Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Diamond Badges for 1985

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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.

 607 David P. Howard (3855)
 606 Roger L. Grigsby (3846)
 605 Robert E. Morgan (3847)
 604 Harold D. Hutchinson (3808)
 603 Douglas J. Donohue (3807)
 602 David L. Lawrence (3803)
 601 E. Douglas Whitehead (3802)
 600 Alan J. Yund (3801)
 599 Stephen E. Hilliker (3806)
 598 John D. Wilson, Jr. (3799)
 597 Richard T. Benbrook (3798)
 596 Gordon R. Boettger (3793)
  595 David R. Hughes (3792)
 594 Charles J. Westerinen (3805)
 593 William H. Kind (3787)
 592 Cunis E. Hawkins (3785)
 591 George M. Lessard (3784)
 590 James Hugh Gibbs (3786)
 589 Jerry Wilger (3794)
 588 William Bartell (3759)
 587 Dale L. Bush (3760)
 586 Bill T. Jones, Jr. (3758)³
 585 Edwin G. Sawdon (3747)
 584 James H. Hogue (3749)
  583 John J. Olson (3748)
 582 Thomas K. Jona (3751)
 581 Steven A. Kempe (3750)
 580 Kenneth H. Wheatley (3729)
 579 Peter E. Riedei (2156)
 578 John W. Eben, Jr. (3715)
 577 Mark M. Sanderson (3713)
 576 Michael F. Smith (3712)
 575 Roy S. Cundiff (3679)
 574 Thomas D. Protheroe (3678)
³ All badge legs flown in a 1-26

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