Unofficial Listing of the Soaring Society of America Awards and Badges: The 1000 Kilometer Diplome

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Soaring Society of America Badges and Awards: The 1000 Kilometer Diplome

The FAI 1,000-Kilometer Diplome was adopted in 1964 and is awarded for a cross country flight of at least 1,000 km (621.4 miles). The number in parentheses is the international number assigned by the FAI. Complete information from the FAI is available.

2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2012, 2010, 2009, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988, 1986, 1985, 1982, 1981, 1980, 1979, 1977, 1976, 1973, 1972, 1970, 1964

2017 124 Dan Reagan
2016 123 Daniel Sazhin
2015 122 Evan Ludeman
121 Nicolas Bennet
120 Duncan Cumming
2014 119 Daniel Mockler
118 George Green
2012 113 Ramy Yanetz
112 Paul Siegfried
2010 111 Michael Higgins
110 Thorsten Streppel
109 John Lubon
108 Sean P. Murphy
107 Linwood P. Stevenson
2009      Pavel Skrabal
106 Martin W Nasadowski
105 Erik H. Mann
2007 104 Christian Mackin
103 Cliff Hilty
2006 101 Yuliy Gerchikov
100 Chris Ungermann
  99 Richard Kellerman
  98 Martin J. Eiler
2005   97 Bill Gawthorp
2004   96 Brian Collins
  95 Mark Grubb
  94 Wolfgang Schmelzer
  93 Gerald J. Kaufman (463)
2003   92 Richard G. Howell (457)
  91 Michael Parker (450)
  90 Steve Dashew (449)
  89 Russell A. Owens (445)
  88 Geoffrey Stone (446)
  87 James S. Ketcham (441)
2002   86 Philippe Athuil (424)
2001   85 David M. Leonard (390)
  84 Ralph H. Woodward (384)
2000   83 Joann B. Shaw (379)²
  82 Robert L. Semans (368)
  81 Robert Templin (362)
  80 Gregg T. Leslie (363)
1999   79 David R. Volkmann (349)
  78 Eric H. Mozer (328)
1998   77 Erik Larson (325)
1997   76 Joseph Gera
  75 Michael F. Smith
1996   74 James M. Payne (294)
  73 Robert E. Morgan (293)
  72 Thomas M. Massoth (292)
  71 Gregor W. Chaffee (291)
  70 Michael H. Bradford (287)
     David Key
  69 Todd W. Pattist
1995   68 Donald Andrew Buman (273)
  67 Thomas Kreyche (270)
  66 Richard F. Walters (266)
  65 Peter Deane (265)
  64 Gordon R. Boettger (264)
  63 James L. Price (262)
  62 Robert H. Harvey (261)
1994   61 Fred Ebner (253)
  60 Gary F. Kemp (250)
  59 Arthur W. Clark (249)
  58 Henry Marlowe (248)
  57 John H. House (246)
     Wilfired Krueger
  56 François Pin (245)
1993   55 Walter A Rogers (237)
  54 Robert N. Nye, Jr. (236)
  53 Dan Gonzales (228)
  52 Patrick W. Philbrick (227)
  51 John S. Sinclair (225)
  50 Michael Edward Schneider (223)
  49 Sterling V. Starr (199)
  48 Kenneth Kochanski (197)
     Atsushi Kodama
1992   47 James M. Norris (194)
1991   46 Robert W. Green (179)
  45 Frank E. Roden (172)
  44 Anthony G. Lauck (170)
1990   45 Tom K. Serkowski (150)
  44 Kai Gertsen (149)
  43 Pendleton W. Smith (145)
  42 James S. Frantz (144)
  41 David M. Cole (143)
  40 William J. Savory (142)
  39 Jason Gregg (137)
  38 John F. Good (136)
  37 David S. Welles (135)
  36 Edward F. Byars (134)
  35 Henry M. Nixon (133)
  34 David M. Shemwell (132)
  33 Ira E. Phillips, Jr. (129)
1989   32 Michael Wolff (111)
1988   31 Jim Day (97)
  30 Malcolm D. Stevenson, Jr. (98)
1986   29 Carleton M. (Bud) Mears (70)
  28 Gillette (Tim) Welles (68)
  27 Mark S. Giuglianotti (67)
1985   26 Steve Koerner (64)
  25 Carl D. Herold (60)
  24 Dale L. Bush (59)
  23 David G. Jones, Jr. (58)
  22 William S. Ivans (57)
1982   21 Brian Milner (50)
  20 David R. Noyes (46)
  19 Christopher O'Callaghan (39)
1981   18 William Malpas (36)
  17 Marion Griffith (35)
  16 Robert Fitch (33)
1980   15 Thomas L. Knauff (31)
  14 John C. Seymour (30)
  13 Cornelia Yoder (25)²
  12 Doris F. Grove (24)²
1979   11 Michael Koerner (22)
1977   10 George J. Vakkur (16)
   9 Malcolm Stevenson (19)
1976    8 L. Roy McMaster (14)
1973    7 Bill Hollbrook (10)
1972    6 James Smiley (9)
   5 Karl Striedieck (8)
   4 Wallace A. Scott, II (6)
1970    3 Wallace A. Scott (4)
   2 Ben Greene (3)
1964    1 Alvin H. Parker (1)

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