Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Diamond Badges for 1994

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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.

 801 Daniel C. Marotta (5619)
 800 Mark D. Grubb (5616)
 799 Lyndon S. Tyndall (5634)
 798 Emery (Bud) Hopp (5604)
 797 William B. Reuland (5600)
 796 Eberhard Lemcke (5534)
  795 J. Andrew Hall (5582)
 794 John W. Oplinger (5578)
 793 James D. Dingess (5577)
 792 Dale E. Hacker (5562)
 791 David R. Volkmann (5563)
 790 Daniel C. Murphy (5561)
  789 Charles H. Lauritsen (5559)
 788 Fred Fourcher (5560)
 787 James A. Sumner (5552)
 786 Gerry O. Sibley (5549)
 785 Richard J. Hausman (5543)
 784 Gus McCarthy (5544)

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