Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Gold Badges for 1985


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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.


1649 Daniel J. Sullivan
1648 Bernard R. Gross
1647 Dan N. Williams
1646 Geoffrey G. Gardner
1645 Eulalia L. Nichols²
1644 Robert W. Warden
1643 Malcolm S. Pond
1642 Vernon L. Frye³
1641 Michael R. Noel
1640 John B. Gardner
1639 Randy Gobbel
1638 Truman J. Hedding
1637 Richard A. Howell
1636 John H. Campbell
1635 David L. Lawrence
1634 James Madson
1633 Ronald R. Hodge
1632 James L. Orrick
1631 James O. Kade
1630 David C. Michaud
1629 Gordon R. Boettger
1628 Alex Strojnik
1627 Steven R. Nichols
1626 Christopher G. Dabolt
1625 Lynn E. Wyman
1624 Eugene W. Griner
1623 Billy C. Dennis, Jr.
1622 David M. Cohodas
1621 John W. Ennes
1620 John Howe
1619 Donald G. Caldwell
1618 Jerry Wilger
1617 Edward A. Gaddy
1616 Joel Glamenbaum
1615 William Bartell
1614 Roy Coulliette
1613 Janet K. Clark²
1612 John A. Hilger
1611 Ralph D. Biesemeyer
1610 John R. English
1609 Thomas H. Tichy
1608 J. Steele Lipe
1607 Anne Jonsson²³
1606 Phillip A. Mortensen
1605 John R. Roberts
1604 Elaine V. Cutri²
1603 William H. Kind
1602 Roger L. Clark
1601 Bruce F. Brown
1600 Merrill F. Green
1599 Stephen E. Hilliker
1598 Robert H. Wilson
1597 Douglas Murray
1596 Michael I. Green
1595 Robert Wallach
1594 Gilbert V.I. Fitzhugh
1593 W.J. Desmond
1592 Roc Cutri
1591 Daniel R. Galassini
1590 John P. Geyman
1589 Clye E. Taylor
1588 Jerry W. Bennett
1587 John W. Ebert, Jr.
1586 Chales W. Pittman
1585 Albert W. Sleight
1584 Michael L. Morgan
1583 Donald K. Taylor
1582 Michael L. Hutchison
1581 Joseph E. Owensby
1580 Wellborn Jack, Jr.
1579 John D. Snyder
1578 R.E. Austin
1577 Edwin G. Sawdon
1576 Phillip A. Contreras
1575 David H. Pixton

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

1984 1984 Gold Badges TOC Gold Badges Table of Contents 1986 1986 Gold Badges


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