Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Silver Badges for 1976


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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.


3201 Charles B. Weiser
3200 Carl J. Andre
3199 Dietrich E. Courte
3198 Robert D. Savage
3197 Doris F. Grove²
3196 John M. Bearden
3195 Phillip A. Delano
3194 Richard S. Pugh
3193 Paul B. Wolfe
3192 Richard E. Kirkland
3191 Roy Radford
3190 Lawrence Perry
3189 Edgar F. Finegan
3188 Stanley B. Roesko
3187 Geddings T. Robinson
3186 Charles B. Key
3185 William H. Dittmyre
3184 Vic G. Fulop
3183 Aland B. Adams
3182 Jerry D. Boss
3181 Herman S. Anderson
3180 Gary Adams³
3179 Walter R. Maschmeyer
3178 Christopher M. Williams
3177 James P. Crowder
3176 Richard J. Harrington
3175 Carl J. Niedermeyer
3174 John J. Coneveaux, III
3173 Bryan W. Kreimendahl
3172 Bill W. Rhoades
3171 Norman L. Welch
3170 Walter A. Ohmart, Jr.
3169 Matthew C. Poleski
3168 G. David Katz
3167 Mark L. Boettger
3166 John B. Cuthill
3165 Marlene E. Zirkle²
3164 Leonard D. Verrelli
3163 Charles R. Spitler
3162 Auguste S. Mathey, Jr.
3161 Alan Sager³
3160 Susan L. (Roseff) Smith²
3159 Ronald J. Rozeske
3158 R. Richard Bartsch
3157 Douglas L. Stogner
3156 George W. Saunders
3155 Kenneth L. Reichert
3154 Walter Furtner
3153 Tom J. Johnston
3152 Jack A. Van Paepeghem
3151 Michael S. Marshall
3150 Berne (Marty) M. Howard
3149 Frederick G. Emerson
3148 William J. Byatt
3147 John W. Lilley
3146 Steven A. Dukker
3145 M. Allen Reynolds
3144 Gordon F. Anderson
3143 C. Alan Buzzard
3142 Mark S. Giuglianotti
3141 Fredrick G. Voltz
3140 Caesar P. Flores³
3139 Bradley S. Howerton
3138 Joseph S. Honauer
3137 Ronald S. Pearson
3136 Richard P. Deitchman
3135 Robert Boehm³
3134 Charles Grossman
3133 Calvin M. Young
3132 John W. Collins
3131 James H. Shew
3130 Stephen M. Foreman
3129 Alex S. Rogers
3128 Stephen P. Lindenbaum
3127 Richard F. Spies
3126 Tonk Mills
3125 Richard C. Hedrick
3124 Harold D. Buck
3123 Thomas A. Clark³
3122 Patrick Ford
3121 Jeffrey C. VanDoren³
3120 Stephan A. Greene
3119 Wayne Kocher
3118 Leslie E. Sebald
3117 Steven W. Warner
3116 Werner J. Raab
3115 Richard A. Audette
3114 Ted Davis
3113 Bruce F. Mason
3112 Kent Hugus
3111 Duncan W. Sellars
3110 Gary A. Ford
3109 Hans S. Bach
3108 Robert K. Tede
3107 Chad C. Boltz
3106 Paul Eveleth
3105 Michael M. Reisman
3104 Donald A. Johnson
3103 Michael S. Randolph
3102 Harry J. Taylor
3101 William D. Zahrt, II³
3100 Gary R. Kennedy
3099 George Vella-Coleiro
3098 Glenn M. Wogstad
3097 Gilbert L. Theroux
3096 James N. Porter
3095 Robert Hofbauer
3094 GregorY A. Niswong
3093 Clifford J. Richard
3092 Donald W. Pohlman
3091 James R. Newbold, Jr.
3090 Albert L. Henninger
3089 William Costell
3088 Robert G. Willis
3087 Donald A. Briggs, Jr.
3086 Randolph T. Kacin
3085 Ardean E. Sveum
3084 John W. Baur
3083 John P. Cross
3082 Alfred M. Lorenz
3081 David K. Hardin
3080 Joe C. Higday
3079 Gerald J. Kaufman, Jr.
3078 Otis W. Hammonds
3077 Christian R. Tombers
3076 Brian A. Bud
3075 Carl R. Strange
3074 Roy R. Miller
3073 John N. Heater
3072 Michael P. Autore
3071 William A. Carlson
3070 Fred S. Schneider
3069 Irwin J. Jousma³
3068 Wayne D. Holden
3067 Ormond B. Gigli
3066 Leonard E. Eilbacher
3065 John D. Greiner
3064 Garey E. Hudson
3063 Richard D. James
3062 Max S. Taggart, II
3061 Andrew J. Buelna³
3060 Armand A. Pasquali
3059 Todd E. Tracy
3058 Wayne D. Lawrence
3057 J. Norman Grim
3056 Anthony G. Lauck
3055 Edward J. Lauden, Jr.
3054 Tommye A.C. Peterman
3053 John R. Hulls
3052 David C. Eiting
3051 Orville M. Shannon
3050 George J. Schad³
3049 John C. Dickens
3048 James W. McNeil
3047 Thomas A. Kelley
3046 Barrant V. Merrill
3045 William C. Melcher
3044 Robert J. Kupps³
3043 Robert Boehnke
3042 William D. Batesole
3041 Kenneth J. Strack
3040 Theodore W. Buhl
3039 William G. Brinkman
3038 Phillip M. Campbell
3037 Steven E. Lee
3036 Wilhelm J. Kogelmann
3035 Vincent J. Griesemer
3034 Walter J. Seaborn, II
3033 Robert N. Waldhaus
3032 Karl H. Ludolph³
3031 Ronald E. Parsons
3030 Richard L. Osborne³
3029 Richard N. Nelson
3028 Jeremy R. Colpitts
3027 Nelson Riley
3026 Karl J. Biermacher
3025 John A. Keusch³
3024 Duane W. Clausen
3023 Edwin E. Ross
3022 Robert S. Griffin
3021 William R. Hamsa, Jr.
3020 William G. Lindner
3019 John R. Slifer, Jr.
3018 Alexander C. McKinle³
3017 Ronald J. Sutton
3016 Daniel R. Jeffery
3015 John T. Brent, Jr.
3014 Adam A. Gorski
3013 Don R. Seward
3012 Stephen L. Kerrin
3011 Robert W. Dowgialo
3010 Thomas R. Hanson
3009 Albert G. Stirling
3008 Edgar L. Herbert
3007 Robert D. Christiansen
3006 Ronald S. Gregg
3005 Roger N. Buchanan³

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

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