Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Diamond Badges for 1978

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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.

424 Robert Tawse (2531)
423 Phillip M. Campbell (2530)
422 Richard L. Hall (2482)
421 Roger L. McMakin (2481)
420 Nick Owen (2480)
419 Denton E. Brome (2479)
418 James J. Nance (2478)
417 Eric Greenwell (2477)
416 Frederick L. Jacobs (2476)
415 Walter Ouitt (2475)
414 Sumner P. Davis (2474)
413 Klaus Straschil (2552)
412 Alben W. Thomas (2473) 411 Rick G. Anderson (2472)
410 Malcolm David Stevenson, Jr. (2552)
409 James L. Johnson (2471)
408 Eric C. Williamson (2470)
407 George R. Allen (2469)
406 Lachlan Ohman (2468)
405 B.J. Holden (2467)²
404 Leslie Sebald (2550)
403 John I. Baumer (2432)
402 Robert D. Kellner (2431)
401 Joseph E. Schwager (2430)
400 Lee L. Bemardis (2429)
399 Donald J. Baker (2428) 398 Miles Coverdale (2427)
397 Erica M. Scurr (2426)²
396 Francis C. Bennett (2425)
395 Edmund K. Gravely (2424)
394 David Kirkland DuVal (2423)
393 Lance DeStefans (2422)
392 Alexander Ramsey (2421)
391 Ken Hombrook (2420)
390 Brian Utley (2419)
389 Joseph Gera (2418)
388 Doris Grove (2417)²
387 Joann B. Shaw (2416)²³

² WSPA
³ All badge legs flown in a 1-26

1977 Diamond Badges TOC

Diamond Badges Table of Contents 1979

1979 Diamond Badges

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