Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Silver Badges for 1986


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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.


4908 Mike S. Nelson
4907 Robert W. Green
4906 Stanley Teleski
4905 Robert G. Maronde
4904 J. Elon Graves
4903 David S. Erickson
4902 Joseph Natkowski
4901 Wildey E. Johnson
4900 Richard F. Walters
4899 Gary R. Quast
4898 Thomas J. Davis
4897 Wilbert F. Ondes
4896 Melvin H. Eklund
4895 Ulrich Schiller
4894 Donald P. Hickman
4893 Charles E. Vance
4892 Rachel Enevoldsen²
4891 Michael N. Parker
4890 Stuart B. Larimore
4889 George T. Doolittle
4888 Wesley L. Lineberry
4887 Anthony G. Meli
4886 John K. Taylor
4885 Barna A. Szabo
4884 Edgar Loeb
4883 Karlan P. Greene
4882 David C. Reusch
4881 Harry A. Nutter, Jr.
4880 Mark H. Denzler
4879 Paul R. Ries
4878 Gerald A. White
4877 Phillip Mlsna
4876 George Najarian
4875 Daniel E. Warnick
4874 Neal M. Nelson
4873 Tom W. Morris
4872 David Wright
4871 Rex D. Hamilton
4870 Ronald J. Tumminello
4869 Victor W. Haynes
4868 Robert Fritsch
4867 Robert L. Heine
4866 Stephen J. Maier
4865 Charles T. Matthews
4864 Dennis A. Harmon
4863 George W. (Lanny) Coon, Jr.
4862 James L. Goetsch
4861 Brick A. Robbins
4860 James G. Koonce, Sr.
4859 William R. Musolf, Jr.
4858 Louis M. Maze
4857 Michael C. Bowlus
4856 Arthur Wallace
4855 Charles R. Shuffler
4854 Tod A. Geer
4853 Robert S. Lee
4852 Duke M. Kullman
4851 H. Michael Muncey
4850 Terry Scott
4849 James S. Edwards³
4848 James A. Staniforth
4847 Charles W. Hoffman
4846 Clifford W. Schaible
4845 Richard C. Brittain
4844 Richard Oberst
4843 Jeffrey E. Daye
4842 Dennis L. D'Angelo
4841 Alpha G. Winnett, Jr.
4840 Sumner R. Foley
4839 Richard H. Barnes³
4838 Terry Hiatt
4837 William A. Merrick
4836 Judith A. McDonald²
4835 Mark W. Gluch
4834 Marc Buchner
4833 Rex M. Stage
4832 Kenneth Kochanski
4831 Peter Kasloff
4830 Peter P. Angelou, Jr.³
4829 Jeffrey W. Wright
4828 Lyrinda Snyderman²
4827 Carlos B. Brown
4826 Gary J. Hedges
4825 John W. Leibacher³
4824 Michael K. Packard
4823 John P. Mahony
4822 Edward F. Crawley
4821 Rohn A. Brown
4820 James B. Grant
4819 Seven R. Housley
4818 James G. Koonce, II
4817 Richard H. Roberts, Jr.
4816 Karl H. Krueger
4815 Timothy F. Gossfeld
4814 Donald R. Fair³
4813 Rosalie S. Grove Keene²
4812 MacKaye Smith
4811 Stephen D. Dvorchak
4810 Stephen D. Brown
4809 Steven J. Rossing
4808 Michael E. Schneider
4807 Andy F. Hall
4806 Stephen Focht
4805 Jeffrey D. Kroot
4804 John F. Good
4803 Isaac T. Van Patten
4802 David V. Carter
4801 Gary Fackender
4800 Gregory M. Crook
4799 Patrick R. Veillette
4798 R. Craig Griffiths
4797 John H. House
4796 Gary Neighbors
4795 Victor J. Creazzi
4794 Kenneth D. Sturgill
4793 David A. Woods
4792 Peter N. Jacobson
4791 Bunter Pawski
4790 Franklin J. Larson

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

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