Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Diamond Badges for 1986

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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.

 637 Victor J. Creazzi (4190)
 636 Allan Snell (4237)
 635 Aland B. Adams (4014)
 634 Walter N. Cawby (3963)
 633 Michael G. Byme (3964)
 632 Peter Kasloff (3966)
 631 Otto E. Croy (3965)
 630 Joseph F. Dobronski, Sr. (3967)
 629 Robert W. Wallach (3958)
 628 Brick A. Robbins (3957)
  627 David M. Shemwell (3956)
 626 David C. Dooley (3933)
 625 Gerald W. Freeman (3939)
 624 Thomas R. Ruwitch (3917)
 623 Dan E. Swenson (3916)
 622 Perry Burholm (3939)
 621 Richard W. Carter (3915)
 620 Steven B. Wood (3909)
 619 Donald A. Buman (3914)
 618 Floyd F. Bates (3908)
  617 James E. Yates, III (3902)
 616 Ray E. Williams (3901)
 615 Mark A. Macaulay (3900)
 614 Paul M. Cordell (3899)
 613 Randy Gobbel (3898)
 612 John G. Dean (3893)
 611 Shmuel Dimenstein (3890)
 610 Jack Wyman (3889)
 609 A. Ray Hughes (3878)
 608 Tom Lovelace (3888)

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