Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Silver Badges for 1980


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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.


4004 James O. Freese
4003 Peter Kreuder
4002 Bryan S. Pate
4001 Linda L. Meacher²
4000 David G. Snyder
3999 Paul H. Wiese
3998 James M. Sorley
3997 Harold Gast
3996 James Indrebo
3995 Daniel W. Nezgoda
3994 George C. (Skip) Epp
3993 John A. Carter
3992 Herbert V. Reilly
3991 Gary M. Rubus
3990 A. Randall Charlton
3989 Roger C. Wolf
3988 Howard L. Grossman
3987 John Sieberts
3986 James M. Brcwster
3985 John Meier
3984 Joseph L. Agostini
3983 Glenn A. Bernardis
3982 Fritz Fauser
3981 Gerald H. Ellebracht
3980 James D. Hoffman
3979 Eugene H. McNary, Sr.
3978 Archie T. Pior³
3977 Bruce F. Grumstrup
3976 Kurt C. Olsen
3975 Bonnie House²
3974 Thomas W. Teague
3973 Renard R. Rozzoni³
3972 Richard N. Gaines
3971 Donald K. Johnson
3970 Raymond A. Fernandez
3969 Robert C. Williams
3968 Henry J. Haake, Jr.
3967 Edward L. Screven
3966 John J. Meyer
3965 Robert F. Moos
3964 Jerry McCormick
3963 Richard W. McEven
3962 Paul Le Vegue
3961 Robert H. Clack
3960 Gary W. Davis
3959 Carl Frey
3958 Marc S. Randazzo
3957 Beth A. Jones²
3956 Monte Jones³
3955 Brawer Murphy
3954 Robert W. Avon
3953 John P. Dezzutti
3952 Kevin Giffen
3951 James R. Slimons
3950 John R. Rodriguez
3949 Stephen L. Aicholtz
3948 Richard J. McClellan
3947 Robert A. Greenblatt
3946 Alan S. Murray³
3945 Robert J. Fortunato
3944 Ronald T. Davis
3943 John W. Bachman
3942 Michael Slingluff
3941 Richard A. Brintzenhofe
3940 Wendell Scott
3939 Robert R. Webster
3938 Mitchell L. Teague
3937 Marc D. Emley
3936 Stephen B. Szalai
3935 David J. Perkins
3934 David J. Dolan
3933 Charles F. Dewald
3932 Don Chambers
3931 Janathan D. Slack
3930 Paul A. Gaines
3929 John H. Wastvedt
3928 Mark D. Maughmer
3927 Robert M. Ryan
3926 J. Lane Reeves
3925 Bill Thoreson
3924 David C. Schilling
3923 Robert F. Klein
3922 Thomas A. Keim
3921 Judith R. Hutchinson²
3920 John V. Duncan
3919 Jerry Pekin
3918 Canal J. Brady, III
3917 Dan Ballin
3916 Brian S. Harper
3915 Sharon Smith²
3914 Loyd Price
3913 Chuck Palmetto
3912 Charles A. Paldanius
3911 Joseph E. Owensby
3910 William J. Nelsan
3909 Leslie R. Neal
3908 Darrell C. Mize
3907 Harold J. Lyan
3906 Kim Lee Kuhlke
3905 Leslie R. Koberg
3904 David R. Hughes
3903 Sydney D. Hirshland
3902 David B. Henderson
3901 William Grenoble
3900 Michael W. Dufford
3899 William J. Davis
3898 Robert S. Beasley
3897 Eugene F. Barksdale
3896 Dr. Robert A. Searles
3895 Roger R. Brogren
3894 James M. Freeburg
3893 Irvin M. Van Horn
3892 Robert O. Hausner
3891 Tibor Branczeisz
3890 Luis Fernandez
3889 Francis B. Adamson
3888 Shmuel Dimentstein
3887 Bruce L. Brosi
3886 Romas Rackauskas
3885 Robert P. Thornton
3884 Claes C. Honig
3883 Ray Zinkowski
3882 John P. Callos
3881 Dan T. Barnes, Jr.
3880 Jack R. Bierman
3879 David L. Bigelow
3878 Darryl D. Lonowski
3877 Mynderse R. Woodruff
3876 Douglas Murray
3875 David B. Rossetter
3874 Len Koppana
3873 Charles R. Schwenker
3872 Thomas F. Dixon
3871 Steve Franklin
3870 G. Robert Powick
3869 Robert E. Morgan, Jr.
3868 George S. Young
3867 Gregory B. Mecklenburg
3866 Frank Kapitan
3865 Gerald J. Kalinowski
3864 Terry L. Kuehne
3863 Roy L. Doyal
3862 Raymond A. Duhaime
3861 John D. Buckmaster
3860 Kenneth A. Orchard
3859 William B. Dehon
3858 Michael Tetrick
3857 William G. Kerns
3856 Frank D. Thompson
3855 Mark E. Northcutt
3854 Dezso Hamvas
3853 Robert S. Templin
3852 Perry Burholm
3851 Harold Scarff
3850 Mark Summers
3849 Jack A. Walker, Jr.
3848 Gart Urban
3847 David R. Nadler
3846 Wiley E. Haverty
3845 Malcolm S. Kyle
3844 Charles R. Roberts
3843 Donald L. Coroneos
3842 John E. Pollard
3841 Douglas B. Grabill
3840 Lavid E. Blubaugh
3839 Art Haseltine
3838 Paul Janak
3837 James A. Merciel, Jr.
3836 Stephen H. Paavola
3835 George C. Boudreaux, II
3834 James J. Harkins, Jr.³
3833 Michael W. Arensmeyer
3832 Michael C. Arensmeyer
3831 James Walsh
3830 Daniel C. Walker
3829 Robert W. Morgan
3828 Bill Stinson

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

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