Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Silver Badges for 1998


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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.


6041 William H. Tisdale³
6040 Malcolm Morrison
6039 Michael L. Simmons
6038 Jimmy Kramer
6037 Jim Walsh
6036 Ed Raney
6035 William R. Holmberg
6034 Bob Kibby
6033 Lawrence Tuohino
6032 Cynthia Brickner²
6031 Daniel G. Cole
6030 Paul Bowmar³
6029 Brian Lewis
6028 Thomas C. Curran
6027 George C. Benson
6026 Marshall Haines
6025 Tipton J. Russell
6024 Tony Grechter
6023 Donna M. Smith²
6022 John R. Davis
6021 Richard Mozer
6020 Glenn Holden
6019 J. Don Bell
6018 Mark J. Hufe
6017 William V. Harding
6016 Gary Bushouse
6015 Don A. Blane
6014 Donald Finnell
6013 Wm. Scott Kemper
6012 David W. Cahoon
6011 Thomas Hubbard
6010 Russell Barry
6009 Jan Zatloukal
6008 Edward M. Skalniak
6007 Gary Baughman
6006 David L. Nye
6005 Michael McNulty
6004 Charles S. Thaeler, III
6003 Marc S. Ramsey
6002 Ian Nadas
6001 Skip Pease
6000 Sven Pole
5999 Dale Hadley
5998 Andrew Pearce
5997 Michael A. Rossi
5996 Theodore Grussing
5995 Mallory Lynch
5994 Mark R. Cleare
5993 Jamil V. Husain
5992 Edward J. Winchester
5991 Gerry Wild
5990 Rolland C. Thompson
5989 Jo Ann Dittert²
5988 Donald R. Landeck
5987 John Whitney
5986 James W. Hiler
5985 Bob Davis
5984 Robert M. Herndon, Jr.
5983 Roger B. Somerville
5982 Jack E. Steen
5981 Brent Young
5980 Jay Gardner
5979 Charles Benham
5978 James R. David
5977 Robert R. Holliday
5976 Adnan H. Mirza

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

1997 1997 Silver Badges TOC Silver Badges Table of Contents 1999 1999 Silver Badges


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