Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Diamond Badges for 1975

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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.

 329 Sypko Andreae (1672)
 328 Leonard R. Sharpe (1671)
 327 Richard C. Scace (1670)
 326 Charles Kratka (1664)
 325 Kenneth B. Briegleb (1662)
 324 Richard M. Cofrin (1653)
 323 Rawlin A. Smith (1652)
 322 John R. Monteith (1650)
 321 Thomas J. Hanson (1649)
 320 William M. Jensen (1648)
  319 E.O. Hamm (1645)
 318 John S. Sinclair (1644)
 317 Charles E. Burnett (1642)
 316 Wayne I. Roberts (1641)
 315 Jerome J. Niedrauer (1639)
 314 Barry R. Danieli (1638)
 313 Paul W. Sasse (1637)
 312 William Swindell (1620)
 311 Gary F. Kemp (1619)
 310 Grayson O. Brown (1604)
  309 Kevin D. Wayt (1599)
 308 F. Edwin Barnes (1598)
 307 Gunter E. Kaiser (1595)
 306 Thomas T. Elmore, Jr. (1594)
 305 Harold J. Myers (1593)
 304 Theodore Janczarek (1589)
 303 Allen R. Messer (1562)
 302 Robert B. Fitch (1506)
 301 Roger S. Doak (1505)
 300 Heinz F. Asmussen (1504)

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