Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Silver Badges for 1961


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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.


 550 Edward Brigham
 549 Ralph E. Fuller
 548 Donald Winn
 547 Richfield Egleston
 546 John R. McGonigle
 545 Lanier Frantz
 544 F. Dale Cunningham
 543 Robert A. Chase
 542 Joseph N. Bearden, Jr.³
 541 Joseph L. Burke
 540 Gordon M. DeJarlais
 539 Jack J. Arkovich
 538 A.J. Owens
 537 Dagmara Paberzs
 536 James C. Wright
 535 Oliver E. Scott
 534 Jack D. Beadle
 533 Ralph E. Grinnell
 532 Stefan Swierkowski
 531 Albert V. Sievert, Jr.
 530 Theodore E. Sharp
 529 Carl F. Stark
 528 William C. Bohny
 527 Donn A. Calder
 526 Charles. N. Adkisson, Jr.
 525 Richard M. O'Neal
 524 Benjamin W. Greene
 523 Harry L. Kirkpatrick
 522 Robert J. Buchwalder
 521 David S. Welles
 520 Robert K. Poling
 519 William C. Hearst
 518 Georgo W. Allen
 517 Paul Otto
 516 Miles Coverdale
 515 Bernard M. Mohr
 514 Mark A. Savage
 513 George S. Nash, Jr.
 512 Alnoris E. Curtis
 511 Cecil M. Craig
 510 Robert M. Davis
 509 Jessie R. Womack
 508 James K. Ferguson
 507 George Uvegas
 506 Sherburne W. Klein
 505 Alvin H. Parker
 504 Leonard V. Malser
 503 Dean H. Flening
 502 Loris V. Charchian
 501 Ernst M. Massey
 500 Robert J. Fenton
 499 Floyd W. Macomson
 498 Dale S. May
 497 James S. Moeller
 496 Patrick B. Close
 495 Herbert F. Welsh
 494 Royce D. Stauffer
 493 Robert E. Worzel
 492 John L. Warren, Jr.
 491 Hasso R. Jauch
 490 Mario Piccagli
 489 Rolf W. Bahrenburg
 488 J. Emerson Ford, Jr.
 487 Don Fisher
 486 William S. Schweizer
 485 Fritz Klein
 484 Clyde S. Averill
 483 Walter A. Stark
 482 Robert L. Klemmedson
 481 Wallace A. Scott
 480 Willets Roed
 479 Maurice H. Whitlock
 478 Frank Martinez
 477 John C. Slack
 476 Vernon R. Hutchinson
 475 Wendell L. Brown
 474 Mark D. Fitzsimmons
 473 Bruce W. Beebe
 472 George B. Giller
 471 Charles C. Moore, Jr.
 470 Carlton R. Kiblar
 469 Quincy A. Wemple, Jr.³
 468 Robert L. Semans
 467 Kalman E. Saufnauer
 466 Mervin G. Wenzel
 465 John W. Swinson
 464 Wade A. Steinruck
 463 Allen L. Leffler
 462 L. Gale Abels
 461 Loren W. Glaser

³ All badge legs flown in a 1-26

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