Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Silver Badges for 1957


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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.


 297 Howard J. Taylor
 296 Bailey T. Strain
 295 Walter B. Cannon
 294 Frank M. Scott
 293 Harrison F. Wood
 292 Thomas D. Greenwood
 291 Rudolf W. Mozer
 290 A. George Bennett, Jr.
 289 Winston J. Smith
 288 Stanley A. Hall
 287 Edwin de S. Snead
 286 Bradford H. Walker
 285 Robert E. Smith
 284 Harry C. Higgins
 283 Andrew J. Smith
 282 Eugene E. Whigham
 281 Phillip A. Meyer
 280 Roger E. Ruch
 279 Frank F. Kerns
 278 James E. Norton
 277 Kenneth R. Briegleb
 276 Hugh P. Bikle
 275 Charles M. Snyder
 274 Edward F. Byars
 273 Kemeth R.E. Bawden
 272 John W. Williams
 271 William P. Quinn, Jr.

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