Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Gold Badges for 1984


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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.


1574 Bendicht H. Tschannen
1573 Kay Cawby²
1572 Ira A. Blieden
1571 Alfred B. Bennett, Jr.
1570 Thomas K. Jona
1569 Eric J. Gosch
1568 John H. Wells
1567 Ian P. McFall
1566 Robert Backer
1565 William D. Fisher
1564 John J. Carneveaux
1563 Bill Hinote
1562 Ray E. Williams
1561 W.R. Williams
1560 Nancy J. Blank²
1559 Michael F. Smith
1558 Shahid Zaidi
1557 Allan G. Snell
1556 Richard H. Farina
1555 David M. Shemwell
1554 Wayne Stettler
1553 Charles Westerinen
1552 Jean-Paul Frignac
1551 Harold R. Jost
1550 Jim Day
1549 John K. Douglas
1548 R. Jack Stuart
1547 Walter W. Bogie
1546 Michael L. Gomez³
1545 Robert Macys
1544 William R. Hamsa, Jr.
1543 Aviadeo (Dave) Borsetti
1542 Stephen T. Drane
1541 Bradly A. Walstrom
1540 Jeffrey H. Maki³
1539 Allan C. Northcutt
1538 Edward C. Thunen
1537 Mark M. Sanderson
1536 Roy S. Cundiff
1535 Robert J. Kupps³
1534 Anthony F. Cumming
1533 Stan Nelson
1532 Robert E. Root
1531 David C. Dooley
1530 Rainer Kuenzel
1529 John Kamis
1528 Linda M. Draper²
1527 Bruce R. Carter
1526 Harry D. Blout
1525 Richard T. Benbrook
1524 G. Tupper Robinson
1523 P. Michael Newgard
1522 Robert L. Wright
1521 J. Michael Sanders
1520 Chales L. Meason
1519 Charles T. Williams
1518 Reoger L. Brewer
1517 Francis D. Hanan
1516 Larry L. Forqueran
1515 David D. Allyn
1514 Glenn E. Spelis³
1513 G.W. Freeman
1512 Joseph I.A. Balazs
1511 Josef Stanzl
1510 Joseph F. Dobronski, Sr.
1509 B.L. (Trip) Mellinger, III
1508 John H. Mansfield
1507 Robert H. Ball
1506 Wallace N. Hersom
1505 William F. Mueller
1504 Maurice G. Deland
1503 Otto E. Croy
1502 Donald A. Buman
1501 Lewis J. Lemley
1500 Peter L. Coira
1499 Robert N. Whittemore
1498 Gregory G. Taylor
1497 Art Pasquali
1496 Raymon L. Anctil
1495 Will W. Beier
1494 Anthony P. Lenkei
1493 David P. Howard
1492 James H. Hogue
1491 Stephen P. Lendenbaum
1490 Wyane Catto
1489 Lance Flynn
1488 Robert O. Hausner
1487 David R. Hughes
1486 Robert Bienenstein
1485 Reger Merrill, Jr.
1484 James M. Payne³
1483 Stanley E. Foat
1482 Dirk Van Westreenen
1481 Joachim P. Stuart
1480 Paul A. Sengebusch
1479 Hal Woodruff
1478 Harold A. Katinszki

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

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