Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Silver Badges for 1964


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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.


 933 Douglas C. Houston
 932 W. Harold Marquis
 931 L. Patrick Frankoski
 930 Lawrence E. Cook³
 929 Herbert L. Lunsford
 928 Ramon Lee Taylor
 927 Roderick J. Row
 926 David C. Seelbinder
 925 Gurney D. Reeves
 924 Robert Barger
 923 James E. Elliott
 922 Joseph E. Varner
 921 Danny Lee McConnell
 920 Lewis C. Richmond, Jr. MD
 919 Edward H. Stoll
 918 Keith A. Moore
 917 Richard David Beltz
 916 James P. Bradley
 915 Richard J. Lehmann
 914 Leopold Schoenauer
 913 James C. Walker
 912 Grayson O. Brown
 911 William S. McEwan
 910 Kenneth R. Taylor
 909 William A. Nockles
 908 Capt. Albert E. Dietz
 907 Norman K. Walker
 906 Howard A. Jarrett
 905 Louis S. Stur
 904 Kenneth D. Warner
 903 Robert E. Gallatin
 902 Roderick R. Combs, Jr.
 901 Edward J. Meidel
 900 Arthur R. Andersen
 899 William H. Brandes
 898 Robert N. Buck
 897 Nelson J. MacLeod
 896 Charles O. Glattly
 895 John E. Peters
 894 Ashton B. Collins, Jr.
 893 Jay L. Gehrlein
 892 Jack J. Herman
 891 Billy J. Eaves
 890 John J. Fabac
 889 Karl W. Kretschmer
 888 James G. Smiley
 887 T. Darryl Hickey³
 886 Paul B. Gibson
 885 Charles A. Thomas, Jr.
 884 Glenn D. Argetsinger
 883 Louis O. Simmons
 882 Robert E. Campbell
 881 Tom Sams
 880 Stephen C. Bogan
 879 Thomas Lee
 878 Laurence C. Keeler
 877 Marc A. Abell
 876 Robert H. Mastin
 875 William C. Feldbaumer
 874 Lawrence L. Welch
 873 Max Dreher
 872 James K. LaFleur
 871 C.C. Holt
 870 William A. Taylor
 869 Bill Stegman
 868 William Marion Ford
 867 Hal Bonney
 866 Don W. Steele
 865 Tibor Szabo
 864 Lloyd C. Goss
 863 Richard G. Mayer
 862 Lauren E. Hammond
 861 Lawrencs C. Brooks
 860 Charles Albert Adkisson
 859 Neil A. Armstrong
 858 Merritt Wilson
 857 Patrick J. Symons
 856 John Baird
 855 Daniel R. Gray
 854 Trafford L.M. Doherty
 853 Larry A. Phillips
 852 George A. Cole
 851 William E. Berkebile, Jr.
 850 James F. Hurst
 849 Anthony Alfred Terrigno
 848 Hans L. Goldstein
 847 Henry S. Herr
 846 Jerald D. Morris
 845 Tinar Lapsley
 844 Alexander Stolley
 843 Burton C. Meyer
 842 Robert F. Wasley
 841 Taylor M. Boyer
 840 Alfred H. Uhalt, Jr.
 839 Nels N. Niemi
 838 Thomas W. Finch
 837 Stanley A. Cale
 836 Francis Reynold Grafton
 835 Donald J. Mythen
 834 Joseph O. Colton
 833 Donald Eugene Terrill
 832 Harry Eugene Lyon
 831 Lee F. Wilderman
 830 Morton Schliftman
 829 Suzanne S. Jones²
 828 Richard Delafield
 827 Thomas S. Madigan
 826 Patrick Page
 825 Donald H. Morgan
 824 Leon H. Marasco, Jr.
 823 Harold P. Crowell
 822 Frank D. Sears
 821 Michael James Larson
 820 Irene Leverton²
 819 Peter Klaussen
 818 David O. Winchell
 817 John M. Brittingham
 816 Jack A. Lininger
 815 William E. Hurst
 814 Sam W. Huddleston
 813 Henry G. Combs
 812 Carl D. Harold
 811 Hal. W. Morrill
 810 Jack A. McCosh
 809 George H. Wiederkehr
 808 Stephen Keachie
 807 Lt. Col. Thomas Epley
 806 Brian O. Utley
 805 Andrew B. Davis

² WSPA
³ All badge legs flown in a 1-26

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