Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Silver Badges for 1956


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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.


 270 Henry B. Stockham
 269 Willi J. Elias
 268 Robert A. Schneiker
 267 Charles K. Hauke
 266 Roys A. Ellis, Jr.
 265 Robert H. Ball
 264 Walter M. Klemperer
 263 Bradford P. Straus
 262 John O. Loney
 261 Ralph W. Todd, Jr.
 260 John B. Sawyer
 259 James H. Boyle
 258 Richard E. Huppertz
 257 William T. Bowley
 256 Rawlin A. Smith
 255 Joseph M. Battle
 254 John D. Wilson, Jr.
 253 Theodore Janczarek
 252 Sidney Foster
 251 Louis S. Rehr
 250 Joseph C. Lincoln
 249 Richard E. Schreder
 248 David Raspet
 247 Arthur C. Thompson
 246 Stanley Graham
 245 Charles F. Abel
 244 William R. Briegleb
 243 George E. Coder, Jr.
 242 James A. Planck
 241 John J. Randall
 240 George E. Cavaiani

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