Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Diamond Badges for 1984

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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.

 573 Clifton J. Chandler (3632)
 572 Donald W. Aitken, Jr. (3626)
 571 Andrew J. Buelna (3627)³
 570 Johann G. Kuhn (3614)
 569 Rob Sjostedt (3615)
 568 Karl W. Sommer (3612)
 567 James L. Miller (3611)
 566 Ralph Woodward (3609)
 565 Joachim P. Stuart (3608)
 564 Art Pasquali (3603)
 563 Steven Fahrner (3600)
  562 William M. Thrall (3597)
 561 James M. Payne (3598)
 560 Kenneth D. Harper (3599)
 559 Dan Gonzales (3585)³
 558 B.L. (Trip) Mellinger, III (3641)
 557 Ronald S. Gregg (3583)
 556 Hal Woodruff (3584)
 555 Philip J. Lawrence (3572)
 554 Patrick W. Philbrick (3571)
 553 Dezso Hamvas (3570)
 552 Harold A. Katinszky (3563)
  551 Willi W. Beier (3557)
 550 James Lesage, Sr. (3558)
 549 Stephen B. Lindenbaum (3555)
 548 William B. Dehon (3541)
 547 Frank E. Conner (3540)
 546 William H. Blackburn (3539)
 545 Norman L. Randall, Jr. (3537)
 544 David R. Nadler (3471)
 543 John P. Squires (3463)
³ All badge legs flown in a 1-26

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