US Pilot Categories for the 2015 Contest Year

[ Last updated on Saturday, 21 February 2015 at 05:53 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:


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 Saturday, 21 February 2015 at 05:53 GMT

Category I [ 48 pilots ]
Ashcraft, Luke Berry, Wallace D., Jr. Butler, Richard W. Cochrane, John H. Deane, Peter Echeverry, Gonzalo, Jr. Fidler, Sean Fletcher, Robert W. Franke, Sean Robert Gaisford, Phillip Anthony Garner, James K. 'Chip' Gawthrop, Bill Gimmey, Ray Huss, Marvin C. Indrebo, Rick Ittner, Gary N. Jacobs, Douglas L. Keene, Mark Martin, David V. McAllister, Timothy S. Mockler, David R. Murphy, Sean P. Nelson, Erik Nels Nixon, Henry M., Jr. Northcraft, Stephen A. Owen, Richard P. Pin, François G. Ridenour, Ronald N. Robison, Michael R. Rogers, Walter A. Sazhin, Daniel Seaborn, Walter John, III Seymour, John C. Sorenson, Danny Kenneth Sorenson, Kenneth G. Striedieck, Karl H. Szemplinski, Jerzy Tabery, Ronald S. Taylor, Timothy A. Wade, Noel Walker, Jack A., Jr. Walters, Richard F. Weissenbuehler, Heinz, Jr. Westbrook, Michael S. Willat, Boyd Jason Willat, Garret I. Zieba, Jerry Zimmerman, Sam R., III
Category II [ 107 pilots ]
Acee, Moses J. Acree, Randy Adams, Aland B. Alexander, Peter T. Arndt, Steve Arnold, Sarah Kelly Athuil, Phillip Barnes, Allan Blackburn, Andy Bonniere, D. Boone, Jerry Brayer, Andrew Caldwell, Robert Cannon, Walter B. Clark, Robin Coggins, David L. Colacevich, Sergio Cole, William W. Condon, Tony Cramer, Warren Culbertson, Rick Culpepper, Mark Cumiford, James H., Jr. Dennis, Martin Dunning, Robert Faris, Bob Franke, Manfred W. Funston, Craig Funston, Nelson E. Gardner, Tim Giltner, Samuel C. Gough, Andy F. Gradinski, Nikola Grant, Martin Greenhill, David John Hanke, George Herron, Matt Allison Hill, William G., III Hollenberg, Randall W. Hughes, Jonathan Kellerman, Richard Kelley, Thomas E. Kerns, William G. Koerner, Steve Kroesch, Donald F. Krolikowski, Ryszard Krueger, Wilfried Ladd, Daniel M. Larimore, Stuart B. Lee, Jim Leonard, David Leonard, Steven Leslie, Gregg T. Lewis, Curtis L., Jr. Linnekin, Dennis Litt, Baudouin Lubon, John Ludeman, Evan M. Lynch, Mallory B. Martin, James D. Martin, Tim McGowin, Tim McIntire, Louis McMaster, Justin McMaster, Leonard R. Mecklenburg, Greg Mercier, Robert J., Jr. Monroe, Clay Moran, Ryan Morozov, Sergei Murray, John McLean Nadler, David R. Newgard, Peter Mike Payne, James M. Paynter, G. Frank Reinholt, Craig J. Retting, Henry P. Richards, Kerry T. Roberts, Sheridan Russell, Jeffrey R. Ryan, Charles Salvo, Robert A. Sandercock, Morgan Scarpelli, Peter Schmidt, Mark Schwartz, Ronald Roy Seifried, Paul Seymour, Matthew Silva, Fernando B. Sinclair, John S. Smith, Michael F. Smolder, Clement A., II Snead, William B. Spitz, Robert W. Springford, David Steele, Joe Steiber, Joerg Stewart, James P. Szczepaniak, Luke Thompson, Mike Tyler, Allison H., Jr. Van Grunsven, Richard Wasness, Donald S. Wasserbauer, Mark Welles, Gillette 'Tim' Wyman, Lynn Edward Young, Christopher C.

Category III [ 207 pilots ]
Akerley, Mark Anderson, Kevin R. Andrews, Richard John Arnold, Jason A. Baldwin, J. Rand Banarhall, John Banks, Howard A. Bearden, Chip Bennet, Nico Betzoldt, Glenn Bird, Brian A. Birecki, Henryk Blanchi, Christophe Boerner, Raul D. Bojack, John G., Jr. Bourgeois, Roy A. Brack, Joseph J. Briggs, Paul Brooks, Michael Buchanan, Roger N. Burns, Andrew Burton, A. W. Bush, Lane Byrne, Ronald Cannon, Woodward Carter, Gary E. Case, Brian F. Chouinard, Lou Ciesielski, Tomasz Cook, Daniel Cook, Robert E. Cotter, John J., III Coucke, David Crawford, Alasdair Cserfoi, Gyula Darke, Jim de Baghy, Andre DeLeon, Robert Deutsch, Mitchell Dezzutti, John P. Dixon, Thomas F. Drury, Bill John Dudley, John Earlywine, John K. Eatman, Douglas P. Eisenbeiss, Duane Evans, Gary Falbaum, Hartley L. Fidler, Robert G. Finke, Kevin Fletcher, Scott C. Fosha, Kathryn M. Fotheringham, Alexander Frantz, James S. Friesen, Bruce C. Frost, Charles Fuss, Peter S. Gadowski, Boguslaw R. Gaechter, Tony Gagen, William T. Garrison, James C. Gonitzke, Matt Good, John F. Goshorn, Kenneth Graves, Michael T. Gray, Douglas G. Green, George D. Hanke, Tim P. Harms, Samuel R. Harvey, Bob (Robert) Hawkins, Mark Herron, Matt Higgins, Michael Higginson, Bob Hill, Steve Hilty, Grant C. Hollestelle, Ed Holliday, Robert Holtz, Russell Hudson, Mitchell C. Hurni, Robert L. Iacobucci, John J., Dr. Iturregui, Miguel Iuliano, Robert E. Jackson, Joe M. Jackson, Robert D. Jones, Philip D. Kaleta, Richard R. Kalinsky, Omri Kelley, Glen A. Kelly, Peter J., Jr. Kennedy, Nicholas Kilian, Herbert Knauff, Thomas L. Knuths, Kristian Kobus, Andrzej Kuhlke, Lee Lamb, Jim L. Lambert, Eric J. Langelaan, Willem Larsen, Tim Leonard, Ronald A. Liddell, Eric G. Lineberry, Wesley L. Maag, Andrew MacKenzie, David A. Mackie, Derek Macys, Robert Maj, Stanislaw Maleady, Richard M. Malosse, Jean J. Mandelbaum, Juan Mann, Erik H. Marshall, Michael Mason, Steve Matticola, Mark F. Mayo, Michael J. McCarron, Michael E. McKnight, Thomas N. McKrell, Matthew Mead, Colin Michael, Matt Miller, Keith R. Milner, Brian J. Mittell, John E. Moore, Thomas V. Mulder, John Murray, Greg J. Murray, James L. Murry, Stefan J. Nasadowski, Martin W. Neitzey, Shane C. Neumann, Ulrich Nichols, Steve O'Leary, George Oliver, Michael Olson, Christopher J. Olson, Daniel E. Ossorio, Alfonso H. Paavola, Stephen H. Parker, Michael Noel Petersen, Charles Pfiffner, Richard H. Pfortner, Peter Pixton, David H. Pollock, Jordan E. Price, James L. Profota, Don L. Purves, Keith Ramsey, A. Wharton Reagan, Daniel Redweik, Eric P. Reeves, Joe Reid, Michael R. Resor, Brian Richard, Robert H. Ringertz, Ulf Rise, James Rohde, Howard Rose, Philip N. Rose, Ronald Rubus, Gary M. Ruegger, Werner Ruf, Chris Shakman, Michael L. Shepherd, Joseph M. Shore, James D. Shugg, Greg Shugg, Mark D. Smith, Leigh Smith, Michael S. Smith, Pendleton W. Stant, Kirk E. Stimac, Mike Stringfellow, Michael Stroud, Terry Sullivan, John Szafarczyk, Sylvia Takallu, M.A Taylor, Clyde E. Taylor, Stephen Templin, Robert Teuber, Peter Thar, William E. Thomas, Clayton J. Tuckey, Patrick Luke Udd, Thomas E. Ungermann, Chris Urbanczyk, Kirk Van Der Linden, David Van Gastel, Paul Vassel, Bruno, IV Vickland, Clayton W. Von Hellens, C. Robert Wajda, Marian Waldo, Charles Jr. Ware, Rob Weber, John H. Wichman, Todd Wiederkehr, Anthony Wiercioch, Krzysztof Wille, Chad C. Williams, Catherine A. Wrobel, Dan Zapolski, Arkady Zelek, Daniel Zentner, York

Category IV [ 137 pilots ]
Abbott, David Abreu, Claudio Adams, Gary Aiken, Geoffrey Alton, Jim Anisman, David Armour, Michael Armour, Michael & Ashcroft, John P. Baker, Daniel L. Baldwin, Harry L. Bargainnier, David R. Barkow, Thomas A. Barkow, Thomas A. & Barnard, Bruce D. Barr, John Barry, Colin Bell, Don J. Bell, Kenneth F. Bilheux, Jean Bluedorn, C. Britton Bogdanovich, Pedja Bowman, Hal Bowshot, Robert Scott Brain, John Valentin Brockman, Steve Bruegmann, Malte Carlyle, John M. Clarke, Ronald William Cleveland, David Cole, David M. Cramer, James Deas, Jason Delp, Gregory E. Dismukes, Robert K. Donahoo, Melvin Donie, Rol Dripps, Aaron Dunkel, Dave Edrei, Michael Eichendorf, Roy Fairbain, Jacob Farnsworth, Virginia Farra, Ralph Farry, Kristin Fisher, Glenn Fowler, Roger Fox, Harry Fuller, Richard G. Funk, Edwin Gasper, Rob Geiger, William Gillespie, Charles Gillis, Matt Godfrey, John D. Good, Patrick P. Guerin, Marianne Gunther, Christian K. Gurnett, Donald A. Gutgsell, Matthew Hanson, William D. Heaphy, David Herrmann, James J. Hill, Brad Hodgins, Greg Huenl, Fred Hunter, Michael Iglesias, Hector E. Jaeger, Barry E. Janney, Robert Johnson, Steven P. Jousma, Irwin J. Knoll, William C. Kochanski, Kenneth J. Krautter, David L. Lackey, Curtis LaGrone, Travis Levy, Niv Lohre, Charles R. Loken, Halvar Y. Lombard, Jacobus G. McGinnis, Richard McLaughlin, Patrick Michalik, Stephen A. Michalowski, Roman Miller, Robert Mockler, Daniel Moos, Milton H. Neely, Timothy Negro, Alberto Nockles, William A. Norton, Robert E. Pagano, Benjamin Pate, E. G. Patterson, Charles R. Peters, Andrew A. Prigge, Uwe Rathbun, Steven Reilly, David Rezac, Lauren J. Riddlebarger, Jeffery W. Roberts, Larry L. Root, Leonard Rossignol, Greg Salzwedel, Todd J. Saunders, George Shaw, Kevin L. Sill, Sarah Simpson, Gerald A. Slocum, James E. Smith, Keith I. Soldan, Rafael Stanley, David Sullivan, Brent Sutton, Ronald T. Swanson, John Swinchoski, Thomas Tate, Barton Thome, Jeffrey Townsend, Daniel Steve Turiano, Anthony Vakkur, George J. von Tresckow, Peter Vredenburg, Peter Vreeken, Dennis Walker, Wayne Warner, Steven W. Watson, Darrel E. Weaver, David Wilcox, Kevin Wilkinson, Ephriam B. Williams, Henry S. Wuerth, Sebastian Yates, Daniel Zanze, David Zentner, York Zeug, Leon


¹ One year extension for having served as a contest official: Kelley, Thomas E.
"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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