Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Silver Badges for 1946


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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.


  60 Richard J. Comey
  59 Maurice L. Waters
  58 Owen IL. Creighton
  57 Charles E. Kohls
  56 Francis B. Compton
  55 Winthrop R. Block
  54 Richard I. Powell
  53 Howard E. Burr
  52 Richard V. Lyon
  51 Stephen J. Bennis
  50 Theodore Pfeiffer

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