Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Silver Badges for 1965


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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.


1057 William R. Cleary
1056 Edmund R. Dawson
1055 Willark C. Wiley
1054 William F. Clark, Jr.
1053 Francis Chromczak
1052 John F. Wagner, Sr.
1051 Stuart H. Diamond
1050 Ted Melsheimer
1049 Anton A. Pils
1048 Jerry Cady
1047 Alfred G. Seidler
1046 Mark E. Riddell
1045 James R. Burk
1044 Charles C. Forrester
1043 Helmut E.A. Heiber
1042 Stephen S. Wolff
1041 Marion I. Barritt²
1040 Waltar B. Reiter
1039 Stanley R. Reas
1038 Gunter Voltz
1037 Fay L. Shaw
1036 William H. Ruehle
1035 Kenneth H. Wheatley
1034 Edward V. Phillips
1033 Terry O. Trowbridge
1032 Elmer E. Little
1031 Robert V. McNeill³
1030 Philip R. Platt
1029 E. Shelley McEwan
1028 Georgia M. Robinson²
1027 John E. Hardy, Jr.
1026 Stephen S. Biard
1025 Kenneth L. Jacobs
1024 Herbert F.J. Bals
1023 Lawrence P. Garcia
1022 Roger G. Bard
1021 Curis E. McNay
1020 Allison D. Melvin
1019 Robert S. Tucker
1018 Hal M. Lattimore
1017 Gene Poteet
1016 David L. Schmitkons
1015 Thomas A. Wade
1014 Edward P. Williams
1013 Franklyn O. Good
1012 D. Wayne Smith
1011 Richard L. Hay
1010 Richard B. Robinson
1009 Leslie E. Schweizer
1008 Fred Huykman
1007 Billy D. Thomas
1006 Lee A. Washburn
1005 Edwin A. Valentine
1004 Clem Urbanski
1003 James H. Artz
1002 Samuel H. duPont, Jr.
1001 Sylvia C. Hamilton²
1000 Douglas L. Barritt
 999 Dale L. Cosper
 998 Al Schillberg
 997 Warren E. Price
 996 Wayne G. Placek
 995 Louis R. Schnier
 994 Robert M. Davenport
 993 Thomas Richter
 992 Lloyd C. Blanchard
 991 Michael S. Greenwald
 990 Robert S. Wayt
 989 Eugene Grieshober
 988 William F. Harris
 987 Richard W. Rhinehart
 986 Melvin L. Goldman
 985 Stephen Kara
 984 George Jacoban
 983 Harold A. Byerly
 982 Susanne V. Moffat²
 981 Donald A. DeHaan
 980 Wallace G. Brown
 979 Albert C. Levinson
 978 Joseph W. Conn
 977 Edward J. Gardyan
 976 George J. Mace
 975 Robert O. Pflieger
 974 Wilfred C. Scheumann
 973 Allan E. MacNicol
 972 Charles V. Adams
 971 Bernard W. Trussell
 970 Stewart A. Stoddart
 969 Walter K. Heerman
 968 Clarence E. Walker
 967 Efrain Bestard
 966 Edward J. Miller
 965 Werner Kurkowski
 964 Charles W. Blodgett
 963 Edwin H. Hall
 962 Frank M. Murphy
 961 Michael J. Adams
 960 Adrian G. Schat
 959 Charles R. Doty
 958 C.E. Lewis, Jr.
 957 Hugo B. Fischer
 956 William A. Prescott
 955 John E. Jones
 954 William T. Schick
 953 Johnny Dezzutti
 952 John L. Flynn
 951 Derrill H. Hansen
 950 Jack Lee Dilliard
 949 Robert F. Sedgeley
 948 Robert W.D. Heins
 947 John N. McFall
 946 John P. Miller
 945 Jerry M. Davis
 944 Leonard R. Boyd
 943 Ludwig K. Holtermann
 942 Allan E. Aebig
 941 Carroll J. Klein
 940 David J. Beltz
 939 Jack D. Rodebaugh
 938 Joseph B.J. Holden
 937 Henri F. Gabet
 936 Rodney L. Gehrlein
 935 Award C. Williams
 934 Dr. Donald George Smith

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

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