Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Silver Badges for 1950

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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.

 135 Frederick W. Ruble, Jr.
 134 Earl O. Menefee
 133 William C. Beuby
 132 Richard H. Ball
 131 Julian H. Allen
 130 Ruth M. Petry²
  129 Robert L. Sayre
 128 Beaumont B. Cooley
 127 James P. Mulloy
 126 Margaret M. Downsborough²
 125 Noel W. Cunningham
 124 Clifford J. Jolley
  123 Marvin D. Frost
 122 Howard D. Klitgord
 121 Lester J. Rose
 120 Robert Heys
 119 Roland G. Lamb
 118 Robert H. Fisher
² WSPA

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