Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: Gold Badges for 1988


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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.


1836 Richard R. Gillock³
1835 Russell Crane
1834 H. Michael Muncey
1833 Kathleen K. Taylor²
1832 Fred Fricke
1831 R. Thomas Priestley
1830 Oliver V. Suddard
1829 Kenneth P. Kilbourne
1828 George Najarian
1827 Samuel D. Smith
1826 Fred Fourcher
1825 Bruce H. Patton
1824 Richard M. Lafford
1823 Brian L. Starr
1822 Gregory W. Chaffee
1821 Charles H. Thurber, Jr.
1820 Gerald J. Zanardelli
1819 Thomas W. Morris
1818 J. Elon Graves
1817 W. Paul Thompson
1816 John R. Dervaes
1815 Pumal L. McWhorter
1814 Karol A. Hines²
1813 Charles H. Leu
1812 Joachum Dormeier
1811 H. Einar Thor
1810 Charles H. (Chuck) Lauritsen
1809 David L. Klinger
1808 Raymond G. Marvun
1807 Daniel H. Bookwalter
1806 Robert L. Hurni³
1805 Bruce Laxalt
1804 J. Terry Frazier
1803 Donald R. Fair
1802 Carl M. Redlin
1801 Lewis J. Neyland³
1800 Edmund C. Ginn, Jr.
1799 John H. Knoetzel
1798 Robin L. Edwards
1797 Robert P. Thorton
1796 Neil D. McLeod
1795 Lloyd A. (Skip) Atwell
1794 Larry Pardue³
1793 Steven G. Youngson
1792 Jim Darke
1791 Albert D. Fredrickson
1790 John E. Lubon
1789 Arnold A. Clarke
1788 Steven A. Northcraft
1787 Alan K. Reeter
1786 Thomas F. Ruscitti
1785 Alan R. Dresner
1784 Gerold W. Noyes
1783 Mark T. Huffstutler
1782 David Wright
1781 David C. Keeling
1780 Timothy M. Carroll
1779 Kenneth J. Kochanski
1778 Becky Rackley²
1777 Malcolm S. Kyle
1776 Ralph C.C. Tumer
1775 David J. Smith

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

1987 1987 Gold Badges TOC Gold Badges Table of Contents 1989 1989 Gold Badges


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