Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Diamond Badges for 1981

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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.

 499 Alfred E. Fichtler (3040)
 498 Richard R. Wagner (3039)
 497 Raymond A. Fernandez (3038)
 496 William Nicolai (3032)
 495 James D. Martin (3031)
 494 John W. Bovee (3030)
  493 Judith W. Silverman (3029)²
 492 David H. Noyes (3028)³
 491 Bill Schieman (3027)
 490 Michael Hoke (3026)
 489 J. Russell Perkins (3025)
 488 Charles Stark (3024)
  487 Cornelia M. Yoder (3037)²
 486 Laurance M. Bryson (3036)
 485 Tomasz Serkowski (2953)
 484 John O. Mills (2952)
² WSPA
³ All badge legs flown in a 1-26

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