Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Silver Badges for 1988


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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.


5159 Robert J. Welliever
5158 Roland Monette
5157 Fred C. Blair
5156 Bruce S. Shannon
5155 Christopher G. Murawski
5154 Russell Crane
5153 Brian L. Starr
5152 Pamela A. Tanck²
5151 William W. McMakin
5150 Raymond D. Temchus, Jr.
5149 Evan M. Ludeman
5148 Charles P.B. Pinson
5147 Kenneth P. Kilbourne
5146 Harold Ennulat
5145 Peter Deane
5144 Alben Lamben
5143 Michael S. Ondeck
5142 H. Ross Chessman
5141 Dale Walker
5140 Fred Fourcher
5139 Bruce H. Patton
5138 J. Michael Cook
5137 Hans H. Clausing
5136 Dieter Becker
5135 Carey G. (Chip) Mumford, III
5134 Miguel W. Gomez
5133 George A. Franklin
5132 Norris D. (Jack) Cash, Jr.
5131 Hayden P. (Gil) Gildersleeve
5130 Amanda S. Pratt²
5129 Anton M. (Tony) Beck
5128 Gregory W. Chaffee
5127 Charles H. Leu
5126 Michael L. Steinberger
5125 John R. Gradishar
5124 Christopher R. Erkmann
5123 Terry A. Canee
5122 John R. Dervaes
5121 Philip B. Corn
5120 Pumal L. McWhorter
5119 Joschim Domeier
5118 Spencer Webb
5117 Nicholas A. (Nick) Leonard
5116 David E. Boehmer
5115 Erik Nelson
5114 Thomas C. Anderson
5113 J. David Wiltshire, II
5112 Robert F. Kuykendall
5111 Drew Landman
5110 Richard S. Hogue
5109 Lewis S. Best
5108 Bruce Laxalt
5107 Kenneth W. Smith
5106 Michael S. Campbell
5105 Gerald J. Zanardelli
5104 Richard H. Payson
5103 Richard E. Thorne
5102 Kevin M. Carraher
5101 Phillip G. Burgess
5100 Edward Beck
5099 Leroy D. Buell
5098 Leon L. Wiggin
5097 Rami Zwick
5096 Stephen A. Ormsbee
5095 Carol Lyn Fuller²
5094 Richard G. Ohlheiser
5093 Jeffrey L. Plantz
5092 Robert L. Hutchens, II
5091 Judith J. (J.J.) Rose²
5090 James A. Caufield, Jr.
5089 Paul M. West
5088 Charles R. (Charlie) Walker
5087 Willis T. Gray
5086 Thomas T. Johnson
5085 Neil D. McLeod
5084 James W. Smalley
5083 Dereesa Purtell²
5082 Roland von Huene
5081 Brian A. Stoops
5080 Thomas M. MacJarrett
5079 John D. Barksdsle
5078 Mark H. Biseli
5077 Willism E. Crouch, Jr.
5076 Robin L. Edwards
5075 John D. Coover
5074 Jim Darke
5073 James W. Neffinger
5072 Steven I. Peretz
5071 Timothy C. Sobol³
5070 Henry Meyerrose
5069 Robert D. Jones
5068 Christopher J. Stoia
5067 David A. MacKenzie
5066 Friedhelm U. Baitis
5065 Douglas R. Carrell
5064 Alan K. Reeter
5063 Thomas F. Ruscitti
5062 Robert M. Bray
5061 James W. Stois
5060 Michelle G. Bray²
5059 Steven F. Boehmer
5058 Francis D. (Gus) McCanby
5057 Jerry L. Ziegler
5056 Lisa M. Mahony²
5055 Gary E. Caner
5054 David Keeling
5053 Jay Newell
5052 William P. Watson
5051 Richard H. Elliott
5050 Timothy M. Carroll
5049 Myron A. Bezenek
5048 Daniel E. Wertman
5047 John D. Godfrey
5046 John M. Dickhoff
5045 Bruce H. (Hank) Robertson
5044 Fred Fricke
5043 Gordon A. Glover
5042 Richard A. Wallace
5041 Brian T. Hadey
5040 Albert V. Shatzel
5039 Robert E. Currie
5038 Gary Hungerford

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

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