Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Gold Badges for 1987


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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.


1774 Gregory R. Markowski
1773 Jeffery G. Byard
1772 Max Skovgaard
1771 Robert W. Epp
1770 Colby Blodgetoyd
1769 David A. Woods
1768 Michael E. Schneider
1767 Thomas E. Iungerich
1766 Scott A. Jenkins
1765 Fredo P. Killing
1764 Patrick McAtee
1763 Julie Schneider²
1762 Iris Mittendorf Striedeick²
1761 Richard J. Sadorf
1760 Guy K. Harrison, Jr.
1759 Frederick C. Cuny
1758 Sharon R. Smith²
1757 Frederick J. Dengler
1756 Vaughn H. Roberts
1755 Philip C. Caricof
1754 John C. Stiles
1753 Louis V. Hoffman
1752 Michael J. Evans
1751 Gunnar W. Blanke
1750 John P. York
1749 Gale D. Johnson, Jr.
1748 Paul N. Chase
1747 Rick Oberst
1746 Christopher Cartwright
1745 John W. Leibacher³
1744 Richard A. Hollenberg
1743 Douglas J. Riha
1742 Daniel W. Marasch
1741 William E. Becher, Jr.
1740 Harles F. Dewald
1739 Colin A. Clarke
1738 Donald Reid
1737 Lyrinda Snyderman
1736 David J. Caron
1735 Don Dorrell
1734 Keith M. Kumm
1733 Thomas J. Davis
1732 Harold F. Olson
1731 Jimmy D. Wier
1730 H. Gerard Gaudet, Jr.
1729 Bela Gogos
1728 Michael L. Swanson
1727 Michael N. Parker
1726 Jerffrey W. Wright
1725 Charlton L. Ellis
1724 George W. (Lanny) Coon, Jr.
1723 Allison H. Tyler, Jr.
1722 Rokki F. Roberts
1721 Peter C. King
1720 Howard M. Haig
1719 James G. Koonce, Jr.

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

1986 1986 Gold Badges TOC Gold Badges Table of Contents 1988 1988 Gold Badges


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