Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Diamond Badges for 1970


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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.


 177 Richard M. O'Neal (948)
 176 Nelson B. Noland (947)
 175 Bob D. Dillard (837)
 174 Kenneth H. Arterbum, Jr. (938)
 173 George F. Squillario (932)
 172 Fred P. Pakosta (931)
 171 Harold P. Bovenkerk (930)
 170 Francis P. Bundy (929)
 169 Albert F. Boehm (921)
 168 Glenn J. Kleinhesselink (920)
 167 L. Royal McMaster (919)
 166 Randy P. Kempf (918)
 165 Russell A. Owens (917)
 164 Clarence W. See, Jr. (916)
 163 George S. Nash, Jr. (915)
 162 George D. Worthington (912)
 161 Fred E. Carney (911)
 160 A.C. Williams (910)
 159 Paul S. Kellas (909)
 158 Houston A. Damron (908)
 157 Frank J. Lilly (904)
 156 James G. Smiley (903)
 155 Arthur W. Eck (888)
 154 George M. Thomas, Jr. (887)
 153 Geza Vass (886)
 152 Alan Bikle (874)
 151 Thomas Page (873)
 150 Robert J. Fenton (872)
 149 Charles W. Shaw (871
 148 Werner Kurkowski (870)
 147 Walter C. Roediger, Jr. (865)
 146 Herben A. de Vries (863)
 145 Irving O. Prue (862)
 144 Robert G. Hoey (861)
 143 Russell R. Palmer (860)
 142 H. Ray Gimmey (859)
 141 Jack L. Bamberg (858)
 140 R. Joseph Zarubica (857)
 139 Edward G. Minghelli (856)
 138 Howard M. Parris (839)
 137 Lennart E. Edvinson (837)
 136 Thierry N. Thys (838)
 135 Herben J. Hinze (836)
 134 George P. Seneff, Jr. (825)
 133 Alvin J. Owens (824)
 132 Michael Adams (823)
 131 Joseph O. Colton (822)
 130 H. Glenn Woten (813)
 129 Edward J. Gardyan (812)

³ All badge legs flown in a 1-26

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