Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Gold Badges for 1973


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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.


 819 Josef E. Brabec
 818 Vernon S. Chapin
 817 Henry R. Smith
 816 Joseph M. Dietrich
 815 George W. Green
 814 Billy Thomas
 813 Kevin D. Wayt
 812 Gerald K. O'Neill
 811 Robert F. Cuthbertson³
 810 John E. Hope
 809 Nelson E. Funston
 808 Vincent L. Guy
 807 Gunter E. Kaiser
 806 Arlen C. Moore
 805 Jack A. Nelson
 804 Richard C. Roberts
 803 Frank E. Conner³
 802 Jon R. Tenpas
 801 Charles C. Wales
 800 Ralph L. Schellenbaum
 799 Charles T. McKinnie, Jr.
 798 Charles Kratka
 797 Robert W. Endlich
 796 Charlotte C. Detwiler²³
 795 Arnold F. Jurn
 794 William P. Clarke
 793 Wm. Charles Boehmer
 792 Elton J. Eddy
 791 Gary B. Grant
 790 Theodore Janczarek
 789 Roy O. McCaldin
 788 James R. Hayes
 787 Thomas Knauff
 786 J.R. Grafton, Jr.
 785 Francis R. Crafton
 784 Philip M. James
 783 Danlel E. Danieli
 782 Norman L. Donatt
 781 Alexander S. Caldwell
 780 Richard R. Bullock
 779 Clyde S. Averill

² WSPA
³ All badge legs flown in a 1-26

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