Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Silver Badges for 2000


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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.


6209 Jeffrey H. Stringer
6208 Lane M. Decker
6207 Laura Sue Hohanshelt²
6206 Sarah E. Anderson²
6205 Michael F. Abernathy
6204 Louis Fitzpatrick, III
6203 David D. Willis
6202 James Emken
6201 Robert L. Reilman
6200 Lawrence L. Lewis
6199 Rolf Siebert
6198 Kevin Zeltmann
6197 William H. Bentley
6196 Gary Evans
6195 Thomas R. Johnston
6194 Chris Haerter
6193 Jerry L. Carroll
6192 Brian F. Case
6191 Christopher L. Hanks
6190 Ruben Zelwer
6189 Parke Byron
6188 Scott L. Stanford
6187 Darren Liby
6186 James B. Nick
6185 Mark Navarre
6184 Dieter Jaeger
6183 Norman Badenhop, Jr.
6182 Rudolf A. Heer
6181 Tom Krolikowski¹
6180 Gary Buxton
6179 William Corbin
6178 Charles Zabinski
6177 Eric R. Westphal
6176 Paul S. Rehm
6175 Patrick Page
6174 Erik P. Timblin¹
6173 Brent W. Cordill
6172 Bruce L. McNaughton
6171 Jon M. LaRue
6170 Joshua Burczynski¹
6169 Sheldon Pinchuk
6168 Thomas M. Rent
6167 Terry W. VanNoy
6166 Wayne E. McLellan
6165 Michael A. Reyes
6164 Michael Higgins
6163 Charles Ryan
6162 Kevin S. Anderson¹
6161 William C. Keith
6160 Kevin Pfeiffer¹
6159 Richard C. Holzwarth
6158 James N. Sweet
6157 Stephen F. Cameron
6156 Matthew Coulliette
6155 William E. Rea
6154 Dan Bryan³
6153 James C. Cravcraft
6152 Donald Horton
6151 David Shelton¹
6150 Gennaro Avolio
6149 John D. Fowler, Jr.
6148 Richard Roelke
6147 Charles D. House
6146 Christopher D. Saunders¹
6145 Thomas C. Christensen
6144 Richard L. Harris
6143 Paul Gunn
6142 Todd S. Herzog
6141 Kevin Anderson³
6140 Eliel F. DeLaPaz
6139 John F. Welniak
6138 Rik Fritz
6137 George T. Fish
6136 George H. Sanders
6135 Markus M.L. Crepaz
6134 Frederick Mueller
6133 Tim McNamara
6132 Christopher J. Sanders
6131 Gregory S. Ellis
6130 Claude M. Berthoud
6129 Ronald J. Phillips
6128 Barton L. Tate
6127 John McGregor
6126 Benjamin W. Jeffrey
6125 Robert O'Neal

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

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