Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Diamond Badges for 1973

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The highest FAI Badge is the completion of the three diamond legs for the Diamond Badge.   One leg of this badge is to attain a Diamond Distance Flight of at least 500 km.   A Diamond Goal Flight of at least 300 km over an out-and-return or triangle course, flown in the designated sequence constitutes another leg of this badge.   The third leg is a Diamond Height gain of at least 5000 meters.   The pilots listed below are the holders of a Diamond Badge.

The number in parentheses is the international number assigned by the F.A.I.

 264 Billy Thomas (1327)
 263 Darryl E. Metzger (1326)
 262 Jerry R. Austin (1304)
 261 Richard H. Forrester (1303)
 260 Willi J. Geiselmann (1299)
 259 Richard R. Bullock (1296)
  258 Nelson E. Funston (1249)
 257 Marion I. Barritt (1246)²
 256 Elliott Kurzman (1245)³
 255 Charles C. Forrester (1247)
 254 Walfred R. Raisanen (1248)
 253 Thomas H. Bematz (1238)
  252 James W. Tumbow (1236)
 251 William C. Holbrook (1235)
 250 Carleton M. Mears, Jr. (1234)
 249 Thomas M. Edwards (1233)³
 248 Raymond F. Gray (1232)
 247 James W. Cox (1231)
² WSPA
³ All badge legs flown in a 1-26

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