Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Diamond Badges for 1976

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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.

 360 Grant W. Cary (2094)
 359 J. Calvin Walker (2093)
 358 Richard Sager (2075)
 357 Juergen P. Loenholdt (2073)
 356 Ralph J. Koemer (2037)
 355 William E. Kantz (2039)
 354 Robert E. Bauer (2058)
 353 Richard E. Fellner (2040)
 352 Robert D. Leonard (1935)
 351 Ned Wilson (1884)
 350 Don K. Wemple (1885)³
  349 Daniel E. Danieli (1879)
 348 Theodore A. Clausing (1880)
 347 James R. Walker (1842)³
 346 Brooks Dodge (1842)
 345 Grayson E. Brown (1841)
 344 Terry G. Haug (1830)
 343 Christopher L. Barker (1829)
 342 Philip E. Thorndyke (1828)
 341 Arthur B. Millay (1809)
 340 Theodore J. Gordon (1810)
 339 Robert M. Messner (1798)
  338 Kurt Reupke (1797)
 337 William Frank Kelsey (1798)
 336 Gary A. Flandro (1789)
 335 Scott Royce (1790)
 334 Hans Holland (1788)
 333 Donald L. Knypstra (1784)
 332 Theodore J. Falk (1749)
 331 Edwin Salkeld, Jr. (1742)
 330 Moses J. Acee (1741)
³ All badge legs flown in a 1-26

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