Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Silver Badges for 1987


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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.


5037 David L. Stanley
5036 Lawrence (Joe) Roth
5035 Gregory R. Markowski
5034 David C. Applebaum³
5033 Dennis N. Young
5032 Robert N. Harvey
5031 Dana H. Colvin, Sr.
5030 B.R. Smith
5029 Thomas H. Benstead
5028 D. Douglas Wyman, Jr.
5027 John L. Austin
5026 Robert L. Morse
5025 Max Skovgaard
5024 Charles D. Mampe, III
5023 John W. Allingham
5022 Christopher R. Scarlett
5021 Peter Goodwin
5020 Key Dismukes
5019 Daniel H. Morris, III
5018 Paul S. Burgette
5017 Steven G. Youngson
5016 John W. Irwin
5015 Donald L. Cross
5014 Harold Corbin
5013 Donald J. Bisbee
5012 H. Bradford (Brad) Barber
5011 James C. Garrison
5010 Eugene D. Mitchell
5009 Scott A. Jenkins
5008 M. Elizabeth Bain²
5007 Larry Pardue³
5006 Patrick McAtee
5005 David Hogg
5004 Karen L. Geisinger²
5003 Sean R. Franke
5002 Iris Mittendorf Striedieck²
5001 Jennifer Roback²
5000 Michael K. Pfleger
4999 Wallace J. Moran
4998 Herben M. Krause
4997 W. Guerry Howard
4996 Richard D. Hutchinson
4995 Frederick J. Dengler
4994 William G. Phillips
4993 Mitchell R. Hawkins
4992 Oscar E. Barbin
4991 William B. Hedge
4990 Bruce A. Faling
4989 David L. Klinger
4988 Kenneth R. Mayer
4987 Michael E. Hughes
4986 Patricia C. Tolle²
4985 Dietrich K. Lezius
4984 Robert W. Epp
4983 Jay E. Berkowitz
4982 John P. York
4981 Gale D. Johnson, Jr.
4980 Paul N. Chase
4979 Brad Riegel
4978 Craig W. Weisman
4977 Kenneth Walker
4976 Chalres R. (Randy) Beskow
4975 Edmund C. Ginn, Jr.
4974 Robert L. Van Treese
4973 Richard J. Sadorf
4972 Jeffrey W. Ohmart
4971 Larry M. Brand
4970 Julie B. Schneider²
4969 Kevin L. Cousineau
4968 Douglas J. Riha
4967 James P. Noonan
4966 Charles E. Michel
4965 David A. Kinsell
4964 Martin Bael
4963 Samuel D. Smith
4962 William J. Drury
4961 Douglas D. Herbert
4960 Daniel W. Morasch
4959 Colby Blodget
4958 Richard L. Morris
4957 James E. Smolen
4956 James F. Murphy
4955 Jerry L. Martin
4954 Alvin E. Reynolds
4953 Richard A. Brown
4952 William E. Becher, Jr.
4951 Bert Puchtler
4950 F.L. Hoskinson
4949 Fritz Baeder
4948 Kristen R. Maynard²
4947 Albert D. Alexander
4946 Ray Kleber
4945 Marvin J. Gordon
4944 Rolly Clark
4943 Jimmy D. Wier
4942 Lurana K. McCarron²
4941 Gunnar W.Blanke
4940 J. Barry Carris
4939 John W. Styers
4938 Joe M. Dearmin
4937 Edward B. Wickes
4936 Robert Franzke
4935 Don Dorrell
4934 Peter J. Kelly, Jr.
4933 Andrew A. McFall
4932 Raymond J. Konrath
4931 Henryk Birecki
4930 Robert R. McElyea
4929 George H. Edwards
4928 Richard Andrews
4927 Sharon A. Dooley²
4926 George S. Moore
4925 Ronald J. Caruso
4924 Cecil R. Davidson
4923 John Hanauer
4922 Robert V. Critchlow
4921 Harold W. Harris
4920 Gene B. Walker
4919 Thomas H. Richardson
4918 Mark A. Palie
4917 Richard L. Gaudio, II
4916 James H. Alton
4915 John E. Lubon
4914 Fred A. Duckworth
4913 Daniel R. Gudgel
4912 Howard M. Haig
4911 Greg R. Abbey
4910 Clarendon Bowman
4909 Gregory V. Lewis

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

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