Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Gold Badges for 1970


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Earning an FAI Gold Badge requires that the pilot complete an altitude gain of 3,000 meters, a distance flight of over 300 km, and a duration flight of five hours.   Only one duration flight is necessary to meet the requirements of both the Silver and the Gold Badge.


 615 Frank A. Lewis
 614 Nelson B. Noland
 613 Henry T. Bahnson, Jr.
 612 Martin P. Meacham³
 611 Eugene V. Martz
 610 Bob D. Dillard
 609 Lyndon D. Donaho
 608 John D. Armitage, Jr.
 607 Robert G. Brittain
 606 Fred P. Pakosta
 605 Raymond F. Gray
 604 Bruce A. Miller
 603 Ralph E. Kolstad
 602 Lee E. Miller
 601 Fred Ebner
 600 George G. Kulesza
 599 F. Edwin Barnes
 598 James M. George
 597 W. R. Skinner³
 596 Klaus Auerbach
 595 Thomas M. Edwards, II³
 594 Richard K. Duston
 593 Hugh A. Smith
 592 Robert Messner
 591 George H. Whitmore
 590 John H. Helton
 589 Woodward J. Payne
 588 Gerald E. Giddens³
 587 Rawlin A. Smith
 586 Daniel S. Halacy
 585 William M. Jensen
 584 James E. Towell³
 583 Raymond W. Poquette
 582 Jerry Austin
 581 Lawrence M. Rogers
 580 Curtis Erwin³
 579 E.J Indrebo
 578 Jim M. Foreman³
 577 Robert S. Tucker
 576 Wesley M. Melton, Jr.³
 575 Michael L. Shatto
 574 Russell Owens
 573 Earl W. Pace, Jr.
 572 Robert E. Bray
 571 Robert F. Miles
 570 Ted J. Chandler
 569 Leland R. Beck
 568 Lewis C. Richmond, Jr.
 567 John J. Olson
 566 Larry W. Brow
 565 Burton L. Elliott
 564 Moses J. Acee
 563 Dave Low
 562 Robert F. Neumann
 561 Russell R. Palmer
 560 Edward G. Minghelli
 559 Gary F. Kemp
 558 Guenther H. Cristiansen
 557 Gus S. Miller, Jr.
 556 Ned Jacoby
 555 Lee D. Steorts
 554 Richard G. Sayer
 553 Walter C. Roediger, Jr.
 552 George D. Worthington
 551 Robert E. Fry
 550 Woodson K. Woods
 549 Harold F. Reed
 548 Ralph A. Watkins³
 547 Paul L. Smith
 546 Robert J. Fenton
 545 Charles Rockwell
 544 Harry R. Hoyt
 543 E. C. Welch
 542 Thomas C. Beaman
 541 William Swindell
 540 Mickey H. Howell
 539 William E. Hiatt, Jr.
 538 Glenn J. Kleinhesselink
 537 George M. Thomas, Jr.
 536 Alcide Santille
 535 W. Doug Gaines
 534 Louis O. Simmons
 533 Wm. A. Carnegie
 532 Carl R. Walston
 531 John R. McGonigle
 530 Donald Barnard
 529 J. Calvin Walker
 528 Richard A. Havens
 527 Richard A. Wolters
 526 John L.T. Williams
 525 James B. Short
 524 Lester A. Ragle
 523 Hans Tormolen
 522 Joseph E. Varner
 521 Elbert T. Woodward
 520 Andrew F. Gordon³

³ All badge legs flown in a 1-26

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