Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Silver Badges for 1972


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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.


2398 C. David Badeau
2397 John R. Gravance, Jr.
2396 Richard R. Hosenfeld
2395 Robert S. Zirkle
2394 Robert B. Fitch
2393 Richard Thomas
2392 Ronald X. Ferguson
2391 Walter Hardie
2390 Ben Y. Badenoch
2389 David Witzmann
2388 Gerald Kline, Jr.
2387 William C. Hollins
2386 Paul B. Gordon
2385 Steve J. Raab
2384 Clyde E. Taylor, Jr.
2383 Robert M. Nady
2382 Neal S. Miller
2381 Walter E. Quitt
2380 Oliver Dyer-Bennet
2379 James F. Chapman
2378 D. Harold Shelton
2377 Jon A. Forringer
2376 George Y. Green
2375 Ronald E. Eaton³
2374 L. Kevan Corder
2373 Mark E. Keene
2372 Phillp L. Chaepalgn
2371 Stuart G. Bradley
2370 Ramon J. Cipriano
2369 Lawrence S. Orbin
2368 DeRhoads Dolan
2367 Stephen W. Dee
2366 Peter Sisoy
2365 Hans Holland
2364 Walker C. Matthews
2363 Martin H. Opitz
2362 W. Myron Carter
2361 Gary C. Harper
2360 Charles Pinter
2359 Peter W. Drizin
2358 Carl H. Koenig
2357 William E. Brown
2356 John H. O'Leary
2355 John M. Johnson
2354 Terry R. Brandt
2353 Irving Warner, Jr.
2352 Rolf Lelninger
2351 Janes M. Foster
2350 David M. Howe
2349 Wayne Knapp
2348 James L. Landre
2347 Patrik W. Philbrick
2346 Danlel A. Ferrand
2345 Richard M. Cofrin
2344 Carl J. Zett
2343 Mlchael G. Fraley
2342 Robert M. Warren
2341 A. Jonathan Gere, III
2340 Carle G. Blackwell, Jr. ³
2339 John McCarthy
2338 James C. Elms
2337 Jack A. Nelson
2336 Winston R. Dole
2335 Robert W. Young
2334 Jasper E. Norris, III
2333 Stewart F. Lambers
2332 John R. Keyes
2331 David L. Robertson
2330 M. Weaver
2329 Robert J. Johnson
2328 David Weaver
2327 Douglas A. Oldfield
2326 John E. Farley
2325 John R. Carver
2324 William S. Jennings
2323 Norbert Paas
2322 Mlchael J. Moore ³
2321 Bill E. Stansberry
2320 Terry L. Slawinski
2319 Jan A. Driessen
2318 Joseph T. Blucher
2317 Raggon L. Mayer
2316 Roy O. McCaldin
2315 William C. Tyndall
2314 Hans J. Rehse
2313 Herbert H. Hast, Jr.
2312 Joann B. Shaw²³
2311 Robert L. Malaska
2310 Allen W. Parrish
2309 Gregory V. Chakerian
2308 Jerome M. Auerbach
2307 Joseph G. Stiles
2306 Richard Molback
2305 Charles T. Rockhold
2304 Jon E. Putnam
2303 Theodore J. Gordon
2302 Alan B. Greer
2301 Lawrence R. Swinney
2300 Arthur Krelle
2299 Roberta J. Desilets²
2298 Robert L. Carver
2297 Donald J. Ford
2296 Enno Pechnik
2295 John K. Selvidge
2294 Gary B. Grant
2293 Harold G. Kitchens
2292 Bernard J. Scheeler
2291 Patrick W. Wilson
2290 Bo E. Bjurman
2289 Don Gaede
2288 Floyd D. Newton
2287 J. Rodney McIntire
2286 Robert E. Dietz
2285 Curtis J. Cole
2284 Dennis W. Coyle
2283 James A. Finley, Jr.
2282 William M. DuBois
2281 Grant F. Saylor
2280 David R. Abell
2279 Joseph W. Anderson, Jr.
2278 David A. Cole
2277 Samuel E. Fly
2276 Paul M. Eskew
2275 James F. Munn
2274 Clarence D. Peters
2273 Jeff K. Hazlegrove
2272 Don G. DeLuca
2271 David G. Evans
2270 Dennis D. Lyons
2269 Lansing R. Rosekrans
2268 David P. Ferreira
2267 Jim D. Burch
2266 Jerome J. Niedrauer
2265 Rolf A. Koehler
2264 Charles E. Bogard
2263 Elizabeth Shannon²
2262 Howard P. Hyde
2261 William C. Keller
2260 Victor R. Thomas
2259 James W. Oglesby
2258 Donald G. Derry³
2257 Reather C. Furr, Jr.
2256 Donald G. Ebbert
2255 Robert F. Morris
2254 Philip D. Anderson
2253 Gary A. Flandro
2252 Michael H. Zimmerman
2251 Allan V. Martini
2250 Jill L. Westcott²
2249 Christopher L. Barker
2248 Patrick L. DeNaples³
2247 Larry B. Hostetler
2246 John P. Murphy, Jr.³
2245 William Martens
2244 Vincent L. Elliott
2243 Lloyd E. Hall
2242 John E. Kube
2241 George A. Taylor
2240 Ernest M. Allison
2239 Byron W. Heckard
2238 Ray R. Stark
2237 Arthur L. Zigas³
2236 Cornelia M. Yoder²³
2235 Richard C. Williams
2234 Bert B. Bahson
2233 Willard B. Dickinson³
2232 Everett B. Wells
2231 Gerhard F. Knapp
2230 Eric F. Nordhaug
2229 Clyde A. Robins
2228 James E. Slocum
2227 Larry E. Prout
2226 Charles C. Wales
2225 Richard M. Williams
2224 Willard N. Hall
2223 James Palmeer
2222 Albert K. Rodman
2221 Otto Phisterer
2220 Donald J. Baker
2219 Frederic W. Howe, III
2218 Gary L. Scott
2217 Francis R. Ellenberger
2216 David L. Fleer
2215 Ralph L. Schellenbaum
2214 Verner W. Wulf
2213 Robert V. Terry³
2212 Walter E. Williams
2211 John D. Lewis
2210 Richard R. Johnston
2209 John J. Donatelli
2208 Rick Lockwood
2207 John C. Burritt
2206 Charlotte C. Detwiler²³
2205 Thomas L. Knauff³
2204 Roger M. Stevens
2203 Jose I. Ferreiro
2202 James H. Gallacher³
2201 Richard J. Foster
2200 Cliff W. King
2199 Jon R. Tenpas
2198 Roderick F. Read
2197 Douglas H. Robinson
2196 Frank C. Teal
2195 Matthew W. Paxton, IV
2194 Donald E. Purdy
2193 Alandar Wieland
2192 Dirk R. Hofmann
2191 James W. Westcott

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

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