Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Gold Badges for 1978


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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.


1232 John V. Posey
1231 John W. Newman
1230 Craig S. Funston
1229 Paul I. Volgamore
1228 Larry Bryson
1227 Patrick W. Wilson
1226 John R. Shrier
1225 Cornelia M. Yoder²
1224 Donald J. Hurd
1223 Philip M. Campbell
1222 Kenneth Hoser
1221 Douglas R. Fraser
1220 Steve J. Koerner
1219 Roger L. McMakin
1218 Donald Johnson
1217 Morgan Long
1216 Michael S. Koerner
1215 Aland Adams
1214 Thomas F. Houston
1213 James Callaway
1212 Michael Stavenau
1211 Susan C. Grosek Personett²
1210 James M. Clawson
1209 Carl Otto Barth
1208 James A. Fee
1207 James R. Engle
1206 Paul M. Cordell
1205 Michael Marker
1204 Robert Widinski
1203 William C. Allmon, Jr.
1202 Steven B. Wood
1201 George Gloor
1200 James L. Miller³
1199 Charles B. Key
1198 William H. Seed
1197 Gil Alexander
1196 Philip Z. Wirganowicz
1195 Thomss Protheroe
1194 Robert E. Matheny
1193 Robert V. McNeill³
1192 Rainer Zuleeg
1191 James Nezgoda
1190 Dennis Mitchell Chadd
1189 John Forest
1188 David P. LaMontagne
1187 George T. Sedillo³
1186 David R. Trousdale
1185 Stanley Buller
1184 Oran W. Nick
1183 David Farnum
1182 Fredercik W. Fravens
1181 Robert K. Tede
1180 James R. Crisp
1179 Allan E. MacNicol
1178 Mark Bratton
1177 John W. Bost
1176 Terry L. Blankenship
1175 Robert A. Bell
1174 John Howard Claypool
1173 Richard Bach
1172 Lawrence R. Fiock
1171 John W. Hammond
1170 Harold J. Alton
1169 Herb Levitin
1168 George R. Allen
1167 Griffith, Marion
1166 Richard Osborne
1165 Zygmunt Wirganowicz
1164 John P. Cross
1163 Forrest Blossom
1162 Judith W. Silverman²
1161 C. Alan Buzzard
1160 Jeffrey C. VanDoren
1159 David A. Willding³
1158 Georg Felkel³
1157 Ronald R. Schwartz³
1156 A. Colin McKinley
1155 Ronald James Sutton
1154 Robert A. Feltner
1153 Charles J. Fredrick
1152 Charles A. Collins
1151 Basil J.F. Mott
1150 Nancy Lee Evans Pohlig²
1149 Ray M. Galloway
1148 Alexander Ramsey
1147 Richard E. Fuller
1146 David Seward
1145 Thomas L. Cooper
1144 William B. Martin
1143 Doris Grove²

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

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