Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Silver Badges for 1949


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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.


 117 Lawrence R. Bell
 116 Elizabeth W. Woodward²
 115 William H. Jacoby
 114 George A. Downsbrough
 113 John Carl Ziler
 112 Emil Kissel
 111 Kimball J. Scribner
 110 Frederick A. Tietzel
 109 Eugene P. Miller
 108 Herbert R. Gibbins
 107 Ernest E. Allaby
 106 Ralph S. Royce
 105 Louis B. Feierabend
 104 Bertrand A. Handwork

² WSPA

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