Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Diamond Badges for 1982

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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.

 528 Peter Van Schoonhoven (3381)
 527 Donald C. Uber (3233)
 526 Robert C. English (3232)
 525 Donald H. Witcher (3231)
 524 Krzysztof Kasprowicz (3230)
 523 Richard C. Roberts (3229)
 522 Norman M. Austin (3228)
 521 Madeleine A. Holland (3227)²
 520 Thomas M. Massoth (3226)³
 519 Erwin J. Dunki (3217)
  518 W. Stewart Tittle (3218)
 517 Jan Driessen (3219)
 516 Jose A. Caubet (3220)
 515 Norma Faulkner Ravnsburg (3225)²
 514 Lee Kuhlke (3221)
 513 James Simons (3222)
 512 Gary M. Rubus (3223)
 511 Otto Zauner (3154)
 510 Donald Lee Coroneos (3145)
 509 Robert E. Barber (3144)
  508 Walter A. Rogers (3143)
 507 Robert C. Feulner (3142)
 506 Wallace E. Miller (3111)
 505 David R. Trousdale (3138)
 504 Brian Beals (3124)
 503 Reinhard Thiel (3123)
 502 Si Mathey (3122)
 501 Thomas R. Render (3121)
 500 Robert K. Tede (3120)
² WSPA
³ All badge legs flown in a 1-26

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