Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Gold Badges for 1977


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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.


1142 Gerald C. Pomeroy
1141 Jerry R. Elkins
1140 Douglas C. Houston, III
1139 Robert W. Tawse, V
1138 Michael Robinton
1137 Hardy M. Ledet³
1136 Richard H. Harrington
1135 Rick G. Anderson
1134 Nick Owen
1133 Fred W. Loeffler, Jr.
1132 Curtis E. Hawkins
1131 Joseph Jagr
1130 Gerhard F. Knapp
1129 Robert Richard Bartsch
1128 Scott Tracy Imlay
1127 Henry L. Halverson
1126 Dale Dye
1125 Kempton Izuno³
1124 Charles J. Fisher, Jr.
1123 Brian Stevens
1122 Karl Biermacher
1121 Daniel J. Mockler
1120 Stephen Dee
1119 Todd E. Tracy
1118 Clifford H. Richards
1117 John W. Bovee
1116 Alex A. Burnette
1115 James C. Kellett, Jr.
1114 W. John Seaborn, III
1113 Paul R. Deutsch
1112 Karl H. Winterscheid
1111 Gary L. Joseph
1110 Eric Greenwell
1109 David R. Rhodes
1108 Kendall L. Somers
1107 G. David Ledford³
1106 Ardean E. Sveum
1105 E. Dale Thompson
1104 Jerry D. Owen
1103 Roy E. Pomel
1102 Stephen P. Hopkins
1101 Murray A. Koerner
1100 Hugh C. Boice
1099 John R. Gravance, Jr.
1098 Philip A. Delano
1097 B.J. Holden²
1096 George M. Lessard³
1095 Norman L. Randall, Jr.
1094 Allan V. Martini
1093 Ralph N. Jones
1092 Michael J. Moore
1091 Victor Collin
1090 Floyd E. Cummings
1089 Raymond K. Cote
1088 Christopher J. Woods
1087 Leslie E. Sebald
1086 Thomas M. Massoth³
1085 Hans Rehse
1084 Jack A. VanPaepeghem
1083 Warren Kniepkamp
1082 Gifford M. Smith
1081 Thomas F. Somerville
1080 Julian Martin³
1079 Roberta J. Desilets²
1078 Michael K. Maxwell
1077 John S. Hartshorn
1076 Wolfgang J. Zimmerman
1075 Gary D. Sauer
1074 John R. Lovett
1073 William A. Seltzman
1072 Ian Driessen
1071 Gerald L. Spies
1070 John I. Baumer
1069 Robert C. Fuelner
1068 Emil E. Perrens
1067 Stephen S. Baird
1066 Dale L. Bush
1065 Ramon J. Cipriano

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

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