US Pilot Categories for the 2009 Contest Year

[ Last updated on Monday, 12 October 2009 at 11:04 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, 12 October 2009 at 11:04 GMT
Category I
[ 74 pilots ]
                             Athuil, Phillip              Bearden, Chip                Bush, Dale L.                
Butler, Richard W.           Byrd, John M.                Cochrane, John H.            Cundiff, Roy S.              
Deane, Peter                 Elliott, William P.          Fletcher, Robert W.          Franke, Manfred W.           
Gaisford, Phillip Anthony    Garner, James K. 'Chip'      Gawthrop, Bill               Geiger, Elizabeth J.         
Gere, Jonathan               Giltner, Samuel C.           Gimmey, Ray                  Greenhill, David John        
Huss, Marvin C.              Indrebo, Rick                Ittner, Gary N.              Jacobs, Douglas L.           
Keene, Mark Earl             Kelley, Thomas E.            Koenenkamp, Rolf             Kramer, Dale                 
Kroesch, Donald F.           Leonard, David               Leonard, Steven              Litt, Baudouin               
Lubon, John                  Mann, Erik H.                McKnight, Thomas N.          McMaster, Leonard R.         
Milner, Brian J.             Mockler, Richard T.          Mozer, Eric H.               Murphy, Sean P.              
Murray, John McLean          Nadler, David R.             Nichols, Steve               Nixon, Henry M., Jr.         
Northcraft, Stephen A.       O'Callaghan, Chris           Pin, François G.             Ridenour, Ronald N.          
Robison, Michael R.          Ruehle, William R.           Russell, Jeffrey R.          Saunders, Christopher D.     
Schwartz, Ronald Roy         Seaborn, Walter John, III    Seymour, John C.             Smith, Michael F.            
Smith, Mike                  Snead, William B.            Sorenson, Kenneth G.         Springford, David            
Striedieck, Karl H.          Sullivan, Corey              Sullivan, Monty Claus        Tabery, Ronald S.            
Tuckey, Patrick Luke         Tyler, Allison H., Jr.       Walker, Jack A., Jr.         Walters, Richard F.          
Weissenbuehler, Heinz, Jr.   Welles, Gillette 'Tim'       Westbrook, Michael S.        Willat, Garret I.            
Woods, Chris                 Zimmerman, Sam R., III       


Category II
[ 117 pilots ]
Acree, Randy                 Adams, Aland B.              Alexander, Peter T.          Ashburn, Chris               
Baldwin, J. Rand             Bargainnier, Devin T.        Bergh, Ralph                 Berry, Wallace D., Jr.       
Birecki, Henryk              Blackburn, Andy              Blanchi, Christophe          Bourgeois, Roy A.            
Byrne, Ronald                Caldwell, Robert             Cannon, Walter B.            Chouinard, Hal               
Clark, Robin                 Clarke, Ronald William       Cole, Daniel G.              Coucke, David                
Culbertson, Rick             Cumiford, James H., Jr.      Daye, Jeff                   Deutsch, Mitchell            
Dezzutti, John               Dutka, Leslie Anthony        Echeverry, Gonzalo, Jr.      Eisenbeiss, Duane            
Faris, Bob                   Fleming, Chris               Ford, Kevin                  Franke, Sean Robert          
Funston, Nelson E.           Gager, Jim                   Gertsen, Kai                 Goddard, Larry D.            
Good, John F.                Gough, Andy F.               Grant, Martin                Green, George D.             
Green, Michael I.            Hauchecorne, Jean-Claude     Higgins, Michael             Hill, William G., III        
Hollenberg, Randall W.       Hollestelle, Ed, Jr.         Holliday, Robert             Horigan, Richard D., Jr.     
Huenl, Fred                  Hutchinson, Vernon Ray       Jurado, Alfonso              Kellerman, Richard           
Kelly, Peter J., Jr.         Kelly, Sarah                 Kennedy, Nicholas            Kerns, William G.            
Kilian, Herbert              Kingman, Orion               Koerner, Steve               Konesky, Frank               
Krolikowski, Ryszard         Krueger, Wilfried            Ladd, Daniel M.              Larimore, Stuart B.          
Lenox, Casey                 Leslie, Gregg T.             Ludeman, Evan M.             MacKenzie, David A.          
Martin, David V.             Martin, Tim                  Mayes, Brett Rexford         McAllister, Timothy S.       
McDonald, Louis              McGowin, Tim                 McLaughlin, Steve            Mecklenburg, Greg            
Mertins, Enrique             Negro, Alberto               Nelson, Erik Nels            Newgard, Peter Mike          
Paris, James J.              Parker, Michael Noel         Parker, Richard              Pate, E. G.                  
Paynter, G. Frank            Pixton, David H.             Price, James L.              Reid, Jayne E.               
Reid, R. Franklin            Retting, Henry P.            Richardson, Bill             Roehler, Horst               
Roelke, Rick                 Rogers, Walter A.            Ruf, Chris                   Schroth, Stefan              
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. Szemplinski, Jerzy           Taylor, Tim                  Taylor, Timothy A.           
Thompson, Mike               Ungermann, Chris             Van Grunsven, Richard        Vickland, Clayton W.         
Von Hellens, C. Robert       Wasness, Donald S.           Weibel, Douglas E.           Weir, Walter F.              
Zieba, Jerry                 



Category III
[ 263 pilots ]
Adams, Richard R.            Alexander, Scott             Allen, Frank P.              Alspaugh, Jake               
Anderson, Kevin R.           Andrews, Richard John        Aniol, Christopher M.        Ansari, Morteza              
Arndt, Steve                 Baird, Jeff G.               Baldwin, Harry L.            Bamberg, Michael             
Banarhall, John              Banks, Howard A.             Bargainnier, David R.        Barkow, Thomas A.            
Barry, Colin                 Bauder, F. S. BUD            Baughman, Gary               Bell, Don J.                 
Bell, Kenneth F.             Benetti-Longhini, Leo        Benson, Oliver Anthony       Bird, Michael Mr.            
Blair, Charles L.            Blomquist, Delbert N.        Bogdanovich, Pedja           Bojack, John G., Jr.         
Borycki, Marek               Bourgeois, Daniel            Bourland, John B., Jr.       Brain, John Valentin         
Brooks, Michael              Buchanan, Roger N.           Burgess, David               Burton, A. W.                
Byrne, Michael G.            Cameron, Stephen F.          Campbell, Jay D.             Carl, Robert                 
Carter, Gary E.              Cawby, Walter N.             Chantiles, Dean              Charchian, Loris (Lorry) J.  
Clarke, William P., MD       Clerx, B. C.                 Cluxton, Robert J., III      Coggins, Steven              
Colacevich, Sergio           Cole, David M.               Conrad, Bruce A.             Cordell, Paul                
Cornay, Ray J., III          Cotter, John J., III         Crawford, Elliot             Crosina, Mario               
Cserfoi, Gyula               de Baghy, Andre              Deerinck, Chuck              DeLeon, Robert               
Dennis, Martin               Dezzutti, John P.            Dixon, Thomas F.             Dobberfuhl, James P.         
Downing, John C.             Drew, Errol                  Dukerich, Tom                Durbin, Andrew               
Earlywine, John K.           Ecklund, Philip C.           Elber, Dirk                  Ennulat, Harold W.           
Epp, Robert William          Falbaum, Hartley L.          Falk, Theodore J.            Fanning, David J.            
Farnsworth, Virginia         Fidler, Robert G.            Fineman, Darrell             Finger, Jim                  
Finnell, Donald              Fitzpatrick, Louis, III      Fleming, Robin G.            Fletcher, Scott C.           
Flores, Joe David            Fosha, Kathryn M.            Fowler, Roger                Frantz, James S.             
Gadowski, Boguslaw R.        Ganszauge, Mika              Garrison, James C.           Gatkiewicz, Ryszard          
Geiger, William              Gill, John E. 'Corky'        Godfrey, John D.             Gore, Charles                
Gossfeld, Tim                Gough, Chris                 Gray, Douglas G.             Greenblatt, Robert           
Gunther, Christian K.        Gurnett, Donald A.           Haller, Theodore R.          Hamilton, James L., III      
Hanke, George                Hansman, John                Harris, Roger D.             Harvey, Bob (Robert)         
Heneghan, Tim                Herron, Matt                 Herron, Matt Allison         Higginson, Bob               
Hilty, Grant C.              Holden, Glenn                Hollenberg, Richard A.       Holtz, Russell               
Howard, William Guerry       Howell, Harvey L.            Howell, Richard A.           Hradecky, Vit                
Hurni, Robert L.             Indrebo, E. James            Jackson, Joe M.              Jackson, Robert D.           
Johnson, Guy M.              Kain, Alexander              Kelley, Glen A.              Kilbourne, Kenneth Paul      
Klix, Christian H.           Knauff, Thomas L.            Kobus, Andrzej               Kochanski, Kenneth J.        
Krolikowski, Tomasz          Kuhlke, Lee                  Lamb, Jim L.                 Langelaan, Willem            
Larsen, Tim                  Leal, Jonathan               Leve, Robert M.              Lewis, Curtis L., Jr.        
Lewis, Trace                 Liddell, Eric G.             Lindeman, Robert J.          Lineberry, Wesley L.         
Linnekin, Dennis             Liscomb, William P.          Little, Jim                  Lombard, Jacobus G.          
Lovinggood, Ray D.           Maag, Andrew                 Macys, Robert                Madsen, Shannon R.           
Maleady, Richard M.          Mampe, Charles D., III       Mandelbaum, Juan             McArthur, Heinz M.           
McCarron, Michael E.         McKrell, Matthew             McMaster, Justin             McQuigg, Andrew R.           
Michalik, Stephen A.         Moffat, George B., Jr.       Molidor, Gerry, Jr.          Moore, Thomas V.             
Moos, Milton H.              Morehardt, Robert, Jr.       Morozov, Sergei              Morss, Dave                  
Mozer, Norman                Mozer, Richard W.            Mueller, Frederick K.        Nasadowski, Martin W.        
Neumann, Ulrich              Newfield, Stephen            Newfield, Theo               Newman, Michael              
Newman, Michael J.           O'Leary, George              Odehnal, Gary A.             Oldershaw, Paul              
Ossorio, Alfonso H.          Owen, Richard P.             Packard, Michael             Pala, Angel E.               
Peters, Andrew A.            Petersen, Charles            Peterson, L. Rolf            Peterson, Thomas J., Jr.     
Pfiffner, Richard H.         Pfortner, Peter              Pikelny, Motti               Poe, Michael T.              
Pokorski, James A.           Pollard, Donald H.           Prather, David W.            Purves, Keith                
Quas, Robert M., Jr.         Ramm, Darryl                 Rehm, Paul S.                Reid, Michael R.             
Reinholt, Craig J.           Resor, Brian                 Richards, Kerry T.           Rinke, Gene                  
Rohde, Howard                Rossignol, Jerz              Rubenstein, Michael T.       Rumpf, Udo                   
Salkeld, Edwin M., Jr.       Salvo, Robert A.             Savage, John E.G.            Scarpelli, Peter             
Schaefer, Richard T.         Scott, Stan                  Serkowski, Tom               Shaw, Charles W.             
Shugg, Greg                  Simmers, Joe                 Siroky, Vitek                Smith, Alan                  
Smith, Pendleton W.          Snyder, Doug                 Springford, Larry            Stanley, David               
Starr, Sterling V.           Stickle, Rollin J.           Stringfellow, Michael        Stupka, Ferdinand            
Sullivan, John               Sutton, Ronald T.            Szafarczyk, Sylvia           Szczepaniak, Luke            
Tax, Cal W.                  Taylor, Clyde E.             Thar, William E.             Thomas, Clayton J.           
Townsend, Daniel Steve       Travers, Lawrence W.         Udd, Thomas E.               Urbahn, John                 
Vakkur, George J.            Van Gastel, Paul             Vihlen, Steven C.            Vredenburg, Peter            
Vreeken, Dennis              Wade, Noel                   Wagner, Ted C.               Wajda, Marian                
Wallach, Robert              Walsh, Jim                   Ware, Rob                    Warner, Steven W.            
Weber, John H.               Welles, David S.             Wichman, Todd                Willat, Boyd Jason           
Williams, Catherine A.       Willis, John M.              Willits, Steven Mich         Wills, Gavin                 
Wilson, Tim X.               Wirz, Nicholas               Yorston, John B.             



Category IV
[ 159 pilots ]
Acee, Moses J.               Alley, Lynn                  Almquist, Ron R.             Alton, Jim                   
Augustin, Marc               Banks, Jeff                  Barr, John                   Barry, Russell L.            
Batesole, Bill               Bauer, Mitchel               Beckman, James E.            Beckwith, Ted, Jr.           
Bentley, William             Bewley, William D.           Boerner, Raul D.             Bourbeau, Elaine M.          
Boyce, John R.               Brayer, Andrew               Breau, Edward F.             Briggs, Paul                 
Brinkman, William G.         Browning, John P.            Bryan, Dan J.                Cant, Ian                    
Carlyle, John M.             Chesser, Richard             Ciesielski, Tomasz           Clark, Roy D., Jr.           
Coggins, David L.            Cook, Charles T.             Cumm, Lucas                  Darke, Jim                   
Davis, Robert L.             Dawson, Paul                 De Naples, Patrick           DeRubeis, James              
Dismukes, Robert K.          Domeier, Joachim             Dowell, Thomas               Drury, Bill John             
Dunning, Robert              Dunteman, David              Dvorchak, Stephen            Edling, Leon K.              
Ekdahl, Carl A., Jr.         English, Peter               Erzen, William P.            Farra, Ralph                 
Fly, Samuel E.               Frantz, Cole                 Frost, Robert                Fuller, Richard G.           
Gagen, William T.            Garavaglia, Gary             Gleason, Ronald              Goranson, Edwin              
Gradwell, Scott              Graves, Michael T.           Graves, R. Steven            Gros, Rick                   
Haney, Ken                   Hardy, Dana                  Hawkins, Mark                Hegele, Rolf D.              
Helm, Skylor S.              Herrmann, James J.           Hills, Robert                Hubbard, Thomas              
Iacobucci, John J.           Iglesias, Hector E.          Iuliano, Robert E.           Jenkins, Duane T.            
Johansen, Erling W.          Jones, Reggie                Jones, Scott                 Jousma, Irwin J.             
Kaleta, Richard R.           Kanes, Panos J.              Keil, Carl                   Kemp, Gary F.                
Klenda, Daryl S.             Konle, Hans P.               Krider, Jeff                 Lauck, Anthony G.            
Lohre, Charles R.            Loken, Halvar Y.             Loomiller, Craig             Lynch, Mallory B.            
Macaulay, Mark A.            Mackie, Derek                MacPherson, Sarah            Marin, Jose                  
Mason, Steve                 Matticola, Mark F.           Mavrotheris, Theodore        Mawhinney, R. Steven         
McClary, John M.             McGinnis, Richard            McKinnon, Hal H., Jr.        McLaughlin, Patrick          
McMullen, Thomas W.          Mellon, David                Miller, Norm                 Moore, Chad A.               
Moran, Wallace J.            Morelli, Joseph A.           Morrison, Malcolm            Mott, Richard C.             
Murphy, John P.              Nau, Thomas W.               Neumann, Philip              Nockles, William A.          
Oliver, Michael              Ormsbee, Allen I.            Paavola, Stephen H.          Palmquist, Neal D.           
Peters, Daniel Jon           Pierson, Brett E.            Piggott, Derek, CFI          Powell, George W.            
Price, Kenny                 Profota, Don L.              Rettig, Fred                 Rettig, William L.           
Richard, Robert H.           Riddlebarger, Jeffery W.     Rider, James G.              Rizzo, James J.              
Roberts, Larry L.            Roberts, Thomas              Rogacki, Tomasz              Sammeter, Bryce              
Sare, Samuel                 Saunders, George             Schaubs, Lothar              Sheppe, Rick                 
Shugg, Mark D.               Sitver, Edward S.            Smith, H. Gilly              Smith, Jeffrey               
Smith, Stephen               Smith, Todd                  Sohm, Peter A.               Sovis, Stephen               
Stone, Robert D., Jr.        Sullivan, Brent              Tuohino, Larry A.            Vassel, Bruno, IV            
Watkins, Larry               Weaver, David                Weck, Geoffrey Ebel          Welsh, Christopher           
Whitney, Stuart D.           Williams, John R.            Willis, David D.             Winter, Fred                 
Wrobel, Dan                  Wrona, John                  Zanze, David
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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