Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Silver Badges for 1984


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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.


4652 Robert Krause
4651 Harold R. Bruning
4650 Timothy N. Trainer
4649 Joseph DeVita
4648 Ronald Lopez³
4647 Ervin Leshner
4646 Mike Morgan
4645 David Caron
4644 Rebecca S. Cole²
4643 Stephen E. Hilliker
4642 Wesley Wierioch
4641 Daniel J. Sullivan
4640 James W. Madson
4639 Antony E. Hilferty, Jr.
4638 Robert DeSaro
4637 Peter T. Alexander
4636 Edward R. Bock
4635 Sheppard Blackman
4634 Thomas L. Rudolf
4633 Steve Black
4632 Steve Schery
4631 Larry Arnold
4630 Ronald A. Leonard
4629 Richard T. Sierzant
4628 Paul L. West
4627 Gunther Engle
4626 Arthur S. Graves
4625 Ralph L. Douthit³
4624 Michael B. Malis
4623 Daniel O. Gifford
4622 Travis T. Bailey
4621 Shahid Zaidi
4620 Harry L. Clayton
4619 Michel S. Willey
4618 Bill McDaniels
4617 David M. Shemwell
4616 Richard A. Carlson
4615 Dennis E. Sherman
4614 Mark Kantner
4613 Thomas Iungerich
4612 Daniel Bookwalter
4611 Mark T. Huggstutler
4610 Gail Barnett²
4609 Wolfgang Konietzko
4608 Charles Westerinen
4607 Donald G. Caldwell
4606 Jim Day
4605 Edward G. Tuthill
4604 Gene Engelskirger
4603 Linda Evenski²
4602 Thomas A. George
4601 Jay M. Levy
4600 David H. Ingland³
4599 Allan Snell
4598 Norbert O. Maurer
4597 William H. Jowell
4596 Charles H. Lauritsen
4595 Gregory C. Daley
4594 Gerald A. Wiley
4593 Craig A. Fortson
4592 James Kett
4591 Michael P. Kaplan
4590 Douglas J. Boyd
4589 John T. Ludowitz
4588 David C. Michaud
4587 James H. Cumiford, Jr.
4586 Roy S. Cundiff
4585 James Dingess
4584 Hans J. Rueschmann
4583 Bradley A. Walstrom
4582 Donald L. Francis
4581 Thomas A. Staley
4580 Alan H. Vollbrecht
4579 Rudolf Zeller
4578 Elizabeth C. Walbridge²
4577 Carl M. Redlin
4576 Dana Holland²
4575 Brian Shoemaker
4574 Jack Terrier
4573 Linda M. Draper²
4572 Edward S. White
4571 Roger D. Johnson
4570 James H. Doty, Jr.
4569 Mark A. Townzer
4568 Bendicht H. Tschannen
4567 Herbert J. Brown
4566 Thomas W. Nelson, Jr.³
4565 Michael L. Hutchison
4564 Thomas W. Holloran
4563 James Wawrzyniak
4562 Philip C. Caricof
4561 Ronald L. Hunt
4560 Robert Backer
4559 Jim H. Blake
4558 Thomas H. Tichy
4557 Richard A. Jones
4556 Glenn E. Spelis³
4555 G.W. Freeman
4554 Nancy A. LaRiviere Aadland²
4553 Thomas M. Sullivan
4552 Charles W. Pittman
4551 Don M. Ford
4550 Michael E. McMarron
4549 Gilbert W. Fitzhugh
4548 Geoffrey P. Pollitt
4547 Lawrence W. Meyer
4546 William A. Brotherton
4545 Marvin J. Uphaus
4544 Frederick H. Elling
4543 Truman J. Hedding
4542 Dillon E. Jackson
4541 Wayne S. Hoshizake
4540 Larry R. Mitchiner
4539 William L. Edwards, Jr.
4538 Merrill F. Green
4537 William T. Harvey
4536 Maurice G. Deland
4535 Richard R. Gillock³
4534 Gregory G. Taylor
4533 Larry L. Foqueran
4532 Kenneth S. Crockett
4531 Alan W. Thompson
4530 Alfonso Jurado
4529 Stan F. Nelson
4528 William L. Reinking
4527 Kevin G. Harrenstein
4526 Michael J. McFarland
4525 William Mueller
4524 Ralph D. Biesemeyer
4523 John Hagerman
4522 James M. Norris
4521 Wellborn Jack, Jr.
4520 Michel Le Norcy
4519 Donald D. Brooks³
4518 Jeffrey H. Moki³
4517 Manfred R. Leinz
4516 James D. Horton³
4515 Bruce Rohde
4514 Steven Fahrner
4513 Louis V. Hoffman
4512 Karen J. Sudwischer²
4511 Robert L. Wright
4510 Mark D. Culpepper
4509 Robert W. Payne
4508 Allan F. Pargman
4507 Bradley E. Peterson
4506 John A. Volkober, Jr.
4505 Richard H. Farina
4504 Phil A. Mortensen
4503 James W. Denham, Jr.
4502 Joseph F. Stanzl
4501 Robert M. Quas, Jr.
4500 James J. Belli
4499 Jacques Vandemeulebroek
4498 Joel E. Henness
4497 C. Robert Holland

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

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