Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Silver Badges for 1997


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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.


5975 Justin Poet
5974 Scott L. Wiley
5973 Larry D. Albin
5972 Larry Neal
5971 Richard George
5970 Dan Tench
5969 John B. Yorston
5968 Neal J. Pfeiffer
5967 Dirk Elber
5966 Eugene H. Carapetyan
5965 James G. Rider
5964 Claudio L. Palmaz
5963 Peter H. Donath, Jr.³
5962 Jarno Kilian
5961 Mark Zivley
5960 Peter Braswell
5959 Mace German
5958 Bill Poore
5957 Thomas Udd
5956 Elmer Udd
5955 James E. Hendrix, Jr.
5954 Doug Levy
5953 Jack A. Widner
5952 Louis Crocker
5951 David L. Smith
5950 Rodman Smythe
5949 Danny Brotto
5948 Michaela (Caelie) Skalniak²
5947 Garold E. Bramblett
5946 Robert A. Whitehead
5945 Harold N. Klaser
5944 Geoffrey Stone
5943 Martin Nasadowski
5942 Fred Bane
5941 Robert J. Broadwell
5940 Stephen C. Ascher
5939 James M. McDaniel
5938 Richard E. Junk
5937 Jerry Savage
5936 Frank R. Pascale
5935 Randy L. Roth
5934 Don L. Johnson
5933 Gene P. Shea
5932 George D. Burns
5931 Jan Henri Cocatre-Zilgien
5930 Barry D. Woodberry
5929 Jon M. Wells
5928 Orrin B. Beckham
5927 James R. Brandt
5926 Charles B. Gray
5925 Douglas E. Weibel
5924 Peter Zawadski³
5923 Brian Collins
5922 Oliver Spatscheck
5921 Conrad Suechting
5920 James W. Gager³
5919 Ken Olson
5918 Joseph G. Wilson
5917 Peter Stauble³
5916 Louise St-O Hibbard²
5915 John S. Hodgson
5914 Joe C. Parrish
5913 Donald R. Malin
5912 Russell D. Holtz
5911 David P. Laitinen
5910 William C. Andersen
5908 Jens P. Aarnaes
5907 Kenneth Pruchnik
5906 Evelyn M.E. Davis²
5905 Robert Gross
5904 Ira Phillips, III

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

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