Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Silver Badges for 1970


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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.


1953 James R. Collier³
1952 Homer W. Phillips
1951 Robert V. Fischer
1950 Thomas V. Reesor
1949 W. Morgan Hetrick
1948 Charles F. Billington
1947 Evan C. Stokes
1946 Heinich Harring
1945 John C. Dellicker
1944 James V. Franklin
1943 Garold L. Brown
1942 Frederick E. Arndt
1941 Arthur C. Hughes
1940 Robert Norlander
1939 V.T. (Tommy) Schluter
1938 Edward Graham, Jr.
1937 Raymond A. Cramer³
1936 Michael H. Moranville
1935 Walter C.A. Bouck
1934 Robert S. Payton
1933 Philip N. Hess
1932 Alice Edgerton²
1931 Gary C. Gilmer
1930 Mark W. See
1929 Klaus Auerbach
1928 Wayne A. Krebs
1927 Carlos L. Smith
1926 Wallace E. Miller
1925 Allan R. Osborn
1924 David H. Nalle
1923 Dennis C. Scheidt
1922 Randall J. Opat
1921 Joseph Childs
1920 Virgil Jones³
1919 Erik J. Larson
1918 Lunsford M. Hollins, III
1917 Michael J. Zering
1916 William M. Browning
1915 Richard R. Tilgren
1914 William J. Oliver
1913 John J. Miller
1912 Robert G. Brittain
1911 Richard M. Baruch
1910 Bob G. Johnson
1909 Thomas B. Turner
1908 William J. Savory³
1907 Ray A. Baker³
1906 Henry P. Day, Jr.
1905 Richard Schmidt
1904 Jared E. Jones
1903 Walfred R. Raisanen
1902 Lee E. Miller
1901 Carl E. Lindros
1900 Truxton B. Pratt, Jr.
1899 Taras Kiceniuk
1898 Nels B. Johnson
1897 Robert C. Schnell
1896 Jon E. Casamajor
1895 John R. Perry
1894 Arthur S. Blissett, Jr.
1893 Edwin C. Knochel
1892 John H. Claypool
1891 Charles B. Shakespeare
1890 Gerald E. Giddens³
1889 Ronald J. Marusiak
1888 Lee Heimbecker
1887 Lloyd E. Soleman
1886 James A. Lang
1885 Robert L. Keech
1884 Shelton O. Williams³
1883 Raymond A. Schroeder
1882 Grayson E. Brown
1881 William A. Gelonek
1880 John W. Sargent
1879 John R. Leupp³
1878 Floyd R. Prewitt
1877 A. W. Ruh
1876 Richard S. Muller
1875 D. C. Kiscaden
1874 W. Paul Thompson
1873 Fred M. Michna
1872 J. M. Connally, Jr.
1871 Richard H. Forrester
1870 E.J. Indrebo
1869 Jim M. Foreman³
1868 Hugh McB. Johnston, III
1867 James H. Gibbs
1866 Charles B. Blumer
1865 Kenneth C. Barroll
1864 Theodore A. Clarising
1863 Roger L. Lloyd
1862 Richard L. Daily
1861 Vincent E. Henley³
1860 Joseph H. Redmon³
1859 Walter E. Pfiz
1858 Linwood P. Stevenson
1857 Steven P. Slaughter
1856 Albert R. Hibbs
1855 Alexander Zuckerman³
1854 Paul S. Kellas
1853 Philip E. Fry
1852 Peter B. Reichert
1851 David E. Long
1850 Richard S. Stevens
1849 Ludwig C. Storch
1848 Robert A. Conn
1847 Kent E. Harden
1846 Frederick Ludington
1845 Kenneth S. Hendrickson
1844 Christopher C. Olsen
1843 Donald J. Hoffman
1842 Douglas W. Mitchell
1841 Earl A. Ewen
1840 Richard C. Rose
1839 Roger A. Korn
1838 Edward V. Stalzer
1837 Gerald C. Pomeroy
1836 William D. Mulkins
1835 William M. Fenton³
1834 Robert C. Abbott
1833 Randall P. McIntyre³
1832 John H. Hilton
1831 William H. Conrad
1830 Leo T. Roach
1829 Henning R. Otto
1828 Danforth W. Starr³
1827 Fred T. Hendrix
1826 John F. Place
1825 John Schildberg
1824 Bobby J. Flowers
1823 Howard E. Mullen
1822 Ronald S. Desilets
1821 Charles A. timko
1820 Donald J. Fenner
1819 Paul M. Elliott, Jr.
1818 Richard G. Voss
1817 John D. Armitage, Jr.
1816 Gregory M. Zigoy
1815 Lewis J. Lemley³
1814 Hugh A. Smith
1813 John F. Muxworthy, Jr.
1812 Sherman Reed
1811 Lloyd Roberta³
1810 Richard K. Duston
1809 C.D. Mattson
1808 Dave Low
1807 Frank A. Lewis
1806 Harold F. Palmer
1805 Mahlon S. Weir
1804 Elizabeth B. Smith²
1803 Charles T. McKinnie, Jr.³
1802 Jere E. Hurley, Jr.
1801 Thomas M. Barnes
1800 T.E. Adamczyk³
1799 Juergen Loenholdt
1798 Melvin G. Nida³
1797 William C. Boehmer
1796 Thomas A. Burcham
1795 William G. Nutting
1794 Byron H. Alexander
1793 Edward G. Minghelli
1792 James O. Kade
1791 Gunter E. Kaiser
1790 John S. Fleugel
1789 Sumner P. Davis
1788 Bruce A. Miller
1787 Gerald R. Foster
1786 Lee Harris
1785 Eldon G. Hammond
1784 L. William May
1783 Daniel S. Halacy
1782 Kenneth Clunis
1781 Hans Ziganek
1780 Tommy A. Rucker
1779 James W. Clark³
1778 Robert J. Cochrane
1777 James S. Harrison
1776 Ted Beckwith
1775 Wolfgang Langewiesche
1774 Stephen T. Bowen
1773 Edward Castleberry
1772 Robert E. Thorne
1771 Glenn V. Gronquist, Jr.
1770 Woodson K. Woods
1769 Ward N. Hubbard
1768 William J. Betts
1767 Alfred L. Scherz
1766 Rudolph B. Schwenker
1765 Clayton H. Shoemaker
1764 Marvin B. Sullivan
1763 John C. Davis³
1762 Martin P. Meacham³
1761 Clifford H. Davis
1760 Signe M. Horvath²
1759 Don Davis
1758 Noel J. Keller³
1757 Frederick J. Luytjes
1756 Bill T. McMillion
1755 Marcel A. Bauman
1754 David P. Krebes
1753 Robert D. Burchard
1752 Farren H. Smith³
1751 Edward D. Finnegan
1750 William N. Spence
1749 Frank A. Lawrence
1748 Vernon S. Chapin
1747 Carl M. Rohmann
1746 Harry Kline³
1745 Frank E. Conner
1744 Maurice J. Owens
1743 Alec A. Williams
1742 John M. Spealman
1741 Carl R. Walston
1740 Frank W. Kohrs
1739 Alexander Stuart
1738 Robert B. Gettig
1737 George D. Worthington
1736 Vernon Q. Gross
1735 William B. Richards
1734 William A. Harper
1733 Bradley M. Breyman
1732 Charles C. Harmon
1731 William G. Norman
1730 George H. Brimhall
1729 Henry A. Myers
1728 L. Dale Donaho
1727 Rudigere W. Tietze
1726 Frank M. Boykin³
1725 Richard A. Havens
1724 Ronald R. Roberts
1723 Frank Mennitto
1722 Gary F. Kemp
1721 Terry Thornton
1720 Harold J. Myers
1719 Jerome L. Davis³
1718 Peter A. Williams
1717 James C. Lincoln, III
1716 Thierry N. Thys

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

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