Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Silver Badges for 1978


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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.


3646 Philip E. Morris
3645 Frederick Cuny
3644 David L. Grove
3643 Vernon S. McGraw
3642 John C. Baselle
3641 Stephen Northcraft
3640 John R. Shrier
3639 Donald Hurd
3638 Philip Petmecky
3637 Richard Ensign
3636 Kevin E. Vogel
3635 Carroll M. Justice
3634 Thomas J. Johnson
3633 Thomas Franklin
3632 Mark A. Conner
3631 John S. Chapman
3630 Kathryn Jo Wildman-McFarlane²
3629 Robert F. Irlbeck
3628 John Woodford
3627 Douglas Fraser
3626 Duane McBride
3625 Eddie Martin
3624 James Alexander
3623 Frederick Hanson
3622 Manfred W. Franke
3621 Robert Fox Spaly
3620 William Kaeser
3619 Paul John Morelli
3618 Dan Gonzales³
3617 Roger L. McMakin
3616 William B. Williams
3615 David M. Reyes
3614 Richard W. Sheppe
3613 Jeffrey Alan Forbes
3612 James Lynn Johnson
3611 Edward R. Arms
3610 Steven K. Stewart
3609 William C. Sproull
3608 Daniel M. Ladd
3607 David Richard Anderson
3606 Theodore Meyers
3605 Joseph P. Murphy
3604 Thomas F. Houston
3603 James Norman Karcher
3602 Beverly Howard
3601 Bruce E. Dyson
3600 Raymond G. Marvin
3599 William E. May
3598 John Edward Wutrwat
3597 Don Burmingham
3596 Barry McGarraugh
3595 Burton Solomon
3594 John W. Newman
3593 Lloyd L. Root, Jr.
3592 G. Michael Marburger
3591 Thomas Tauber
3590 A.C. Goodwin
3589 Fritz Seger
3588 Price Lee Cook
3587 Rainer Kern
3586 Park W. Burret
3585 Douglas L. Jacobs
3584 Dean H. Gradwell
3583 Edmond D. Dvorak
3582 David M. Roberts
3581 James W. Wright
3580 Scott Thomas Jednacz
3579 Powell Joyner
3578 Terry Eugene Carrell
3577 Gregory S. Thompson
3576 James S. Frantz
3575 Chuck H. Stark
3574 Donald C. Uber
3573 David M. Rhodes
3572 G. Gregory Bauer
3571 Eric Coleson
3570 Darrell W. Bomgaars
3569 Wm. E. Bradford
3568 Russell R. McArerny
3567 Fredrick Nelson Sill
3566 James Morgan Clayton
3565 Richard C. North
3564 Robert C. Gibbons
3563 Harry Albert Ackley
3562 Hans R. Friedli
3561 Willi Block
3560 Joe Lynn Ashlock³
3559 Peter Jordan
3558 Peter Kurt Hahn
3557 Bill Blewett
3556 Timothy Hayward
3555 Robert D. Clark
3554 Bonny E. Hickman²
3553 David M. Schnetzebeux
3552 Glen Looman Walker
3551 Michael L. Gomez³
3550 Robert B. Gibson³
3549 Gilbert W. Alexander
3548 James D. Cogburn³
3547 Frederic H. Schmid
3546 Thomas L. Dickinson
3545 William E. Green
3544 Larry A. Kirkbride³
3543 George W. Powell³
3542 Steven A. Kempe
3541 Rathen E. Templeton
3540 E.G. Pate, III
3539 Fred Schroeder
3538 Michael Newman
3537 Donald Lamont
3536 Richard M. Strang
3535 Patricia Behrens²
3534 Joseph W. Soper
3533 Neal Smelser
3532 Robin K. Johnson
3531 S. Bredfeldt
3530 Robert M.L. Hammon
3529 Dennis Mitchell Chadd
3528 Richard J. Hausman
3527 William H. Seed, Jr.
3526 Darrel Ed. Watson
3525 Arthur Slagle
3524 Donald Otsuka
3523 George W. Reinhart
3522 William M. Price, IV³
3521 James D. Martin
3520 Morgan A. Long
3519 Mark J. Lindstrom
3518 Fred Lazzelle³
3517 John M. Hmurcik
3516 Brad Alston
3515 Tom Lovelace
3514 William F. Goodwin, II
3513 Richrd L. Bennett
3512 John Buffaloe
3511 Stephen Zimmerman
3510 Norman W. Read³
3509 John O. Mills
3508 Jerry J. Luebke
3507 Charles A. Ler;mond
3506 Walton S. Elliott
3505 William M. Campbell
3504 Curt Dale Campbell
3503 Jeffrey David Boyer
3502 George Allen
3501 Robert Glenn Orr
3500 Mark Koehler
3499 Larry Bryson
3498 Kathleen F. Mead²
3497 Gerald K. Eddlemon
3496 Steven Kilijanski
3495 Bruce H. Obear
3494 John W. Hammond
3493 Charles L. Meason
3492 David Andrew Moore
3491 Bryan J. Nellor
3490 Mike C. Nichols
3489 Charles Ed. Tomlinson
3488 Robert R. Stockton
3487 Jonathan O. Davis
3486 Noah Bareket
3485 William Dean Schieman
3484 Vaughn H. Roberts
3483 Twila L. Newmark²
3482 Rowland M. Naye
3481 Milton L. Rand
3480 Christopher Holliday
3479 Charles Friedman
3478 David J. Fanning
3477 Joseph A. Morelli
3476 Samuel J. Phillips
3475 James Donald Conroy
3474 Robert McIntyre
3473 Sanford L. Klivans³
3472 Kenneth R. Harris
3471 Susan Carol Grosek Personett²
3470 David A. Willding
3469 Raymond E. Poterack³
3468 Dickson G. Pratt, Jr.
3467 Lloyd V. Hammer
3466 John V. Posey
3465 Charles E. Jordan
3464 James H. Porter
3463 John C. Freeman
3462 Richard D. Bach
3461 Robert Livemore
3460 Roy P. Moeller
3459 Michael Circkot
3458 John Hall
3457 Stephen F. Applegate
3456 Burton L. Rhodes
3455 Leo Meacher
3454 James Richard Engle
3453 Edwin A. Barnhart
3452 Phil Z. Wirganowicz
3451 Robert Allen Bach
3450 Gary Rower
3449 Jerry Wayne Bennett
3448 Richard Clark Dunbaden
3447 Timothy E. Wise
3446 Michael L. Fuller
3445 Gary William Erkes
3444 Rhomas Cooper Chitty, Jr.
3443 James F. Hollis
3442 Roger Lee Grigsby
3441 Robert Alan Feltner
3440 James D. Fellenz
3439 Thomas D. Protheroe
3438 John Robin Page-Blair
3437 Philip C. Todd
3436 Robert Craig Holman
3435 Charles Richard Fox
3434 Charlton Louis Ellis
3433 Orcen E. Irick
3432 Roman Kaluzniacki
3431 Willi Werner Beier
3430 Ronald Chester Miller
3429 Max Kempt McClure
3428 Clifton Chandler
3427 Sigsbee J.B. Nelsor
3426 Randall E. Miller

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

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