Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Silver Badges for 1966


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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.


1207 Theodore D. Shirtzinger
1206 Stephen E. Silverman
1205 Leonard R. Sharpe
1204 George A. Kern
1203 Edward L. Frappier
1202 Larry J. Tayler
1201 Tory W. Vaughan, Jr.
1200 Thomas A. Nord
1199 Philip E. Thorndyke
1198 Raymond E. Schor
1197 Charles H. Sparks
1196 John J. Olson
1195 Springer Jones
1194 Antonio Regis
1193 Fred E. Carney
1192 Calvin J. Slover
1191 Wayne J. Stettler
1190 Carleton V. Mason
1189 K. Ray Barlow
1188 Werner E. Sommer
1187 James K. Patterson
1186 Paul R. Martinez
1185 William Harris, MD
1184 Jack B. Witherspoon
1183 Laurence C. Rossi
1182 Murray S. Freeman
1181 Arnold B. Crank
1180 Keith E. Said, Sr.
1179 Harold B. Nelson
1178 Dar Kindred
1177 William L. Reeder
1176 James R. Lang
1175 Ranko J. Zarubica
1174 Robert D. Jerauld
1173 Carl F. Gladen
1172 Philip L. Geiger
1171 R.H. Nichols
1170 Robert M. Messner
1169 Cyril T. Noon
1168 Floyd Finberg
1167 James L. Ross
1166 Frank J. Haas
1165 Ronald W. Rounce
1164 James M. Terrigno
1163 Herman K. Schoenheiter
1162 Lee Boedeker
1161 Leo E. Orr
1160 Kenton A. Stockbarger
1159 Michael R. Opitz
1158 Donald R. Herriott
1157 Leland R. Buck
1156 Allan R. Dresner
1155 Hans Luenger
1154 Fred Roeder
1153 John W. Buchanan
1152 C.A. Street, Jr.
1151 Nyal Z. Williams
1150 Eberhard F. Geyer
1149 Frederick R. Lawrence³
1148 David Haber
1147 Karl H. Saynisch
1146 James J. Needles
1145 Winfried K. Rudolff
1144 Philip G. Orban
1143 Paul P. Brown
1142 Jon M. LeRette
1141 Howard L. Malik
1140 Ken Dunlavy
1139 Curtis L. Melvin
1138 James D. Ball, MD
1137 Mary Jane Caicuts²
1136 Roy LeCrone
1135 Ralph G. Heidelbach
1134 William L. Madden
1133 George E. Dettmer, Jr.
1132 Edward G. Hays
1131 Ted Walawender
1130 Harold E. Ravnsborg
1129 Joseph M. Dietrich
1128 Frank C. McMaster
1127 A.D. Ellsworth Coe
1126 Robert H. Saxton
1125 Denton E. Brome
1124 Richard B. McNattin
1123 Melvin O. Williams, Jr.
1122 Jack Plato
1121 Alfred. C. Anderson
1120 Walter L. Wilson
1119 Thomas T. Melsheimer
1118 Erhard P. Benzing
1117 James H. McClintick
1116 John H. Mansfield
1115 Ted J. Chandler
1114 T.N. McKnight, Jr.
1113 Kenneth Hoser
1112 Robert O. Buck
1111 John E. Gill
1110 Quentin W. Keuther
1109 Alfred S. Hume³
1108 Valentine Csatar
1107 Alvin G. Moore
1106 Rosemary A. Alden²
1105 Harry Bochow
1104 Bruce L. Helvie
1103 Eunice K. Newgard²
1102 Robert W. Rehr
1101 Richard W. Brune
1100 Ralph E. Kolstad
1099 Lawrence M. Rogers
1098 Donald S. Wasness
1097 David B. Sheldon. M.D.
1096 Stephen H. Parker
1095 C. Kenneth Kolstad
1094 John R. McCabe
1093 Mario J. Zigoy
1092 Stanley M. Rowe, Jr.
1091 Louis O. Hilton
1090 F.W. Elliot
1089 Robert H. Wentorf, Jr.
1088 Bruce R. Romick
1087 Paul K. Kolstad
1086 Michael Berger
1085 Robert A. Salvo
1084 Neil C. Hyslep
1083 Alexander G. Bodenstein
1082 Joseph G. West, Jr.
1081 Ronald F. Kendall
1080 Elbert T. Woodward
1079 Richard E. Fellner
1078 William T. Miller
1077 John H. Wheatley
1076 Richard Hlavenka
1075 Ronald R. Masoner
1074 Robert L. Schuette³
1073 Thomas G. Beltz
1072 Ronald F. Reagan
1071 George L. Breeland
1070 Hugo G. Taskovich
1069 Allan R. Groth
1068 David V. Robison
1067 Robert E. Yates
1066 Joel N. Heintzelman
1065 John H. Bucher³
1064 Peter M. Nengard
1063 Henry L. Varner
1062 Richard N. Miller
1061 A. Jeffrey Yund
1060 Ralph M. Carris
1059 Kenneth G. Anderson
1058 Fred E. Peters

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

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