Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Gold Badges for 1980


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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.


1335 Donald O. Robb
1334 Frank Williamson, Jr.
1333 Melvin O. Williams, Jr.
1332 Stewart F. Lambers
1331 John T. Brent, Jr.
1330 James M. Haynes, Jr.
1329 A. Randall Charlton
1328 Thomas R. Render
1327 Fritz Fauser
1326 James R. Simons
1325 Michael Newman
1324 Richard F. Gabler
1323 Rick J. Indrebo
1322 Don Burmingham
1321 Stephen H. Paavola
1320 James D. Hoffman
1319 Gary A. Leffler
1318 Floyd F. Bates
1317 Loyd Price
1316 William H. Blackburn
1315 Mike Mayfield
1314 Larry A. Kirkbride
1313 Robert P. Johannes
1312 Thomas Lappas
1311 Barry L. Wible
1310 Roger L. Graysan
1309 Jerry Pekin
1308 A. Conner
1307 Rudy Kunda
1306 James J. Harkins
1305 Shmuel Dimentstein
1304 Kenneth Ford
1303 Richard G. Dingman
1302 Darrell Bomgaars
1301 Brian Beals
1300 William Lewis
1299 Josef J. Stiegler
1298 Beverly Howard
1297 Robert F. Irlbeck
1296 Kenneth W. Bateman
1295 Judy R. Lincoln Ruprecht²
1294 James R. Smith
1293 Ronald S. Gregg
1292 Tommy A. Stoops
1291 Robert L. McLaughlin
1290 William K. Adams
1289 Wayne Knapp
1288 James A. Lesage
1287 Roger D. Caldwell
1286 Lloyd L. Root
1285 Bjorn F. Floden
1284 Dennis A. Reynolds
1283 James Walsh
1282 Tonk Mills
1281 John O. Mills

² WSPA

1979 1979 Gold Badges TOC Gold Badges Table of Contents 1981 1981 Gold Badges


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