Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Silver Badges for 1977


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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.


3425 John W. Bost
3424 Michael Robinton
3423 R.E. Austin
3422 Larry E. Wise
3421 Henry L. Halverson
3420 Fred W. Loeffler, Jr.
3419 Anthony Giuglianotti
3418 Donald E. Grisham
3417 Rodney Allen Hoffman
3416 Wolfgang Kurt Schmidt
3415 David Archer Jackson
3414 George P. Guess
3413 Donald Ray Ekker
3412 Dorothy J. Koerner²
3411 James R. Fangman³
3410 Govert L. Bassett
3409 Eddie Lamar King
3408 George W. Morris
3407 Robert E. Spier
3406 Allen F. Wildmon
3405 Kenneth W. Ford
3404 John Robert Gallagher
3403 Robert A. Mitchell
3402 Ed Shiler
3401 Ichiro Kempton
3400 Roger D. Caldwell
3399 Charles J. Fisher, Jr.
3398 Robert H. Wilson
3397 Mary Clare Smothers²
3396 Jeffrey Campbell Orchard
3395 James Arthur Conn
3394 Thomas Albert Rathge
3393 Robert A. August
3392 James F. Johnson, III
3391 Charles R. Blount
3390 Lawrence Flynn
3389 Ronald Harrison
3388 Jose F. Caubet
3387 Caroline F. Raymond²³
3386 Donald Fred Droesch
3385 Frank E. Sentrz
3384 Richard J. Farley
3383 David M. Fuller
3382 Steve Williamson
3381 Richard T. Stone
3380 Wolfgang F. Torke
3379 David Crisp
3378 Cliff Graber
3377 David R. Trousdale
3376 Edwin M. Kilbourne
3375 Ronald G. Miller
3374 Richard O. Rasmussen
3373 John W. Ebert, Jr.
3372 William R. Batesole
3371 Robert E. Barber
3370 Lawrence R. Fiock
3369 John V. Croul
3368 R. Spencer Anhear
3367 John W. Bovee
3366 Alexander Barnes
3365 Arthur R. Daniel
3364 Peter van Schoonhoven
3363 Brian F. Stevens
3362 Eugene L. Barnard
3361 Michael H. Kendig
3360 Charles I. Klivans³
3359 Reuben G. Klammer
3358 David F. Zanton
3357 Josef Maierbacher
3356 Julian N. Cogan
3355 Bruno Dzenis
3354 Henry P. Retting
3353 Elizabeth Witt²
3352 James A. Fee
3351 James N. Tootle
3350 Neil R. Johnson
3349 A. Ray Hughes
3348 James B. Salzmann
3347 Gary L. Joseph
3346 Nancy L. Evans Pohlig²
3345 Donald L. Coburn
3344 Dick Wade
3343 David N. Plummer
3342 William C. Allemon, Jr.
3341 David O. Jackson
3340 Mike Mayfield
3339 Michael J. Anderson
3338 Steven B. Wood
3337 Oliver V. Suddard
3336 Michael Garcia
3335 Frank G. McDonald, III
3334 Frank G. McDonald
3333 David P. LeMontagne
3332 Arthur F. Kramer
3331 Richard D. Horigan, Jr.
3330 Robert A. Haan
3329 Kenneth D. Morris
3328 James L. Kranda
3327 Robert W. Widinski
3326 Harold E. Roll
3325 Patricia A. Ronabaugh²
3324 Keith B. Newquist
3323 H. Carl Watkins³
3322 C. Otho Reasoner
3321 R.O. Schenk
3320 James J. Burke
3319 Stephen P. Hopkins
3318 Murray A. Koerner
3317 Clifford D. Lincoln
3316 James A. McCullough
3315 Thomas L. Kennedy, Jr.
3314 James P. Adensam
3313 Larry Reader
3312 Robert C. English
3311 Harold J. Alton
3310 Donald P. Hudson
3309 Alan L. Clark
3308 Robert W. Woolever
3307 Jeffrey L. Hedberg
3306 Dennis M. Davis
3305 John L. Yarnall
3304 William D. Davis
3303 R.W. Carter
3302 Raymond R. Lund
3301 Victor Collin
3300 Robert A. Bell
3299 Stephen H. Schott
3298 Kenneth L. Ridout
3297 Michsel C. Dickens
3296 Joe I. Feather
3295 Thomas F. Wescott
3294 David D. Mooberry
3293 William D. McKillop
3292 Georg Felkel³
3291 David F. Green
3290 Thomas W. Herzberg
3289 Wolfgang Wirthgen
3288 Douglas Godfrey
3287 Christopher J. Woods
3286 Richard G. Dingman
3285 William Lewis
3284 Karel P. Pesata
3283 Steve J. Koerner
3282 Lynwood R. Stone
3281 Ronald J. Smaron
3280 Sunny Vegso²
3279 Michael L. Shakman
3278 Herb Levitin
3277 Richard V. Stage
3276 Philip J. Smith
3275 Robert A. Vaughn
3274 John D. Witt
3273 John S.R. Lawrence
3272 Thomas W. Williamson
3271 Floyd E. Bates
3270 George A. Caldwell
3269 Charles A. Esselstyn
3268 Thomas F. Somerville
3267 Clinton McKim
3266 John F. Seronello
3265 Gillett Welles, III
3264 Alfred Rowswell
3263 Peter W. Kontes
3262 John Klimosewski
3261 Terry L. Blankenship
3260 Stephen Wandzura³
3259 Charles R. Anderson
3258 James B. Culp
3257 Dennis A. Reynolds
3256 Joel C. Lambert
3255 Scott D. Bingham
3254 Thomas E. McDaniel
3253 David E. Robbins
3252 Eric Greenwell
3251 Gilbert D. Roberts
3250 Heinz Weissenbuehler, Jr.
3249 Robert A. Vermillion
3248 Dale E. Brett
3247 Frank L. Odom
3246 Stanton P. Coerr
3245 Peter Benziger
3244 Samuel A. Wood, Jr.
3243 Dale D. Krajnyak
3242 Monty Sullivan
3241 William A. Byatt
3240 Leland F. VanAllen
3239 John S. Hartshorn
3238 David P. Farnum
3237 Charles J. Fredrick, Jr.
3236 W.W. Carlson
3235 Douglas E. MacPetrie
3234 Paul Corbett
3233 Antonio D. Gomez
3232 James Raymond Smith
3231 Peter C. Sullivan
3230 Robert W. Tawse, V
3229 John P. Murphy
3228 Walter H. Lob
3227 James R. Callaway
3226 Lewis L. Johannesen
3225 Lorraine M. Cutler²
3224 James. M. Clawson
3223 Jerry R. Elkins
3222 William L. Venable
3221 Leslie M. Anderson
3220 William R. Robinson
3219 Terry C. Traver
3218 Donald C. Maillette³
3217 John L. Mory³
3216 Charles A. Collins
3215 John R. Lovett
3214 Robert G. Hill
3213 David D. Bry
3212 Nicholas F. Owen
3211 Todd R. Pattist
3210 F. Robert Quilivan
3209 Van I. Doesburg
3208 J. Rand Baldwin
3207 Nancy L. Maynard²
3206 Robert M. Hildebrand
3205 Malcolm D. Green
3204 Emil E. Peerens
3203 Jeffery A. White
3202 Craig Funston

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

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