Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Silver Badges for 1953


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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.


 195 Robert E. Schenbeck
 194 Henry T. Bobcock
 193 Einar K. Enevoldson
 192 Mervin L. Hicks
 191 Henry E. Carbaugh
 190 John Serafin
 190 Hugh H. Whitney
 189 Earnest D. Shattuck
 188 Jack A. Wilkins
 187 Benjamin H. Cohen
 186 Joseph Greenbaum, Jr.
 185 Dale E. Gustin
 184 Edger D. Seymour
 183 William F. Placek
 182 John L. Martz
 181 Rex W. Tanberg
 180 Robert L. Moore

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