Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Silver Badges for 1951


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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.


 152 Lawrence J. Gehrlein. Sr.
 151 Gerald J.U. DeLay
 150 James H. Klein
 149 Harry N. Perl
 148 Irving N. Gere
 147 Lewis W. Hull
 146 Arthur B. Millay
 145 Allan H. Schmid
 144 Milton B. Kuntz
 143 William W. Elliott
 142 Fred N. Smith
 141 William P. Stevenson
 140 Charles J. Smith
 139 M. Lynd Daggett, Jr.
 138 Ted Nelson
 137 Robert E. Brown
 136 Leslie K. Arnold

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