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The highest achievement in the League of Silent Flight is the attainment of LEVEL V in the Soaring Accomplishment Program. Level V requires completion of the following tasks.

Over 130 members of LSF have completed these challenging tasks and are known and respected worldwide as outstanding RC model sailplane pilots. A plaque commemorating their achievement is on permanent display in the lobby of the Aero modeling Museum at the Academy of Modeling Aeronautics in Muncie, Indiana

 

SAP Level 5s

 

#

NAME

LSF

Number

State or

Country

Attained

1

John M. Baxter

24

CA

3-Jul-75

2

Steve Work

571

CA

15-Dec-75

3

Fred Weaver

283

CA

17-Sep-76

4

Neil Nolte

586

CA

30-May-77

5

Marvin Qualls

1639

CA

19-Feb-78

6

John Newman

1832

CA

17-Apr-78

7

Don Harris

810

OH

27-Aug-78

8

Chris Adams

348

NV

15-Oct-78

9

Tom Christian

74

CA

24-Jun-79

10

Dwight Holly

2259

CT

8-Jul-79

11

Howard Sears

294

CA

12-Jul-79

12

Ken Bates

604

Ml

26-Aug-79

13

Paul Wedeking

2540

NJ

4-Nov-79

14

Craig Foxgord

882

CA

27-Jan-80

15

J. "Pat" Flinn

2160

Ml

8-Aug-80

16

Jack Hiner

383

IL

12-Oct-80

17

Keith Kindrick

1693

CA

17-May-81

18

Gerald Zeigenfuse

944

PA

13-Jun-81

19

Don Clark

82

MD

28-Jun-81

20

Don Goughnour

595

PA

28-Jun-81

21

Jim Porter, Jr.

194

IA

12-Jul-81

22

Don Patterson

1385

NY

23-Aug-81

23

William Meleske

1227

MI

4-Mar-82

24

Otto Heithecker

170

Ml

4-Jul-82

25

Jim Bohmer

1460

OH

8-Aug-82

26

H. Warren Plohr

334

OH

8-Aug-82

27

Robert Steele

800

IN

15-Aug-82

28

Walt Good

63

FL

22-Mar-83

29

Mike Reagan

173

CA

3-Jul-83

30

Bob Robinson

402

MI

14-Aug-83

31

John Humphries

3064

Ml

3-Sep-83

32

Larry Jolly

3579

CA

16-Nov-83

33

Stanley Watson

2542

IL

19-Feb-84

34

Bob Champine

3128

VA

15-May-84

35

Charles Beeman

293

CA

10-Jun-84

36

John Hoover

592

Ml

8-Jul-84

37

Mike Kozumplik

2497

OH

22-Jul-84

38

Cal Posthuma

2997

Ml

11-Aug-84

39

Tim McDow

2764

FL

22-Sep-84

40

Earle Latimer

3119

Ml

30-Jun-85

41

Terry Edmonds

463

IA

14-Jul-85

42

Dale Harber

1880

IN

18-Jul-85

43

C. J. Smith

4043

Ml

11-Aug-85

44

Richard Ransom

4747

MI

15-Aug-85

45

Tom Dickey

3816

MD

31-Aug-85

46

Skip Schow

166

VA

31-Aug-85

47

John Brown

1720

CA

2-Sep-85

48

John H. McMillan

1987

Canada

11-May-85

49

Terry Luckenbach

2934

PA

25-May-86

50

Joe Bedford

3356

Canada

21 -Jun-86

51

John Vennerholm

1291

SC

24-Aug-88

52

Mike Hickman

4755

CO

31-Aug-86

53

Charles E. Wells

3544

MD

26-Apr-87

54

Jim Smith

1423

FL

16-May-87

55

F. Alden Shipp

3437

IL

16-May-87

56

Don Vickers

3749

CA

23-May-87

57

Dennis K. Chall

3833

MI

8-Aug-87

58

Guy Dickes

3360

VA

13-Oct-87

59

Robert McGowan

2286

CA

24-Oct-87

60

Bob Sowder

3795

KS

7-Nov-87

61

Brian Agnew

3140

FL

16-Dec-87

62

Mal Pring

3864

Australia

15-Jan-88

63

Douglas Barry

1644

NC

30-Apr-88

64

L. D. Stowers

641

CA

9-Jun-88

65

A. Neil Tinker

3572

Canada

3-Jul-88

66

Austin Leftwich

2650

VA

7-Jul-88

67

Bob Champine

5503

VA

13-Aug-88

68

Jim Thomas

4629

MI

14-Aug-88

69

Gerry Bower

2131

Canada

3-Sep-88

70

Don Edberg

517

CA

8-Jul-89

71

Ian Douglas

1192

CA

5-Nov-89

72

Eddie Smith

4232

Australia

7-Jan-90

73

Todd Biliman

5580

CA

20-Mar-90

74

Ted Groesser

5185

Ml

28-Jul-90

75

Pat Sullivan

6003

Ml

11-Aug-90

76

Stan Shaw

1760

Canada

12-Aug-90

77

Richard Percy Pierce

2085

VA

10-Apr-91

78

Paul Rose

3309

CA

19-May-91

79

Tim McCann

2725

CA

4-Aug-91

80

Troy Lawicki

3794

MI

1-Feb-92

81

Robbie Benton

3468

Australia

7-Mar-92

82

George Joy

6015

CA

16-Oct-92

83

Gary Anderson

6441

WA

16-Oct-92

84

Bill Pettigrew

2873

Canada

8-Aug-93

85

Richard Proseus

1633

NC

29-Aug-93

86

Lynsele Miller

3645

CA

30-Apr-94

87

O. L. Davidson

884

FL

8-Jul-95

88

Stanley Sadorf

6278

CA

11-May-96

89

Greg Norsworthy

5974

CA

14-Sep-96

90

Don Harris

6765

OH

11-Oct-96

91

Maft Sheldon

2358

CO

22-Jun-97

92

Mike Clancy

926

CA

28-Jun-97

93

Ray McGowan

2291

CA

29-Jun-97

94

Barry Kurath

5790

OR

6-Jul-97

95

Kevin Webb

1988

CA

23-Aug-97

96

Dan Abma

3912

MI

3-Sep-97

97

Laurence "Larry" Storie

2491

MI

5-Jul-98

98

Don Pesznecker

6982

OR

11-Jul-98

99

Leo Asnault

5892

CA

20-Jul-99

100

Rob Glover

6577

AL

15-Oct-99

101

Edwin Wilson

3185

KY

19-Nov-99

102

Scott Meader

7033

CA

5-May-00

103

Tom Kallevang

303

IL

17-Oct-99

104

James D. Johnston

2210

MI

26-Jun-00

105

James R. McCarthy

5225

IL

08-May-01

106

Mike P. Deckman

6636

CA

22-May-01

107

Patrick Dionisio

7130

CA

20-May-02

108

Keith Finkenbiner

601

CA

13-Jun-02

109

Cal Posthuma

6718

Ml

15-Aug-02

110

Don Scegiel

5562

AZ

28-Aug-02

111

Brian Smith

4237

TN

07-Sept-03

112

Mike Remus

6775

IN

11-Oct-03

113

Steve Siebenaler

7162

OH

31-Jul-04

114

Wayne Fredette

4688

IL

21-Aug-04

115

Mark Howard

7015

CO

05-Sep-04

116

Merrill Brady

7247

CA

12-Sep-04

117

Jack Strother

2948

IN

18-Sep-04

118

Don Harris

7705

OH

21-Sep-04

119

Joe Nave

7461

HI

25-Jun-05

120

Jon Stone

7245

AL

25-Jun-05

121

Marc Gellart

6500

OH

23-Jul-06

122

John Erickson

7820

CA

06-Sep-06

123

Guy S. Russo

838

ID

16-Aug-07

124

Johnny Berlin

6884

IL

15-Jun-08

125

Tom Broeski

7267

VA

19-Jul-09

126

Karl Miller

7312

IL

20-Apr-10

127

Bill Curry

7780

CA

25-May-10

128

Gordon Buckland

4493

FL

28-May-10

129

John Luetke

7747

TX

14-Oct-10

130

Gordy Stahl

7305

KY

5-Nov-10

131

Chris Lee

7983

MO

26-Aug-11

132

Gordon Buckland

8142

FL

3-Apr-12

133

Ingo Donasch

      7369

FL

13-Aug-12

134

David Portwood

      7426

OR

13-Aug-12

135

David Beach

      7900

NH

12-Aug-13

136

Art Chmielewski

7365

CA

25-Jul-14

137

Terry Koplan

496

CA

29-Apr-19

138

Jody Miller

8108

FL

5-Aug-19

 

eSAP Level 5s

 

#

NAME

LSF

Number

State or

Country

Attained

1

Larry Jolly

3579

CA

2-Nov-15