Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Diamond Badges for 1999

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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.

 868 Sergio Colacevich (6399)
 867 Gene Carapetyan (6392)
 866 Richard H. Farina (6402)
 865 Peter Deane (6381)
 864 Marc Ramsey (6370)
  863 L. Rolf Peterson (6368)
 862 David D. Moseley (6369)
 861 Don Ingraham (6362)
 860 George E. Scheer (6359)
 859 Ira Phillips, Jr. (6344)
  858 Kenneth W. Ford (6343)
 857 Paul McDonald (6346)
 856 Robert Templin (6345)³
 855 Alberto Negro (6342)
 854 Troy Fant (6331)
³ All badge legs flown in a 1-26

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