US Pilot Categories for the 2007 Contest Year

[ Last updated on Wednesday, 24 January 2007 at 06:43 GMT ]
From the SSA WWW Server: Updated December 28, 1999
"Each year the SSA compiles a Pilot Ranking List from results achieved in SSA-sanctioned competitions during the previous three years. Using this list, pilots are placed into one of four Categories, according to the following scheme:
Pilots whose Pilot Ranking score is greater than 92.0 and pilots who within the previous three years won an SSA Medallion in a sanctioned National Competition (Open, 18-Meter, 15-Meter, Standard, World and Sport classes) are designated as Category I.
Other pilots whose Pilot Ranking score is not less than 86.0 are designated as Category II.
Other pilots whose Pilot Ranking score is not less than 60.0 are designated as Category III.
Other pilots whose Pilot Ranking score is greater than zero are designated as Category IV."
These listings are based on the SSA membership number of the pilot, and their attribution is not always unambiguous. The score sheets frequently just say "Smith", or "Leonard", and there may well be errors in identifying the correct member of the clan. The McX and MacX names may be mutilated as well.
Please help straighten things out, and send along any corrections.
Last updated Wednesday, 24 January 2007 at 06:43 GMT
Category I
[ 66 pilots ]
Athuil, Philippe            Blackburn, L. Andy          Bush, Dale L.               Butler, Richard W.          
Byrd, John M.               Cochrane, John H.           Cole, Daniel G.             Fletcher, Robert W.         
Franke, Manfred W.          Funston, Nelson E.          Gaisford, Phillip Anthony   Garner, James K. 'Chip'     
Gawthrop, Bill              Gere, Jonathan              Giltner, Samuel C.          Gimmey, Ray                 
Indrebo, Rick               Ittner, Gary N.             Jacobs, Douglas L.          Jurado, Alfonso             
Keene, Mark Earl            Kelley, Thomas E.           Kemp, Gary F.               Koenenkamp, Rolf            
Kramer, Dale                Krueger, Wilfried           Kuhlke, Lee                 Langelaan, Willem           
Leonard, Steven             Litt, Baudouin              Lubon, John                 Mann, Erik H.               
Milner, Brian J.            Mockler, David R.           Murphy, Sean P.             Murray, John McLean         
Newfield, Theo              O'Callaghan, Chris          Pin, François G.            Reid, Jayne E.              
Ridenour, Ronald N.         Rinke, Gene                 Robison, Michael R.         Rogers, Walter A.           
Rumpf, Udo                  Saunders, Christopher D.    Schwenkler, Elizabeth J.    Seaborn, Walter John, III   
Seymour, John C.            Smith, Michael F.           Snead, William B.           Sorenson, Kenneth G.        
Springford, David           Stevenson, Malcom David, Jr.Striedieck, Karl H.         Sullivan, Monty Claus       
Szemplinski, Jerzy          Tabery, Ronald S.           Tuckey, Patrick Luke        Van Grunsven, Richard       
Walters, Richard F.         Wayt, Kevin D.              Weissenbuehler, Heinz, Jr.  Westbrook, Michael S.       
Willat, Garret I.           Zimmerman, Sam R., III      


Category II
[ 101 pilots ]
Ashburn, Chris              Baldwin, Harry L.           Baldwin, J. Rand            Barry, Colin                
Bearden, Chip               Bergh, Ralph                Blomquist, Delbert N.       Bojack, John G., Jr.        
Bourland, John B., Jr.      Bramesfeld, Gotz            Browne, Richard Alan        Cannon, Walter B.           
Centka, Janusz              Charchian, Loris J.         Chumley, Wesley R.          Crawley, Edward             
Culbertson, Rick            Deane, Peter                Eiler, Martin J.            Eisenbeiss, Duane           
Eli, Robert W.              Elliott, William P.         Epp, Robert William         Fidler, Robert G.           
Fleming, Chris              Ford, Kevin                 Gertsen, Kai                Gough, Andy F.              
Greenhill, David John       Hamilton, James L., III     Hearn, John Berkeley        Higgins, Michael            
Hill, William G., III       Hollenberg, Randall W.      Hollestelle, Ed, Jr.        Horigan, Richard D., Jr.    
Howell, Harvey L.           Howell, Richard A.          Huenl, Fred                 Hurni, Robert L.            
Huss, Marvin C.             Indrebo, E. James           Kaewert, Bill               Kain, Alexander             
Kerns, William G.           Kilian, Herbert             Kingman, Orion              Knauff, Thomas L.           
Koerner, Steve              Krolikowski, Ryszard        Ladd, Daniel M.             Lauck, Anthony G.           
Lenox, Casey                Leonard, David              Martin, David V.            McAllister, Timothy S.      
McGowin, Tim                McMaster, Leonard R.        Mecklenburg, Greg           Michalik, Stephen A.        
Mockler, Richard T.         Moffat, George B., Jr.      Mueller, Frederick K.       Nadler, David R.            
Nelson, Erik Nels           Newgard, Peter Mike         Nixon, Henry M., Jr.        Norris, James M.            
Northcraft, Stephen A.      Paris, James J.             Pate, E. G.                 Payne, James M.             
Pixton, David H.            Pollard, Donald H.          Ramsey, Marc S.             Retting, Henry P.           
Richardson, Bill            Roehler, Horst              Salkeld, Edwin M., Jr.      Salvo, Robert A.            
Scarpelli, Peter            Schwartz, Ronald Roy        Shepherd, Joseph M.         Silva, Fernando B.          
Sinclair, John S.           Smolder, Clement A., II     Sorenson, Danny Kenneth     Spitz, Robert W.            
Stant, Kirk E.              Stern, Robert J.            Taylor, Timothy A.          Thompson, Mike              
Vakkur, George J.           Vickland, Clayton W.        Wagner, Ted C.              Wasness, Donald S.          
Weir, Walter F.             Welles, Gillette 'Tim'      Woods, Chris                Wrona, John                 
Zimmerman, Arnold           



Category III
[ 260 pilots ]
Acree, Randy                Adams, Aland B.             Adams, Richard R.           Alexander, Peter T.         
Allemann, Rudolph T.        Anderson, Kevin R.          Anderson, Michael           Aniol, Christopher M.       
Apps, John A.               Baird, Jeff G.              Banks, Howard A.            Bargainnier, Devin T.       
Barkow, Thomas A.           Bauder, F. S. 'Bud'         Baughman, Gary              Bell, Don J.                
Beltz, Tom G.               Berry, Wallace D., Jr.      Bird, John                  Blanchi, Christophe         
Bluhm, Eric                 Bogdanovich, Pedja          Borycki, Marek              Bourgeois, Daniel           
Brine, William H., III      Brown, Dennis H.            Buchanan, Roger N.          Burgess, David              
Cameron, Stephen F.         Campbell, Jay D.            Carl, Robert                Carlson, Richard A.         
Carter, Gary E.             Case, Brian F.              Cawby, Walter N.            Chantiles, Dean             
Chouinard, Hal              Clark, Robin                Clark, Roy D., Jr.          Clarke, Ronald William      
Clerx, B. C.                Colacevich, Sergio          Cole, David M.              Conrad, Bruce A.            
Cotter, John J., III        Crook, Gregory M.           Crosina, Mario              Cserfoi, Gyula              
Cumiford, James H., Jr.     Danieli, Barry R.           Deerinck, Chuck             Dennis, Martin              
Desilets, Ronald Scott      Deutsch, Mitchell           Dezzutti, John P.           Dixon, Thomas F.            
Dobberfuhl, James P.        Donovan, Tim                Downing, John C.            Drew, Errol                 
Drury, Bill John            Duncan, Robert M.           Dunigan, Thomas J.          Durbin, Andrew              
Earlywine, John K.          Easton, Douglas J.          Ecklund, Philip C.          Ekdahl, Carl A., Jr.        
Elber, Dirk                 Ennulat, Harold W.          Estrada, Ernesto            Falbaum, Hartley L.         
Falk, Theodore J.           Fanning, David J.           Faris, Bob                  Fineman, Darrell            
Finnell, Donald             Fitzpatrick, Louis, III     Fly, Samuel E.              Fosha, Kathryn M.           
Frantz, Cole                Frantz, James S.            Gadowski, Boguslaw R.       Gager, Jim                  
Galloway, Ray M.            Ganszauge, Mika             Geiger, William             Geisinger, Karen            
Gill, John E. 'Corky'       Goddard, Larry D.           Godfrey, John D.            Good, John F.               
Gossfeld, Timothy F.        Gray, Douglas G.            Green, George D.            Green, Michael I.           
Green, Robert W.            Greenblatt, Robert          Griffin, Todd Randal        Grove, Doris F.             
Gunther, Christian K.       Hall, Richard L.            Hall, William D.            Haller, Theodore R.         
Hansman, John               Harvey, Bob (Robert)        Hauchecorne, Jean-Claude    Heath, Albert C.            
Herron, Matt                Herron, Matt Allison        Higginson, Bob              Hilty, Grant C.             
Hoeth, Hendrik              Hoke, Charlie               Holden, Glenn               Hollenberg, Richard A.      
Holliday, Robert            Holtz, Russell              Howard, Jason               Hubbard, Thomas             
Hudson, Mitchell C.         Hutchinson, Vernon Ray      Jackson, Joe M.             Jackson, Robert D.          
Jaeger, Dieter              Johnson, Guy M.             Jousma, Irwin J.            Kellerman, Richard          
Kelly, Peter J., Jr.        Kelly, Sarah                Kennedy, Nicholas           Koepper, Mark               
Korvick, Mark               Kozlik, Wiktor              Kroesch, Donald F.          Kuchenbecker, Dave          
Kuhfeld, Thomas             Kurreck, Tim                Larimore, Stuart B.         Larsen, Tim                 
Leal, Jonathan              Ledford, David              Leonard, Ronald A.          Leslie, Gregg T.            
Leve, Robert M.             Lewis, Curtis L., Jr.       Liddell, Eric G.            Lineberry, Wesley L.        
Linnekin, Dennis            Liscomb, William P.         Lynch, Mallory B.           Macaulay, Mark A.           
MacKenzie, David A.         Macys, Robert               Maleady, Richard M.         Maronde, Robert G.          
Martin, Tim                 Mason, Steve                Mayes, Brett Rexford        McCarron, Michael E.        
McClary, John M.            McDonald, Louis             McKay, Robert M.            McLaughlin, Steve           
McMaster, Justin            McQuigg, Andrew R.          Mencin, David J.            Mertins, Enrique            
Mirza, Adnan                Mockler, Daniel Joseph      Moore, Chad A.              Moos, Milton H.             
Morrison, Malcolm           Mozer, Eric H.              Mozer, Norman               Mozer, Richard W.           
Nasadowski, Martin W.       Negro, Alberto              Newman, Michael J.          Nockles, William A.         
O'Leary, George             Odehnal, Gary A.            Oldershaw, Paul             Paavola, Stephen H.         
Pala, Angel E.              Pardue, Larry               Paynter, G. Frank           Peterson, L. Rolf           
Peterson, Thomas J., Jr.    Pfiffner, Richard H.        Pfortner, Peter             Phillips, H. C.             
Piggott, Derek, CFI         Pikelny, Motti              Pokorski, James A.          Prather, David W.           
Price, James L.             Purves, Keith               Quas, Robert M., Jr.        Reid, R. Franklin           
Reinholt, Craig J.          Resor, Brian                Richards, Kerry T.          Roelke, Rick                
Rohde, Howard               Romer, David A.             Rossignol, Jerz             Rubenstein, Michael T.      
Ruf, Chris                  Russell, Jeffrey R.         Schaubs, Lothar             Schemmer, Glenn K.          
Schroth, Stefan             Scott, Stan                 Serkowski, Tom              Seymour, David E.           
Shakman, Michael L.         Shaw, Charles W.            Shaw, Joann B.              Siebert, Rolf               
Simmers, Joe                Sinclair, John G.           Siroky, Vitek               Smiley, James G.            
Smith, H. Gilly             Smith, Pendleton W.         Smith, Stephen C.           Smith, Todd                 
Soren, Leonid               Stickle, Rollin J.          Stringfellow, Michael       Stupka, Ferdinand           
Suechting, Conrad           Sullivan, Corey             Sullivan, John              Sutton, Ronald T.           
Taylor, Clyde E.            Terry, Mark                 Thar, William E.            Townsend, Daniel Steve      
Tyler, Allison H., Jr.      Udd, Thomas E.              Ungermann, Chris            Vihlen, Ryan S.             
Von Hellens, C. Robert      Vredenburg, Peter           Vreeken, Dennis             Wajda, Marian               
Wallach, Robert             Walsh, Jim                  Ware, Rob                   Warner, Steven W.           
Weaver, David               Weber, John H.              Weibel, Douglas E.          White, R. Tyler             
Williams, Catherine A.      Willits, Steven Mich        Yorston, John B.            Zieba, Jerry                


Category IV
[ 165 pilots ]
Acee, Moses J.              Alley, Lynn                 Almquist, Ron R.            Alton, Jim                  
Andrews, Richard John       Ball, Robert H.             Banks, Jeff                 Barry, Russell L.           
Batesole, Bill              Bauer, Mitchel              Benson, George              Benson, Oliver Anthony      
Bentley, William            Boerner, Raul D.            Boyce, John R.              Brain, John Valentin        
Branham, Korin              Breau, Edward F.            Brooker, Kevin              Broomfield, D.J.            
Browning, John P.           Bryan, Dan J.               Byrne, Ronald               Cahoon, David               
Calhoun, Garrett P.         Cant, Ian                   Cepak, Bryan                Chapman, Gregory            
Chesser, Richard            Clarke, William P., MD      Clausing, Theodore          Clifford, Ronald B.         
Cluxton, Robert J., III     Coggins, David L.           Coggins, Steven             Cooper, Christophe K.       
Corbin, William P.          Cordell, Paul               Cundiff, Roy S.             Darke, Jim                  
Davis, Matt                 de Baghy, Andre             De La Hunt, Stewart         De Naples, John P.          
De Naples, Patrick          DeRosa, John H.             Dismukes, Robert K.         Domeier, Joachim            
Duncan, Marvin              Dutka, Leslie Anthony       Echeverry, Gonzalo, Jr.     Eddy, Steve                 
Edrei, Michael              Elber, Wolf                 Evans, Gary D.              Evans, Mark Page            
Finegan, Michael S.         Fink, Gary W.               Fletcher, Scott C.          Flores, Joe David           
Frost, Robert               Fuller, Richard G.          Gagen, William              Gerlach, Jeff               
Goddard, J. L.              Graves, R. Steven           Griffin, Charles G.         Gros, Rick                  
Gross, Bernie               Hallerberg, Lee R.          Harris, Roger D.            Harrison, John C.           
Hawkins, Mark               Henderlong, Keith           Herzog, Todd S.             Hohanshelt, Laura           
Holmes, David               Howard, William Guerry      Hradecky, Vit               Iacobucci, John J.          
Ingraham, Don               Jenkins, Duane T.           Johansen, Erling W.         Johnson, Richard H.         
Jones, Reggie               Kaleta, Richard R.          Kasper, Gavin               Kenyon, William E.          
Kibby, Bobby                Kilbourne, Kenneth Paul     Knickerbocker, Shawn        Kochanski, Kenneth J.       
Krider, Jeff                Krolikowski, Tom            Lewis, Rick                 Loomiller, Craig            
Lovinggood, Ray D.          Ludeman, Evan M.            MacPherson, Sarah           Madsen, Shannon R.          
Marsh, Ed                   Martin, William F.          Mason, Steve                McAnerny, Russell R.        
McArthur, Heinz M.          McKnight, Thomas N.         McMullen, Thomas W.         McNulty, Michael            
Mellon, David               Michael, Matt               Miller, Norm                Miralles, Carlos T.         
Morse, Wells                Murphy, John P.             Neumann, Robert Scott       Neumann, Ulrich             
Nichols, Steve              Olson, Daniel E.            Ormsbee, Allen I.           Paget, Valeria              
Palmquist, Neal D.          Perry, Jim                  Peterson, Brent             Phoenix, James M.           
Powell, George W.           Prokes, William J.          Purvis, Chris               Rider, James G.             
Rizzo, James J.             Roberts, Thomas             Rogacki, Tomasz             Ryan, Charles               
Sanders, George H.          Sare, Samuel                Saunders, Mark              Savory, William J.          
Schneider, Joseph           Schomaker, Robert           Sheppe, Rick                Smith, Alan                 
Smith, Stephen              Sovis, Stephen              Starr, Sterling V.          Steadman, Fred, Jr.         
Steen, Jack                 Sullivan, Brent             Tauber, Tom                 Taylor, Donald K.           
Thomas, Clayton J.          Travers, Lawrence W.        Trist, Paul W., Jr.         Utley, Brian G.             
Volkober, John              Voltz, Fredrick             Walker, James R.            Watkins, Larry              
Webb, Randol                Wichman, Todd               Willis, David D.            Willis, John M.             
Winter, Fred                Yeates, Charles M.          Zeug, Leon                  Zivley, Mark A.             
Ziwica, Karl-Heinz
¹ One year extension for having served as a contest official: Cluxton, Robert J., III
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