Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Diamond Badges for 1988

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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.

 692 Allan V. Manini (4477)
 691 Richard F. Walters (4508)
 690 Timothy M. Carroll (4507)
 689 George W. (Lanny) Coon, Jr. (4456)
 688 Frederick J. Dengler (4421)
 687 Michael B. Cavanagh (4420)
 686 Stanley E. Foat (4415)
 685 Lawrence J. Minchl (4414)
 684 Robin L. Edwards (4411)
 683 William W. St. Clair (4410)
  682 John H. Mansfield (4413)
 681 Donald E. Dorrellngan (4412)
 680 Loris J. Charchian (4385)
 679 Edmund C. Ginn, Jr. (4384)
 678 Robert P. Thomton (4383)
 677 Michael J. Evans (4426)
 676 Rudy Kunda (4425)
 675 Christopher Canwright (4424)
 674 James K. (Chip) Garner (4423)
 673 Vitek Siroky (4428)
  672 Stephen A. Northcraft (4427)
 671 Robert W. Green (4407)
 670 Gilbert W. Alexander (4419)
 669 Rick Ooerst (4405)
 668 Ralph D. Biesemeyer (4403)
 667 Dan N. Williams (4400)
 666 Loring K. Green (4369)
 665 Gerald Kaufman (4332)

1987 1987 Diamond Badges TOC Diamond Badges Table of Contents 1989 1989 Diamond Badges

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