Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Silver Badges for 1971


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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.


2190 William J. Wells
2189 Frank G. Cain, III
2188 Roger S. Doak
2187 David Rohn
2186 Frank Daley
2185 Leila I. Claxton Tweed²³
2184 Paul Leverkuehn
2183 J. Emott Caldwell
2182 Steven M. Adkins
2181 Christian M. Petersen
2180 John H. Suttle
2179 Richard S. Upah
2178 Reynald F. Hartmann
2177 Steven R. Duffin
2176 Thomas A. Tubbs
2175 Jeffry E. Patterson
2174 Orin W. Nicks
2173 Jamesv R. Martin
2172 James R. Kendell
2171 Walter A. Rogers
2170 Samuel M. Allen³
2169 Frank M. Allen
2168 James E. Stargel
2167 Robert K. Stevens
2166 Richard D. Williams
2165 James A. Wickeresham
2164 George T. Sedillo³
2163 Howard Gordon, III
2162 Harris M. Schumeier
2161 John F. Detwiler
2160 Victor S. Grubbs, II
2159 Theodore S. Garnett, Jr.
2158 Charles G. Wentworth³
2157 Hermann M. Dusek
2156 John Gavin
2155 Jerry Waldref
2154 Bruce D. Beddow
2153 Frank J. Pesak
2152 Robert W. Brower
2151 James J. Cuncan³
2150 Lawrence L. Hyde
2149 Roy M. Coulliette
2148 Kelly W. Reed
2147 Warren F. Jones
2146 William M. Robinson
2145 Raymond A. Young, III
2144 E.L. Caudill, Jr.
2143 Thomas O. Geyer
2142 James Tobison
2141 Robert Justman
2140 Howard C. Hall
2139 Raymond K. Johnsen
2138 John L. Brown
2137 Robert F. Sennholz
2136 Richard A. Kastner
2135 Dan J. Hoist
2134 James J. Nance
2133 Jimmy L. Webb
2132 Robert W. Endlich
2131 James A. Gillaspie³
2130 Timothy J. Bimier
2129 James T. Addington, Jr.
2128 Ernest Limmiatis³
2127 Bennett M. Rogers
2126 Daniel E. Danieli
2125 Barry R. Danieli
2124 Joseph B. Dodge, Jr.
2123 Marvin D. Gwinn
2122 William L. LeMer
2121 Josef E. Brabec
2120 Timothy J. Titus
2119 Kenneth B. Zachara
2118 Robert W. Olson
2117 Leon M. Morris
2116 John Sager³
2115 John R. Wood
2114 Karl E. Schwarz
2113 Roger W. Olson
2112 Stephen P. Taylor
2111 George D. Oldershaw
2110 David H. McCann
2109 Peter S. Lert
2108 Nancy B. Crews²
2107 Ross M. Hoffman
2106 Henry R. Smith
2105 Nicolas J. Ide
2104 Allan Hoben
2103 Joseph Baer
2102 Hartley J. Gardner
2101 Warren E. Dion
2100 Robert K. Barcus
2099 Robert D. Sears
2098 Robert A. Martin
2097 John M. Ely
2096 Frank Abadi
2095 Edgar J. Burke
2094 Charles M. Jamieson
2093 Robert A. Haskins
2092 Richard Devlin³
2091 Martti Riekkinen
2090 John E. Hope
2089 Maurice D. Lambert
2088 Loren V. Petty
2087 Gary R. Letsinger³
2086 Richard R. Bullock
2085 Jonathan A. Caldwell
2084 Carol L. Christian²
2083 Warren I. Winger
2082 Douglas W. Jensen
2081 Herbert J. Coffman
2080 Paul W. Price, Jr.
2079 Gary L. Hooker
2078 Joseph J. Gelinger
2077 Robert D. Tinkham
2076 Robert N. Hart
2075 K. Stephen Larsen
2074 Douglas C. Houston, III
2073 Marvin L. Michael
2072 Jim Shequin
2071 Standlee L. Rasnk
2070 John M. Luttrell
2069 Dan H. Ellinor
2068 Truman R. Young, Jr.
2067 Sheffield M. Worboys²
2066 Robert H. Hjertstedt
2065 Robert O. Woods
2064 Bobby L. Bridges
2063 F. Scott Sager³
2062 Norman W. Hunter, III
2061 Donald M. McEligot
2060 Eric L. Hendrickson
2059 William J. Heim
2058 Karl Landl
2057 Arnold F. Jurn
2056 David J. Deering
2055 Paul E. Branch
2054 Alfred L. Mortimer
2053 Thomas J. Barrett
2052 Thomas S. Bernatz
2051 Conley P. Moody³
2050 Dennis L. Dix
2049 J. Robert Burk, Jr.
2048 Robert P. Stapp
2047 Dan M. Somers
2046 Morton A. Larson
2045 Thomas R. Jones
2044 Norman D. Gillmore
2043 Mark L. Masters
2042 Robert B. Masters
2041 Eugene S. Spainhourr
2040 Arch K. Schoch, Jr.
2039 Royal G. Johnson
2038 Robert L. Peterson, Jr.
2037 Richard T. Mockler
2036 David W. Peterson
2035 Edward L. Bankston
2034 Tommy P. Stoops
2033 Samuel C. Giltner
2032 Lee C. Lauderback
2031 Clive E. Roberson
2030 Thomas M. Massoth³
2029 Richard C. Walker
2028 Omer K. Reed
2027 Richard E. Corb
2026 Robert A. Jamieson
2025 Donald A. Buman
2024 Clyde D. Sharman, Jr.
2023 John B. Almassy
2022 Gregory L. Hunter
2021 Lynn E. Wyman
2020 L. John Newman
2019 Richard C. Scace
2018 Donald G. Berry
2017 Richard K. Glover
2016 Don C. Silverthorne, Jr.
2015 Ross W. Wood
2014 Richard C. Roberts
2013 Kevin C. Ott
2012 Charles W. Brewer
2011 Charles V. Brock
2010 Clifford L. Lee
2009 Roger C. Broyles
2008 Gary F. Vostry³
2007 Thomas H. Bernatz
2006 Daryl E. Metzger
2005 Edward J. Bransford
2004 Phillip D. Comella
2003 Colin A. Clarke
2002 Wilbur J. Tebo
2001 Thomas N. Thomas, Jr.
2000 August Ide
1999 Robert J. Grandchamp
1998 Harry Greene
1997 Joseph M. Shepherd, Jr.
1996 Glen M. McInturff
1995 G. Sidney Smith
1994 Robert F. Cuthbertson
1993 Dennis J. Blasdell
1992 Dane Robinson
1991 Andrew R. McQuigg
1990 Robert E. Kramer
1989 Charles D. Warner³
1988 William C. Overton, Jr.
1987 Falk E. Hofmann
1986 Robert L. Boigt
1985 Edwin F. O'Connor
1984 Ronald C. Marcols³
1983 Rudolph H. Suehs
1982 Charles Kratka
1981 Betsy Howell²
1980 Christopher L. Crowl
1979 Sheldon E. Gingerich
1978 Paul W. Sasse
1977 Michael M. Leveillard
1976 Kenneth A. Wallace
1975 Peter M. Silvaggio
1974 Herbert Mozer
1973 Ray Elsmore
1972 Robert J. Lind
1971 Philip M. James
1970 Alexander S. Caldwell
1969 Robert S. Parker
1968 Don E. Davis
1967 Peter K. Bice³
1966 G. Sheppard Root
1965 Cory A. Kramer
1964 Rudolph B. Hofmann
1963 Richard S. Reid
1962 Ralph L. Fay
1961 Ronald F. Hanna
1960 Samuel J. March
1959 Charles H. Weed
1958 John G. Jackson, III
1957 Robert L. Drew
1956 Alexander M. Fisher, III
1955 J.S. Trowbridge
1954 Norman W. Hunter

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

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