Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Silver Badges for 1969


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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.


1715 Allen R. Messer
1714 David E. Winkel
1713 Harry V. Senn³
1712 E. K. Morice, Jr.³
1711 Ralph O. Woods
1710 Judson T. Bauman
1709 David A. Boehmer
1708 Philip B. Bradley
1707 Allan B. Krosner
1706 Henry S. Fullereton, III
1705 Edgar W. Kimmell
1704 Wilbur E. Anderson
1703 John C. Rucigay
1702 Adolph W. Hoffman
1701 Richard W. Townsend
1700 R. Stanley Winsor
1699 Clinton E. Davis
1698 William M. Wells
1697 Goah S. Barnes
1696 Edward L. Wilkinson, Jr.
1695 Harold F. Goff, II
1694 William A. Carnegie
1693 Keith M. Williams
1692 James E. Emery
1691 Mickey H. Howell
1690 Gary G. Carpenter
1689 John R. Garner
1688 Richard C. Mott³
1687 Edouard Trautwein
1686 Arthur T. Brown, Jr.
1685 Harold R. Hobkirk
1684 Ronald S. Tabery
1683 Kenneth C. Miller³
1682 Fred Frauens
1681 Arthur W. Eck
1680 Franklin E. Wolcott
1679 James D. McWilliams
1678 Gerard J. Gross
1677 F. Allen Fleming
1676 W. Doug Gaines
1675 Thomas M. Kirby
1674 Emil Saporiti³
1673 Michael L. Shatto
1672 Kenneth R. Wilson
1671 Randy P. Kempf
1670 Nelson E. Stubbs
1669 Edward W. Geller
1668 Richard L. Dillman
1667 John L. Coble³
1666 George H. Whitmore
1665 Curtis F. Kath³
1664 Norman L. Donatt
1663 John R. Boyce
1662 Herbert C. Kuhn
1661 Edwin P. Anderson
1660 Robert D. Jackson, Jr.
1659 Burke Lair
1658 William H. Barnes
1657 Robert K. Carnahan
1656 Anton T. Suhren
1655 Robert M. McKay³
1654 Danny A. Pierson
1653 Andrew C. Cruce
1652 Lynn J. Swann
1651 Frank Sanchez, Jr.
1650 O.C. Shapland
1649 Earl W. Pace, Jr.
1648 William R. Reed
1647 David R. Johnston
1646 Timothy A. Feager
1645 John L.T. Williams
1644 Robert Van Houten
1643 Peter Kern
1642 Sylvia B. Colton²
1641 Elmars Jurjevics
1640 Ned Jacoby
1639 Frederick E. Davies
1638 Lewis C. Crosswell
1637 William H. Enders
1636 Michael R. Maurer
1635 Joseph N. Bearden, III³
1634 Robert K. Shannon
1633 Clarence D. Snyder
1632 A. Glenn Beazley
1631 Robert H. Tuchel
1630 Thomas C. Beaman
1629 James L. Knight
1628 James A. Perkins
1627 Gary D. Baumgarner
1626 Robert W. Stephenson³
1625 Henry H. Savage
1624 Edward N. Wolf
1623 Jack L. Bamberg
1622 Robert E. MacFarlane
1621 Philip J. Bostrom
1620 William K. Skinner³
1619 Laszlo Horvath
1618 James D. Warner³
1617 Lawrence Wood
1616 Chester C. Lyman
1615 Robert D. Hohanshelt
1614 Ernest Klimonda³
1613 Ulrich Decher
1612 Daniel S. Dickinson, III
1611 Byron S. Cramblet
1610 Charlie C. Sitzes
1609 Kenneth G. Hamilton
1608 Moses J. Acee
1607 Lawrence K. Randall, Jr.
1606 James D. Echols
1605 Wesley M. Melton, Jr.³
1604 Max L. Chandler
1603 Henry T. Bailey
1602 Howard Phillips
1601 Fred Hoff
1600 Norman A. John
1599 Hardy C. Wilcoxon
1598 Terry L. McFarlane
1597 Bernard Skalniak
1596 Mary E. Stone²
1595 Edward R. Tefs³
1594 Donald G. Ott
1593 Robert L. Hurni³
1592 Harvey L. Dodson
1591 Gorgon R. Dutt
1590 Donald Knypstra
1589 James K. Baker
1588 John P. Meek
1587 Fred P. Pakosta
1586 Gregg D. Breitegan, Jr.
1585 Lewis C. Vollmar
1584 William B. Reuland
1583 Harold F. Reed
1582 O. Nelson Harris
1581 John C. Andrews
1580 Billy J. Engelke
1579 Glenn Lovell
1578 Curtis E. Bradley
1577 Catherine A. Silverman Larsen²
1576 Larry G. Barrett
1575 Richard G. Shepherd
1574 Walter C. Roediger, Jr.³
1573 Frederick F. Flood
1572 William H. Staley
1571 Andrew F. Gordon
1570 Elliott Kurzman³
1569 Marshall L. Martin
1568 Howard S. Way
1567 Glenn J. Kleinhesselink
1566 Carl A. Ekdahl, Jr.³
1565 John C. Tompkins
1564 Phillip Glass
1563 Elvin C. Welch
1562 Richard E. Fuller
1561 Paul J. Loewen
1560 Robert L. Steiner
1559 Theodore J. Dahmus
1558 Malcolm D. Stevenson, Jr.
1557 O. Lyndon Patty
1556 William P. Clarke
1555 Jay Buechler
1554 David P. Hartman
1553 Lee D. Steorts
1552 Arthur E. Marshall
1551 Jerry E. Carrera
1550 B. N. Willis
1549 Harry R. Hoyt
1548 Charles Bellanger
1547 Thomas T. Elmore, Jr.
1546 William E. Hiatt, Jr.
1545 William G. McCann
1544 Clark C. Watterson
1543 James F. Doane, Jr.
1542 Theodore C. Steckbauer
1541 Lloyd N. Hoover
1540 Henry T. Bahnson, Jr.
1539 Gary C. Busk

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

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