Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Diamond Badges for 1974


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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.


 299 Bobby L. Bridges (1507)
 298 Allen I. Ormsbee (1508)
 297 Harry A. Greene (1470)
 296 Duane Eisenbeiss (1467)
 295 Springer Jones (1466)
 294 Theodore D. Schinzinger (1465)
 293 Thomas C. Beaman (1442)
 292 Vincent L. Guy (1438)
 291 E. Gene Hammond (1437)
 290 James E. Munn (1436)
 289 Louis B. Feierabend (1443)
 288 Donn A. Calder (1433)
 287 Woodson K. Woods (1432)
 286 Manfred Sczesny (1430)
 285 Robert E. Kramer (1431)
 284 Robert N. Nye, Jr. (1426)
 283 Dorothy D. Asdel (1425
 282 Ward N. Hubbard (1417)
 281 David K. Allen (1416)
 280 William J. Betts (1409)
 279 Robert F. Neumann (1405)
 278 Lewis C. Richmond, Jr. (1388)
 277 Gerard K. O'Neill (1387)
 276 Henry T. Bailey (1386)
 275 Alfred L. Mortimer (1374)
 274 Dezso Keleman (1375)
 273 Lee D. Steorts (1360)
 272 Karl H. Striedieck (1361)
 271 Raggon L. Mayer (1358)
 270 Walter F. Briggs (1357)
 269 Charles W. Culwell (1356)
 268 Jarnes E. Schrobrich (1338)
 267 Paul B. Gibson (1337)
 266 James R. Hayes (1366)
 265 Hugh M. Bivens (1330)

² WSPA

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