Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Silver Badges for 1979


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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.


3827 Rolland A. Goin
3826 Wm. M. Russell
3825 James Tilford
3824 Wayne L. Harshbarger
3823 Charles E. Pell
3822 James B. Bixler
3821 Ernst Meyer
3820 GPorge A. Wernham
3819 Gary G. Fabian
3818 James E. Gregg
3817 Keith A. Zimmerman
3816 John Squires
3815 Thomas R. Render
3814 K.A. Parks²
3813 Christopher O'Callaghan
3812 Trip Mellinger
3811 Richard T. Kelly
3810 Larry D. Johnson
3809 Alice Goodlette Palmer²
3808 Charles Flagg
3807 Frank Di Miceli
3806 Thomas F. Devereux
3805 Brian Thomsan
3804 John M. Ackerman
3803 Martin Schemer
3802 Richard J. Williamms
3801 Ray Williams
3800 Jerome R. Kulesia
3799 James E. Beckman
3798 Peter W. Beresin
3797 Robert H. Paul
3796 Robert M. Park
3795 Geraldine McClung Silveira²
3794 David L. Willis
3793 Roy E. Williams
3792 David A. Smith
3791 Bruce Sidlinger
3790 Donald Miles
3789 Vincent Messina
3788 Paul S. Kenney
3787 James M. Jacobs³
3786 Gregory F. Heifner
3785 David C. Gardner
3784 Paul A. Ennis
3783 C.C. Callaway
3782 Glenn Barrett
3781 Victor Booth
3780 Robert J. Burch
3779 Allan Worth
3778 Amos B. Shattuck
3777 Lilburn E. Shaw
3776 Lawrence Sano
3775 Siegfried Rupp³
3774 David Ochsner
3773 James MacDonald
3772 Wm. Lesley
3771 David Leonard
3770 Roger E. Jacobs
3769 David Greenberg
3768 Michael Delaney
3767 Scott Crosier
3766 David Penning
3765 Wm. Tullock
3764 Charles W. Profilet
3763 John A. Behrens
3762 Lloyd Screven
3761 Charles T. Pyles
3760 Richard Perry
3759 Wm. D. Neese
3758 Albert Negro
3757 Jack Wyman
3756 Barry Wible
3755 John E. Sherwood
3754 Christopher Reeve
3753 David Noyes
3752 Richard J. Miller
3751 Peter Kendall
3750 James L. Clayton
3749 Richard Broeking
3748 James Jenistra
3747 Tom Lappas
3746 Henry Jackson
3745 John Barry
3744 Robert Robertson
3743 Michael J. Barrette
3742 Roger Andes
3741 Kathleen K. Taylor²
3740 Paul F. McNally, Jr.
3739 Albert McPowell
3738 Edward Ingram
3737 Courtland R. Hayward
3736 Albert Cree, Jr.
3735 Laura M.( Ducky) McEwan²
3734 William L. Mitchell
3733 John Fessenden
3732 Dale D. Embish
3731 Charles T. Christensen
3730 Ackley C. Smith
3729 Kenneth O'Toole
3728 Charles Morris
3727 Gary A. Leffler
3726 John Sherman Hoyt
3725 Roger A. Hess
3724 Jean-Paul Frignac
3723 Bill Brown
3722 Walter Bogie
3721 Brian Beals
3720 James L. Jackson
3719 Wm. McClain
3718 Wm. McCune
3717 Wayne Beahn
3716 Peter Conrad
3715 Thomas Topham
3714 William Terborg
3713 George Lang
3712 Robert A. Petmecky
3711 John C. Homrok
3710 Kevin K. Knutsen
3709 James L. Hamilton
3708 Stanley Foat
3707 Cecil W. Farrow
3706 E. Clarke Crawford³
3705 Ralph D. Clenden
3704 Ralph D. Clenden, II
3703 Charles Franklin
3702 Johnny Blair
3701 William R. Wing
3700 Gary Phillips³
3699 James J. Paris
3698 Donald Loughridge
3697 Hagen Hoffmann
3696 Guenter Braun
3695 Albert Sleight
3694 Robert W. Siegfried
3693 Dickie Bottom
3692 Peter Wezeman
3691 Michael Slater
3690 Richard Gibboney
3689 William T. Brown
3688 J. Kelly Scarborough
3687 James Merritt
3686 Thomas Corbran
3685 Phillip Calvery
3684 Gary Reuter
3683 Vonard Ross
3682 John C. Wilson
3681 James Veronica
3680 C. Merle Hanley
3679 Arnold A. Clarke
3678 Carl Andrew Pitts
3677 George Vanecek, Jr.
3676 Thomas Ford
3675 Wm. Stewart Tittle
3674 Harless Imlay
3673 Charles Thurber
3672 Michael Thibodeau
3671 Edward F. Ryan
3670 Charles Fitzsimmons
3669 E. Earle Downing
3668 Thomas Jerome Alton
3667 Gordon Kent Roediger
3666 Randall K. Stutler
3665 Franl W. Williamson
3664 Richard Zisa
3663 Francis A. Hayes
3662 Tom P. Stewart
3661 Charles G. Kalko
3660 Harry Blout
3659 Kenneth Wm. Bateman
3658 Lew W. Gause
3657 James Walker Pearce
3656 Stewart W. Doe
3655 Jon Weir Haselwood
3654 Marie Camillo Milardo²
3653 John Wm. Dutcher
3652 Patric Jordan
3651 Richard C. Richmond
3650 Christopher G. Hardenbrook
3649 Robert N. Whittemore
3648 John F. Bahr
3647 Donald G. Mteorts

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

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