Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Silver Badges for 1952


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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.


 179 John A. Biernacki
 178 Robert Bruce Smith
 177 Robert C. Heideman
 176 Harry R. Merline
 175 Patrick A. Sherman
 174 Lawrence J. Gehrlein, Jr.
 173 Lorraine Albert Ball
 172 Harold S. Woodring
 171 George W. Lambros
 170 Ray W. Jackson
 169 Delbert A. Reed
 168 John Bierens
 167 David S. Stacey
 166 Peter M. Bowers
 165 Gifford M. Smith
 164 Victor M. Saudek
 163 Kenneth E. Flaglor
 162 Philip M. Easley
 161 John A. Powell
 160 Jack P. Perine
 159 Joseph M. Robertson
 158 Edward F. Knight
 157 Thomas W. Smith
 156 Botler C. Smith
 155 Jack D. Stephenson
 154 Hardy Kirk Harris D
 153 Arthur D. Reynolds

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