Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Diamond Badges for 2000

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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.

 887 Edward J. Cook (6511)
 886 Colin J. Barry (6510)
 885 Don L. Johnson (6509)
 884 James A. Zapata (6496)³
 883 Thomas R. Hanson (6497)
 882 Peter C. Neumann (6484)
 881 Thomas E. Tauber (6493)
  880 Ami Arbel (6494)
 879 Philip C. Marks (6495)
 878 Hans Heydrich (6485)
 877 Barry van Wickevoort Crommelin (6473)
 876 Richard A. Howell (6474)
 875 Philippe Athuil (6472)
 874 Charles M. Pannage, Jr. (6465)
  873 Rex M. Stage (6463)
 872 Paul M. Elliott, Jr. (6464)
 871 John B. Yorston (6462)
 870 Pat Martin (6434)
 869 Henryk Birecki (6432)
³ All badge legs flown in a 1-26

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