US Pilot Categories for the 2008 Contest Year

[ Last updated on Monday, 07 April 2008 at 06:36 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 Monday, 07 April 2008 at 06:36 GMT
Category I
[ 61 pilots ]
Athuil, Philippe                          Blackburn, L. Andy                        Bush, Dale L.                             Butler, Richard W.                        
Byrd, John M.                             Cochrane, John H.                         Deane, Peter                              Elliott, William P.                       
Fletcher, Robert W.                       Franke, Manfred W.                        Funston, Nelson E.                        Gaisford, Phillip Anthony                 
Garner, James K. 'Chip'                   Gere, Jonathan                            Giltner, Samuel C.                        Gimmey, Ray                               
Ittner, Gary N.                           Jacobs, Douglas L.                        Jurado, Alfonso                           Keene, Mark Earl                          
Kelley, Thomas E.                         Kemp, Gary F.                             Kramer, Dale                              Kroesch, Donald F.                        
Kuhlke, Lee                               Leonard, Steven                           Litt, Baudouin                            Lubon, John                               
Mann, Erik H.                             Milner, Brian J.                          Mockler, David R.                         Murphy, Sean P.                           
Murray, John McLean                       Newfield, Theo                            Nixon, Henry M., Jr.                      O'Callaghan, Chris                        
Pin, François G.                          Ridenour, Ronald N.                       Robison, Michael R.                       Rogers, Walter A.                         
Russell, Jeffrey R.                       Saunders, Christopher D.                  Schwartz, Ronald Roy                      Schwenkler, Elizabeth J.                  
Seaborn, Walter John, III                 Seymour, John C.                          Smith, Michael F.                         Snead, William B.                         
Sorenson, Kenneth G.                      Springford, David                         Striedieck, Karl H.                       Sullivan, Monty Claus                     
Tuckey, Patrick Luke                      Tyler, Allison H., Jr.                    Van Grunsven, Richard                     Walters, Richard F.                       
Weissenbuehler, Heinz, Jr.                Westbrook, Michael S.                     Willat, Garret I.                         Wills, Gavin                              
Zimmerman, Sam R., III                    


Category II
[ 116 pilots ]
Ashburn, Chris                            Baldwin, Harry L.                         Baldwin, J. Rand                          Barry, Colin                              
Bearden, Chip                             Bergh, Ralph                              Berry, Wallace D., Jr.                    Blomquist, Delbert N.                     
Bojack, John G., Jr.                      Bourland, John B., Jr.                    Browne, Richard Alan                      Byrne, Ronald                             
Caldwell, Robert                          Cannon, Walter B.                         Charchian, Loris J.                       Chouinard, Hal                            
Clark, Robin                              Clarke, Ronald William                    Crawley, Edward                           Culbertson, Rick                          
Cumiford, James H., Jr.                   Daye, Jeff                                Deutsch, Mitchell                         Dezzutti, John P.                         
Echeverry, Gonzalo, Jr.                   Eiler, Martin J.                          Eisenbeiss, Duane                         Epp, Robert William                       
Faris, Bob                                Fidler, Robert G.                         Fleming, Chris                            Ford, Kevin                               
Gawthrop, Bill                            Gertsen, Kai                              Goddard, Larry D.                         Gough, Andy F.                            
Green, George D.                          Greenhill, David John                     Hamilton, James L., III                   Hearn, John Berkeley                      
Henderson, Graeme W.                      Higgins, Michael                          Hill, William G., III                     Hollenberg, Randall W.                    
Hollestelle, Ed, Jr.                      Holliday, Robert                          Horigan, Richard D., Jr.                  Howell, Richard A.                        
Huenl, Fred                               Hurni, Robert L.                          Huss, Marvin C.                           Iacobucci, John J.                        
Indrebo, Rick                             Kain, Alexander                           Kain, Alexander & Bamberg, Michael        Kerns, William G.                         
Kilian, Herbert                           Kingman, Orion                            Koerner, Steve                            Krolikowski, Ryszard                      
Krueger, Wilfried                         Ladd, Daniel M.                           Larimore, Stuart B.                       Lenox, Casey                              
Leonard, David                            MacKenzie, David A.                       Martin, David V.                          Mayes, Brett Rexford                      
McAllister, Timothy S.                    McGowin, Tim                              McMaster, Leonard R.                      Mecklenburg, Greg                         
Mertins, Enrique                          Michalik, Stephen A.                      Moffat, George B., Jr.                    Mueller, Frederick K.                     
Nadler, David R.                          Negro, Alberto                            Nelson, Erik Nels                         Newfield, Theo & Wills, Gavin             
Norris, James M.                          Northcraft, Stephen A.                    Paris, James J.                           Pate, E. G.                               
Payne, James M.                           Paynter, G. Frank                         Pixton, David H.                          Retting, Henry P.                         
Richardson, Bill                          Rinke, Gene                               Roehler, Horst                            Ruehle, William R.                        
Salkeld, Edwin M., Jr.                    Scarpelli, Peter                          Shakman, Michael L.                       Shepherd, Joseph M.                       
Silva, Fernando B.                        Sinclair, John S.                         Smolder, Clement A., II                   Sorenson, Danny Kenneth                   
Spitz, Robert W.                          Stant, Kirk E.                            Stevenson, Malcom David, Jr.              Sullivan, Corey                           
Szemplinski, Jerzy                        Tabery, Ronald S.                         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                              Zimmerman, Arnold                         


Category III
[ 255 pilots ]
Acree, Randy                              Adams, Aland B.                           Adams, Richard R.                         Alexander, Peter T.                       
Anderson, Kevin R.                        Anderson, Kevin R. & Kelly, Sarah         Aniol, Christopher M.                     Ansari, Morteza                           
Baird, Jeff G.                            Bamberg, Michael                          Banarhall, John                           Banks, Howard A.                          
Bargainnier, Devin T.                     Barkow, Thomas A.                         Bauder, F. S. 'Bud'                       Baughman, Gary                            
Bell, Kenneth F.                          Benson, Oliver Anthony                    Bird, John                                Blanchi, Christophe                       
Bluhm, Eric                               Bogdanovich, Pedja                        Bourgeois, Daniel                         Bramesfeld, Gotz                          
Brooks, Michael                           Brown, Dennis H.                          Buchanan, Roger N.                        Burgess, David                            
Burton, A. W.                             Cameron, Stephen F.                       Campbell, Jay D.                          Carl, Robert                              
Carter, Gary E.                           Cawby, Walter N.                          Chantiles, Dean                           Christner, Kevin                          
Clark, Roy D., Jr.                        Clarke, William P., MD                    Clerx, B. C.                              Colacevich, Sergio                        
Cole, Daniel G.                           Cole, David M.                            Conrad, Bruce A.                          Cotter, John J., III                      
Crosina, Mario                            Cserfoi, Gyula                            de Baghy, Andre                           De Naples, Patrick & Schwartz, Ronald Roy 
Deerinck, Chuck                           DeLeon, Robert                            Dennis, Martin                            Desilets, Ronald Scott                    
Dixon, Thomas F.                          Dobberfuhl, James P.                      Donovan, Tim                              Downing, John C.                          
Drew, Errol                               Drury, Bill John                          Dunigan, Thomas J.                        Earlywine, John K.                        
Earlywine, John K. & Piggott, Derek, CFI  Easton, Douglas J.                        Ecklund, Philip C.                        Elber, Dirk                               
Ennulat, Harold W.                        Falbaum, Hartley L.                       Falk, Theodore J.                         Fanning, David J.                         
Finnell, Donald                           Fitzpatrick, Louis, III                   Fosha, Kathryn M.                         Frantz, Cole                              
Frantz, James S.                          Gadowski, Boguslaw R.                     Gager, Jim                                Ganszauge, Mika                           
Garcia, Michael D.                        Gatkiewicz, Ryszard                       Geiger, William                           Gill, John E. 'Corky'                     
Gill, John E. 'Corky' & Acee, Moses J.    Godfrey, John D.                          Good, John F.                             Gossfeld, Timothy F.                      
Gough, Chris                              Gray, Douglas G.                          Green, Michael I.                         Green, Robert W.                          
Greenblatt, Robert                        Griffin, Todd Randal                      Gunther, Christian K.                     Hall, William D.                          
Haller, Theodore R.                       Hanke, George                             Hansman, John                             Harris, Roger D.                          
Harvey, Bob (Robert)                      Hauchecorne, Jean-Claude                  Herron, Matt                              Herron, Matt Allison                      
Herron, Matt Allison & Herron, Matt       Higginson, Bob                            Hilty, Grant C.                           Hoeth, Hendrik                            
Hoke, Charlie                             Holden, Glenn                             Hollenberg, Richard A.                    Holtz, Russell                            
Howard, Jason                             Howard, William Guerry                    Howell, Harvey L.                         Howell, Richard A. & Walsh, Jim           
Hradecky, Vit                             Hudson, Mitchell C.                       Hutchinson, Vernon Ray                    Indrebo, E. James                         
Jackson, Joe M.                           Jackson, Robert D.                        Jaeger, Dieter                            Johnson, Guy M.                           
Jousma, Irwin J.                          Kaewert, Bill                             Kellerman, Richard                        Kelly, Sarah                              
Kennedy, Nicholas                         Knauff, Thomas L.                         Kochanski, Kenneth J.                     Koenenkamp, Rolf                          
Koepper, Mark                             Kozlik, Wiktor                            Kroh, Alwin                               Kuchenbecker, Dave                        
Kuhfeld, Thomas                           Langelaan, Willem                         Larsen, Tim                               Lauck, Anthony G.                         
Leal, Jonathan                            Ledford, David                            Leslie, Gregg T.                          Leve, Robert M.                           
Lewis, Curtis L., Jr.                     Liddell, Eric G.                          Lineberry, Wesley L.                      Linnekin, Dennis                          
Liscomb, William P.                       Little, Jim                               Lovinggood, Ray D.                        Macys, Robert                             
Maleady, Richard M.                       Maronde, Robert G.                        Martin, Jack                              Martin, Jack &                            
Martin, Tim                               Mason, Steve                              McArthur, Heinz M.                        McCarron, Michael E.                      
McClary, John M.                          McDonald, Louis                           McKay, Robert M.                          McKnight, Thomas N.                       
McLaughlin, Steve                         McMaster, Justin                          McQuigg, Andrew R.                        Mockler, Daniel Joseph                    
Mockler, Richard T.                       Moore, Chad A.                            Moos, Milton H.                           Mozer, Eric H.                            
Mozer, Norman                             Mozer, Richard W.                         Nasadowski, Martin W.                     Neumann, Ulrich                           
Newfield, Stephen                         Newgard, Peter Mike                       Newman, Michael J.                        Nockles, William A.                       
O'Leary, George                           Odehnal, Gary A.                          Oldershaw, Paul                           Ossorio, Alfonso H.                       
Owen, Richard P.                          Pala, Angel E.                            Palmquist, Neal D.                        Peters, Andrew A.                         
Peterson, L. Rolf                         Peterson, Thomas J., Jr.                  Pfiffner, Richard H.                      Pfortner, Peter                           
Phillips, H. C.                           Pikelny, Motti                            Poe, Michael T.                           Pokorski, James A.                        
Pollard, Donald H.                        Prather, David W.                         Price, James L.                           Purves, Keith                             
Quas, Robert M., Jr.                      Ramsey, Marc S.                           Rehm, Paul S.                             Reinholt, Craig J.                        
Resor, Brian                              Richards, Kerry T.                        Roelke, Rick                              Rossignol, Jerz                           
Rubenstein, Michael T.                    Ruf, Chris                                Rumpf, Udo                                Salvo, Robert A.                          
Savage, John E.G.                         Schaefer, Richard T.                      Schroth, Stefan                           Scott, Stan                               
Serkowski, Tom                            Shaw, Charles W.                          Shaw, Joann B.                            Shugg, Greg                               
Simmers, Joe                              Siroky, Vitek                             Smiley, James G.                          Smith, H. Gilly                           
Smith, Pendleton W.                       Smith, Todd                               Springford, Larry                         Starr, Sterling V.                        
Stern, Robert J.                          Stickle, Rollin J.                        Stringfellow, Michael                     Stupka, Ferdinand                         
Sullivan, John                            Sutton, Ronald T.                         Taylor, Clyde E.                          Thar, William E.                          
Townsend, Daniel Steve                    Udd, Thomas E.                            Ungermann, Chris                          Vihlen, Ryan S.                           
Vihlen, Steven C.                         Von Hellens, C. Robert                    Vredenburg, Peter                         Vreeken, Dennis                           
Wajda, Marian                             Walker, Jack A., Jr.                      Wallach, Robert                           Walsh, Jim                                
Ware, Rob                                 Warner, Steven W.                         Weibel, Douglas E.                        Welles, David S.                          
White, R. Tyler                           Wichman, Todd                             Willat, Boyd Jason                        Williams, Catherine A.                    
Willits, Steven Mich                      Yorston, John B.                          Zieba, Jerry                              



Category IV
[ 162 pilots ]
Acee, Moses J.                            Almquist, Ron R.                          Alton, Jim                                Andrews, Richard John                     
Augustin, Marc                            Banks, Jeff                               Bargainnier, David R.                     Barry, Russell L.                         
Batesole, Bill                            Bauer, Mitchel                            Beckman, James E.                         Beckwith, Ted, Jr.                        
Bell, Don J.                              Benson, George                            Bentley, William                          Boerner, Raul D.                          
Bourbeau, Gabriel                         Bourbeau, Gabriel & Miller, Norm          Boyce, John R.                            Brain, John Valentin                      
Brayer, Andrew                            Breau, Edward F.                          Brine, William H., III                    Brinkman, William G.                      
Brooker, Kevin                            Browning, John P.                         Bryan, Dan J.                             Cant, Ian                                 
Cepak, Bryan                              Chesser, Richard                          Chumley, Wesley R.                        Cluxton, Robert J., III                   
Coggins, David L.                         Coggins, Steven                           Cooper, Christophe K.                     Cordell, Paul                             
Crawford, Elliot                          Crawford, Elliot & Sitver, Edward S.      Cundiff, Roy S.                           Darke, Jim                                
Davis, Matt                               Davis, Robert L.                          De La Hunt, Stewart                       De Naples, Patrick                        
DeRosa, John H.                           DeRubeis, James                           Dismukes, Robert K.                       Domeier, Joachim                          
Dukerich, Tom                             Duncan, Robert M.                         Durbin, Andrew                            Dutka, Leslie Anthony                     
Edrei, Michael                            Ekdahl, Carl A., Jr.                      Elber, Wolf                               Estrada, Ernesto                          
Evans, Mark Page                          Finegan, Michael S.                       Fletcher, Scott C.                        Flores, Joe David                         
Fly, Samuel E.                            Frost, Robert                             Fuller, Richard G.                        Gagen, William                            
Galloway, Ray M.                          Geisinger, Karen                          Gerlach, Jeff                             Goddard, J. L.                            
Graves, R. Steven                         Graves, R. Steven & Willis, John M.       Gros, Rick                                Hardy, Dana                               
Harrison, John C.                         Hawkins, Mark                             Henderlong, Keith                         Heneghan, Tim                             
Herzog, Todd S.                           Hohanshelt, Laura                         Hubbard, Thomas                           Iglesias, Hector E.                       
Ingraham, Don                             Jenkins, Duane T.                         Johansen, Erling W.                       Johnson, Gustav                           
Jones, Reggie                             Kaleta, Richard R.                        Kasper, Gavin                             Keil, Carl                                
Kibby, Bobby                              Kilbourne, Kenneth Paul                   Krider, Jeff                              Krolikowski, Tom                          
Kurreck, Tim                              Lewis, Rick                               Loomiller, Craig                          Ludeman, Evan M.                          
Macaulay, Mark A.                         MacPherson, Sarah                         Madsen, Shannon R.                        Marsh, Ed                                 
Martin, William F.                        Mason, Steve                              Mavrotheris, Theodore                     McKrell, Matthew                          
McMullen, Thomas W.                       Mellon, David                             Michael, Matt                             Miller, Norm                              
Miralles, Carlos T.                       Morrison, Malcolm                         Mott, Richard C.                          Murphy, John P.                           
Nau, Thomas W.                            Neumann, Robert Scott                     Nichols, Steve                            Olson, Daniel E.                          
Ormsbee, Allen I.                         Paavola, Stephen H.                       Paget, Valeria                            Peters, Daniel Jon                        
Peterson, Brent                           Piggott, Derek, CFI                       Powell, George W.                         Prokes, William J.                        
Purvis, Chris                             Reid, Jayne E.                            Reid, R. Franklin                         Rettig, William L.                        
Rider, James G.                           Rizzo, James J.                           Roberts, Larry L.                         Roberts, Thomas                           
Rogacki, Tomasz                           Rohde, Howard                             Ryan, Charles                             Sare, Samuel                              
Saunders, Mark                            Schaubs, Lothar                           Schneider, Joseph                         Schomaker, Robert                         
Scott, Stan & Liddell, Eric G.            Sheppe, Rick                              Sitver, Edward S.                         Smith, Stephen                            
Smith, Stephen C.                         Sovis, Stephen                            Szafarczyk, Sylvia                        Tax, Cal W.                               
Thomas, Clayton J.                        Travers, Lawrence W.                      Turiano, Anthony                          Walker, James R.                          
Watkins, Larry                            Weaver, David                             Weber, John H.                            Willis, David D.                          
Willis, John M.                           Winter, Fred                              Wirz, Nicholas                            Yeates, Charles M.                        
Zeug, Leon                                Ziwica, Karl-Heinz
¹ One year extension for having served as a contest official: Hamilton, James L., III
"3.2 Extension of Entry Priority A non-entrant who acts as a contest official named in Rule 3.1 and who is listed in the SSA Pilot Ranking List is eligible for a one-year extension on that list. Such an extension must be requested of the SSA in writing and may not occur more often than once in three years."
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