Matthew R. Harris
6415 Donald L. Profota
6414 Gary G. Goolsby
6413 Gene F. Rinke
6412 James S. Kercham
6411 George P. O'Leary Kercham
6410 R. Scott Neumann
6409 Robert Chur
6408 Larry Struck
6407 Lee Rogers
6406 Matt Herron
6405 Harold H. (Hal) Chouinard
6404 Mark Boyd
6403 Steven S. Hill
6402 Tom Waits
6401 David W. Prather
6400 George A. Hazelrigg, Jr.
6399 André de Baghy
6398 James M. Phoenix
6397 Franklin F. Mackenzie
6396 Peter H. Kroll
6395 John W. Ward
6394 Charles G. Gore
6393 William D. Geiger
6392 Steven R. Arndt
6391 Tom F. Riley
6390 Shawn Knickerbocker
6389 John F. Helenthal
6388 George Penokie
6387 David J. Piotrowski
6386 Gary D. Boggs
6385 S. Stephen Adkins
6384 Rolf Hegele
6383 Jeffrey G. Gaird
6382 Stuart M. Grant
6381 William F. Hoadley
6380 J. Scott Richmond
6379 Steve Kuenzi
6378 Timothy M. Strouse

¹ Flown by pilots under age 21
² WSPA

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