Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Silver Badges for 1999


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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.


6124 Bruce C. Roberts
6123 Kevin S. Fleet
6122 Heinz H. Huester
6121 Lee R. Goettsche, Jr.
6120 Robert DeLeon
6119 Arnd Wussing
6118 James Hammond
6117 Thomas J. Ruble
6116 Gregory H. Aicklin
6115 Tom Green
6114 John D. Barr
6113 Bert King
6112 Joseph D. Kutschka
6111 Nolan J. Posey, Jr.
6110 William R. (Bill) Mainord
6109 Colin G. Buckup
6108 Tammie Carswell²
6107 Michael S. Westbrook¹
6106 Jamie W. Guin, Jr.
6105 Bryan Doxey
6104 Robert M. Knight
6103 Ramy Yanetz
6102 Paul Trist, Jr.
6101 Philippe Athuil
6100 Jimmy R. Perry
6099 Ami Arbel
6098 Edward F. Lopez
6097 Michael R. Robison¹
6096 Henry R. Butzel
6095 Kenneth W. Sumpter
6094 L. Alberto Cangahuala
6093 Timothy D. Seymour¹
6092 James D. Pitcher
6091 Matthew Fremont
6090 David B. Starnes
6089 Douglas A. Turner
6088 Steven L. Diehl
6087 Edwin A. Pittard
6086 L. Dave Cunningham
6085 Timothy M. Donovan
6084 Barbara MacLean²
6083 Thomas Kuhfeld
6082 James Shore
6081 Bill R. Hassan
6080 Douglas J. Kyllo
6079 Darren Bedwell
6078 Robert Kramer¹
6077 Dale Jean Pizzo²
6076 Brad Kueven
6075 Michael P. Riley¹
6074 Nigel A. Cripps
6073 John Bentley
6072 Richard A. Hernan Jr.
6071 Richard D. Hensley
6070 Ray D. Lovinggood
6069 Colin J. Barry
6068 Trevor Roach
6067 Walter G. Wilhelm
6066 Thomas F. Cassetta
6065 Terry Lee Wools
6064 Richard S. Chesser
6063 Ed Lindoo
6062 James R. Tilton
6061 George E. Scheer
6060 David J. Brunner³
6059 Graham D. Padgett, Jr.
6058 Jay D. Campbell
6057 Fred Splittgerber
6056 Leigh T. Smith
6055 Robert L. Michael
6054 John Whitney
6053 Steve Garin¹
6052 R. Timothy (Tim) Larsen
6051 Walter J. Brink, II¹
6050 Pat Martin
6049 Lynn D. Alley
6048 Peter Pfoertner
6047 Eric June
6046 Daniel E. Olson
6045 Kurt Strong
6044 R. Jan Martin
6043 Gregory S. Chapman
6042 David P. Latimer

¹ Flown by pilots under age 21
² WSPA
³ All badge legs flown in a 1-26

1998 1998 Silver Badges TOC Silver Badges Table of Contents 2000 2000 Silver Badges


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