Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Silver Badges for 1968


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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.


1538 Roger L. Frank
1537 Richard W. Butler
1536 John G. Dean
1535 Bill McFarlane
1534 Patrick J. McGrath, Jr.
1533 Nelson E. Funston
1532 Christopher Cartwright
1531 Kenneth W. Bradley
1530 Thomas J. Colven, Jr.
1529 Harvey R. Rice
1528 Richard C. Monaghan
1527 Wallace G. Loewen
1526 Carson Gilmer
1525 Michael H. Branch
1524 Martin Rothe
1523 William R. Frank
1522 Eldon R. Vosseller, Jr.
1521 Raymond F. Clapp
1520 C. Jerry Dorsett
1519 Verne Jobst
1518 Hugh G. Moser, Jr.
1517 Theodore P. Snow
1516 Frank Weber
1515 Robert F. Miles
1514 John W. Dickson
1513 Thorton Ladd
1512 William R. Williams
1511 Dean Wilson
1510 Jordon P. Reid
1509 William C. Strack³
1508 Neil W. Muxworthy
1507 Mike L.
1506 Leon H. Brachman
1505 David F. Barber
1504 Renato J. Mortara
1503 Johnny Krickel
1502 Robert J. Mudd
1501 Richard G. Sayer³
1500 Charles H. Holt
1499 Leonard W. Canfield
1498 Jay P. Milner
1497 Robert J. Prest³
1496 Robert G. Hoey
1495 Edward R. Reed
1494 Richard A. Wolters
1493 Ian A. Fairnington
1492 Richard L. Clauser
1491 Michael Stearns
1490 Philip C. Ecklund
1489 Richard F. Gabler
1488 Bob D. Dillard
1487 James C. Kellett, Jr.
1486 James H. Gary
1485 William F. Taff
1484 Frederick A. Geraldsen
1483 S.E. Templeton, Jr.
1482 Charles O. Johnson
1481 Douglas Johnson
1480 Gary A. Baugh
1479 Joseph Ferrante
1478 Ronald K. Kitowski
1477 Frank D. Gorham, Jr.
1476 James D. Satterfield³
1475 Donald F. O'Connell
1474 Lawrence E. Cook, Jr.
1473 Edward Roberson
1472 Frank E. Kruesi
1471 John D. Goodlett
1470 Charles F. Holleman
1469 William M. Jensen
1468 Frederick C. Whitney, II
1467 Alan J. Bikle
1466 Joe H. Giltner
1465 Christopher S. Noon
1464 Rudolf von Baumgarten
1463 William E. Davis
1462 J.E. Tatum
1461 Lawrence J. Mahalak
1460 Jack H. Knight
1459 James P. Lippincott
1458 Michael P. Teter
1457 Robert D. Bowden
1456 James H. Snipes
1455 John B. Gardner
1454 Alberta W. Sterling²³
1453 Carl E. Sessions
1452 Maurice P. Romans
1451 Samuel N. Street
1450 Stanley G. Palmer, Jr.
1449 Heinz Asmussen
1448 Robert E. Root
1447 Lester A. Ragle
1446 Richard B. Fritz
1445 Kenneth H. Arterburn. Jr.
1444 Robert N. Johnson³
1443 David Barr
1442 Michael McVey
1441 Garland J. Hopkins, Jr.
1440 Ben Dysert
1439 Lynn E. Waggy
1438 N. John Killian
1437 Robert E. Bray
1436 Thomas L. Ransom
1435 Robert B. Anderson
1434 David Reith
1433 George D. Bernstein
1432 Paul F. Benton
1431 Thomas N.H. Welter
1430 Fortescue W. Hopkins
1429 Wenmouth Williams³
1428 Joseph H. Judd
1427 Gerald W. Meisenholder
1426 John E. Nelson, Jr.
1425 J. Lee Cruce³
1424 Curtis E. Hawkins
1423 Gus S. Miller, Jr.
1422 Paul S. Hudson
1421 Gary W. Bagliebter
1420 Louis J. Paszli
1419 Robert J. Foster
1418 Robert E. Gaines
1417 William B. Martin
1416 Charles W. Shaw
1415 Carl G. Baily
1414 Charleas E. Burnett
1413 Walter J. McGinnis
1412 Raymond F. Gray
1411 George M. Thomas, Jr.
1410 Galt S. Bowen
1409 Donald W. Gaisford
1408 Robert A. Burt
1407 Robert F. Yeager
1406 Arthur E. Hurst
1405 Joseph H. Lorber
1404 Richard S. Ankers
1403 Roger Merrill, Jr.
1402 Eugene M. Adkins
1401 Harry L. Baldwin, Jr.³
1400 Kjell Thoresen
1399 Arthur Shanley
1398 John M. Byrd
1397 Eugene L. Sandburg
1396 David Keeler
1395 Leon A. (Pete) Bonotaux
1394 William A. Reed
1393 Kirke B. Everson, Jr.
1392 Herbert C. Tenny
1391 Jocob Van Dyke
1390 Donald F. Santee
1389 Richard A. Hollenberg
1388 Michael Cavanagh
1387 G.A. Coffman
1386 George C. Avent
1385 Henry R. Hayes, Jr.
1384 James E. Towell³
1383 Eric A. Freeman
1382 Carl J. Strang
1381 Albert F. Boehm
1380 Carl R. Keil
1379 James R. Walker
1378 Raymond A. Young, Jr.³
1377 Harrison L. Fisher
1376 Roy E. Pomel
1375 James E. Piper
1374 Warren W. Yenney, Jr.
1373 Hugh M. Bivens
1372 Jeffrey H. Marian
1371 George K. Hornbrook
1370 David A. Martin
1369 James M. Flaitz

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

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