Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Gold Badges for 1986


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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.


1718 Ronald B. Webster
1717 John R. Slifer, Jr.
1716 Robert W. Green
1715 Victor W. Haynes
1714 Joseph Greenbaum, Jr.
1713 Charles R. Schwenker
1712 James M. Bixler
1711 James M. Norris
1710 William D. Nesse
1709 Richard F. Walters
1708 Dennis L. D'Angelo
1707 Richard F. Buckman
1706 Dale E. Brett
1705 Ronald K. Almquist
1704 Stuart B. Larimore
1703 Karlan P. Greene
1702 Phillip Mslna
1701 Frank E. Kruesi
1700 Robert C. Gibbons
1699 Harry D. Brown
1698 Mary E. Hunt²
1697 Janos A. Bokfi
1696 David M. Leonard
1695 Edward R. Thornton
1694 Max Karst
1693 Henry L. Jackson
1692 Daniel S. Dickinson
1691 Leonard A. Blackman
1690 James L. Goetsch
1689 Brick A. Robbins
1688 Michael G. Byrne
1687 Eberhard Lemcke
1686 Govert L. (Sandy) Bassett
1685 Charles E. Henning
1684 Juan R. Batch
1683 Duke M. Kullman
1682 David W. Malloy
1681 Richard E. Huppertz
1680 Robert M. Hildebrand
1679 Anthony F. Hilgerty, Jr.
1678 Gillett (Tim) Welles, III
1677 Bary W. Beaver
1676 Gary N. Ittner
1675 Jeffrey D. Kroot
1674 Peter Kasloff
1673 Michael E. McCarron
1672 James W. Denham
1671 John P. Mahony
1670 Peter T. Alexander
1669 Kenneth (Skip) Batch
1668 John R. Boyce
1667 Karl H. Krueger
1666 Robert C. Ettinger
1665 Alfonso Jurado
1664 John H. House
1663 John F. Good
1662 Victor J. Creazzi
1661 Daniel O. Gifford
1660 James B. Culp
1659 Gregory M. Crook
1658 William P. Patterson
1657 Jack Wyman
1656 David J. Woods
1655 Peter N. Jacobson
1654 Steven W. Warner
1653 John A. Vokober, Jr.
1652 James D. Richardson
1651 Samuel W. Clipp
1650 Robert L. Robertson

² WSPA

1985 1985 Gold Badges TOC Gold Badges Table of Contents 1987 1987 Gold Badges


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