Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Silver Badges for 1983


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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.


4496 David J. Siegfried
4495 Michael S. Smith
4494 Allison H. Tyler, Jr.
4493 F. Robert Marshall
4492 Theodore R. Haller
4491 John D. Snyder
4490 Pamela M. Crane²
4489 Francis D. Hanan
4488 Richard A. Howell
4487 Paul L. Shannon
4486 William B. Maloney
4485 John H. Wells
4484 Justin K. Knaplund
4483 Gerald N. West
4482 George C. Watkins
4481 Collin C. Leonard
4480 Michael A. Harner
4479 Elaine V. Cutri²
4478 Manfred P. Beutgen
4477 Pendleton W. Smith
4476 Bill Knapton
4475 Dave Oden
4474 Vernon L. Frye³
4473 Walter Von Oettingen
4472 Richard Valley
4471 Robert L. Sleator
4470 William A. Prescott, II
4469 Arnold K. Peters
4468 James P. Matthews
4467 John C. Johnson
4466 Frederick G. DeCastro
4465 Dominic A. Coccia
4464 Edward A. Gaddy
4463 John W. Caldwell
4462 William C. Crellin
4461 Mohamed A. Bashir
4460 T.M. Sullivan
4459 Paul D. Apgar
4458 Anthony F. Cummjng
4457 Dan E. Swenson
4456 Raymond E. LaRocque
4455 James L. Conger
4454 Fred Schwertner
4453 Hal Woodruff
4452 David F. Bradley
4451 Allan B. Kortz
4450 James E.P. Davis
4449 Roger W. Mason
4448 Kai E. Rasmussen, Jr.
4447 John F. Unangst, Jr.
4446 Arthur T. Davis
4445 Michael I. Green
4444 Norman Mozer
4443 R. Thomas Ptiestly
4442 Edre J. Maier²³
4441 Richard F. Buckman
4440 John R. English
4439 Bela Gogos
4438 Tracy L. Jarchow
4437 F. David Elliott
4436 Robert C. Ettinger
4435 Horace Pettit, Jr.
4434 William O. Maxwell³
4433 David F. Wilkus
4432 Keith D. Johnson
4431 David C. Dooley
4430 Larry Ferguson
4429 Lynne P. Greenblatt²
4428 J.D. Rice
4427 John W. Interrante
4426 William M. Berle
4425 Wallace N. Hersom
4424 Edward M. Jednacz
4423 Allen Wiegand
4422 Bill Emmons
4421 Roger S. Quinn
4420 William R. McElwee
4419 Konrad E. Nierich
4418 Michael J. Mulcahy
4417 Martin G. Rezmer
4416 Armin Dzudnochowsky
4415 Dan Ringo
4414 John A. Ennes
4413 Rex A. Duffin
4412 W. Randall Ireson
4411 Brian Joseph Thorpe
4410 James L. Orrick
4409 Brian L. Hollenbeck
4408 John DeNaples
4407 William Stockton
4406 William Robert Ruehle
4405 Raymond L. Kile
4404 Thomas Ruwitch
4403 Timothy J. Walter
4402 Brad Weals
4401 James H. Hogue
4400 Wayne B. Lewis
4399 Hal Marcus
4398 Harry E. McGrath, Jr.
4397 David Hamilton Pixton
4396 Gary W. Beaver
4395 Haim Loran
4394 Ken McDaniel
4393 Charles D. Collman
4392 Charles L. Ridgeway
4391 Christopher A. Summey
4390 Jeanne Vance²
4389 Robert E. Forny
4388 Craig M. Roebuck
4387 Kevin F. Redden³
4386 Peter W. Smith
4385 Lewis J. Neyland³
4384 Stanley Gore Witmer
4383 Richard F. Bramlett
4382 Gilbert VanIngh Fitzhugh
4381 Terry Lee Little
4380 Allan H. Douglas, Jr.
4379 Robert R. Eaton
4378 Edwin S. Yeiser
4377 William H. Mott
4376 James H. Blais
4375 Willie K. Geiselman
4374 Robert J. Ross
4373 James N. Mullin
4372 Steven R. Johnson
4371 Christopher G. Borland
4370 Charles K. Pobloske, Jr.
4369 Joseph Peitro
4368 Edmund M. Fry
4367 Lloyd Zink³
4366 Ronald L. Mihills
4365 David P. Whiting
4364 Ronald R. Hodge³
4363 Robert Macys
4362 E. Douglas Whitehead
4361 Charles C. Flynn
4360 Hal Lawrence
4359 Mark Wittmayer³
4358 Michael F. Smith
4357 John Tribe
4356 Dorsey P. Roberts
4355 Phillip A. Contreras
4354 Charles J. Smith
4353 John S. Morawiec
4352 Kevin Bridges
4351 Merry A. Winger
4350 Jerry A. Miller
4349 Raymond E. Poterack
4348 Nancy J. Blank²
4347 Ralph A. Ellebracht
4346 Roc M. Cutri
4345 James H. Ferguson
4344 Ira E. Phillips, Jr.
4343 Richard B. Loomis
4342 George A. Dean
4341 Norman C. Dlake
4340 Fred G. Taylor
4339 Gordon Leon
4338 Jerry Lee Balder
4337 Joan Fitzhugh²
4336 James F. Pletcher
4335 Johannes Vanderhooft
4334 Robert M. Cosby
4333 Ralph F. Cullinan
4332 Charles E. Osborn
4331 Jim Bardwel
4330 Alex Strojnik
4329 Paul S. Dushman³
4328 Robert A. Knauff
4327 Phillip G. Westcott
4326 Robert Peter Wander
4325 Albert C. Heath
4324 Gary Steven Adamson
4323 Harry B. Hardison, Jr.
4322 John M. Mildon
4321 C. Gordon Busby
4320 William L. Byrd
4319 Kenton C. Alexander
4318 Jan Scott
4317 Albert E. Grizzard
4316 Norm Rockwood
4315 Mark O. Schegel
4314 Harold Morton Roberts
4313 Roger J. Magolan
4312 Ronald L. Clarke
4311 Anthony W. Templin
4310 Karl Andrew Clauser
4309 Charles R. Childers³
4308 Robert Martin Guay

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

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