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Barringer Trophy

{{Infobox award

| name = The Lewin B. Barringer Memorial Trophy

| image =

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| caption =

| awarded_for = The greatest straight-line distance soaring flight during the previous calendar year, other than the U.S. National Championships.

| presenter = Soaring Society of America (SSA)

| country = USA

| reward =

| year = 1948

| year2 = 2016

| website = [http://www.ssa.org/myhome.asp?mbr=7262842059&show=blog&id=812#Performance Official site]

}}

The Lewin B. Barringer Memorial Trophy was established by the will of Lewin Barringer in 1948. The original rules specified that the trophy would be awarded for the longest distance soaring flight from any type of launching method other than airplane tow. The trophy would become the permanent property of any pilot who won it three times in succession.{{cite journal|title=Barringer Trophy|journal=Soaring|date=March–April 1948|volume=12|issue=3–4|pages=17}}

History

Paul Bikle was the first pilot to win the Trophy three times in succession. He subsequently donated the trophy back to the Soaring Society of America as a perpetual trophy. In 1957 the SSA Directors, with Bikle's approval, changed the rules to allow for any type of launch method and include any flights, other than those flown at the US National Contest.{{cite web|title=Barringer Trophy Summary|url=http://www.ssa.org/myhome.asp?mbr=7262842059&show=blog&id=812#Performance|publisher=SSA|accessdate=12 July 2011| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110716201938/http://www.ssa.org/myhome.asp?mbr=7262842059&show=blog&id=812| archivedate= 16 July 2011 | url-status= live}}

Recipients

Recipients of this trophy, from 1948 to present, include:{{cite web|title=Barringer Trophy Winners|url=http://www.ssa.org/members/badgesandrecords/AwardDetail.asp?id=3|publisher=SSA|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315163547/http://www.ssa.org/members/badgesandrecords/AwardDetail.asp?id=3|archivedate=2012-03-15}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="margin: 1ex auto 1ex auto"
Year

! class="unsortable" | Recipient

! class="unsortable" | Qualifying flight

1948

| Donald Pollard

|{{convert|206|mi|km}} from Elmira, New York to Asbury Park, New Jersey in an Arsenal Air 100{{cite journal|last=Pollard|first=Don|title=The Air-100|journal=Soaring|date=March–April 1948|volume=12|issue=3–4|pages=2}}

1951

| William Beuby

|{{convert|141.5|mi|km}} on July 4, 1951, likely in a Schweizer TG-2.{{cite journal|last=Burr|first=Howard|title=The 18th National|journal=Soaring|date=July–August 1951|volume=15|issue=4|pages=3, 5}}

1952

| Paul Bikle

|{{convert|217|mi|km}} from El Mirage, California to Yuma, Arizona in his Schweizer 1-23{{cite journal|title=Trophies at 19th|journal=Soaring|date=September–October 1952|pages=19}}{{cite journal|last=Briegleb|first=William|title=El Mirage Field|journal=Soaring|date=May–June 1952|volume=16|issue=3|pages=33}}{{cite journal|last=Licher|first=Lloyd|title=25th Annual U.S. Soaring Competitions|journal=Soaring|date=September–October 1958|volume=22|issue=5|pages=18}}

1953

| Paul Bikle

|{{convert|202|mi|km}} in his Schweizer 1-23

1954

| Paul Bikle

|{{convert|249|mi|km}} in his Schweizer 1-23

1955

| Paul Bikle

|{{convert|280|mi|km}} in his Schweizer 1-23{{cite web|last=Liebacher |first=John |title=Unofficial Barringer Trophy Listing |url=http://soaringweb.org/Awards/barringer.html |accessdate=13 July 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722053154/http://soaringweb.org/Awards/barringer.html |archivedate=22 July 2011 |url-status=live }}

1956

| Paul Bikle

|{{convert|210|mi|km}} in his Schweizer 1-23

1957

| Sterling Starr

|{{convert|333|mi|km}} on May 19, 1957, from Bishop, California to Escalante, Utah in a Schweizer 1-23. This flight completed Starr's Diamond badge{{cite journal|last=Starr|first=Sterling|title=Diamonds in the Sky|journal=Soaring|date=July–August 1957|volume=21|issue=4|pages=12–13}}

1958

| Julien Audette

|{{convert|236|mi|km}}on July 27, 1958, from Regina, Saskatchewan, to Minot, North Dakota in a Schweizer 1-26. Audette is the only winner to start their flight outside of the US.{{cite journal|last=Licher|first=Lloyd|title=26th Annual US National Soaring Competition|journal=Soaring|date=September 1958|volume=23|issue=5|pages=11}}

1959

| Harland Ross

|{{convert|365.5|mi|km}} from Kent, Texas to Farley, New Mexico in his Ross R-6. The flight earned Ross his Diamond Distance and completed his Diamond badge, No. 14 in the US.{{cite journal|last=Ross|first=Harland|title=Cross-Country on the "Marfa Dew Point Front"|journal=Soaring|date=October 1960|volume=24|issue=10|pages=4–7, 11}}

1960

| Joseph Lincoln

|{{convert|455.5|mi|km}} from Prescott, Arizona, to Variadero, New Mexico, in his Schweizer 1-23{{cite journal|last=Navoy|first=Helen|title=28th Annual U.S. National Soaring Championships|journal=Soaring|date=September 1961|volume=25|issue=9|pages=11}}{{cite journal|last=Lincoln|first=Joseph|title=Flight to Variadero|journal=Soaring|date=November 1960|volume=24|issue=11|pages=4–6}}

1961

| John Ryan

|{{convert|454|mi|km}} from Kingman, Arizona, to Santa Fe, New Mexico, in his Sisu 1A{{cite journal|last=Barnes Jr.|first=Wilson|title=29th Annual U.S. National Soaring Championships|journal=Soaring|date=September 1962|volume=26|issue=9|pages=12}}{{cite journal|title=Long Soaring Flights|journal=Soaring|date=June 1961|volume=25|issue=6|pages=1}}

1962

| Harald Jensen

|{{convert|435|mi|km}} from Naperville, Illinois, to Nashville, Tennessee, in a Vogt Lo-150{{cite journal|last=Delp|first=Nikki|title=School News|journal=Soaring|date=June 1962|volume=26|issue=6|pages=19}}{{cite journal|last=Licher|first=Lloyd|title=30th Annual U.S. National Soaring Championships|journal=Soaring|date=August 1963|volume=27|issue=8|pages=14}}

1963

| Alvin Parker

|{{convert|487|mi|km}} from Odessa, Texas, to Great Bend, Kansas, for the Distance to a Goal World Record in his Sisu 1A{{cite journal|title=31st Annual U.S. National Soaring Championships|journal=Soaring|date=August 1964|volume=28|issue=8|pages=2, 12}}

1964

| Alvin Parker

|{{convert|647|mi|km}} from Odessa, Texas, to Kimball, Nebraska, on July 31, 1964, in his Sisu 1A. This was the first glider flight in the world to exceed {{convert|1000|km|mi}} and set the World Record for Free Distance{{cite journal|last=Page|first=Tom|title=32nd Annual U.S. National Soaring Championships|journal=Soaring|date=September 1965|volume=29|issue=9|pages=16–17}}{{cite journal|last=Reeves|first=E.J.|title=Pioneering the 1000 Kilometers|journal=Soaring|date=September 1964|volume=28|issue=9|pages=7–10}}

1965

| Alvin Parker

|{{convert|371|mi|km}}from Odessa, Texas to Elkhart, Kansas, in his Sisu 1A.{{cite journal|last=Wright|first=Red|title=Red Dog's Rebuttal|journal=Soaring|date=July 1966|volume=30|issue=7|pages=8}}

1966

| Michael Berger

|{{convert|387.2|mi|km}} on May 22, 1966, from Westcliff, Colorado, to Mankato, Kansas, in a Schleicher Ka 6. The flight started with a climb in wave to 31,000 feet and ended at Mankato because Berger only had maps that went to that point. This was only his second cross country flight and earned him Gold Distance (finishing his Gold badge), Diamond Distance, and Diamond Altitude.{{cite journal|title=Barringer Memorial Trophy Winner Mike Berger|journal=Soaring|date=September 1967|volume=31|issue=9|pages=9}}{{cite journal|title=Long Soaring Flights|journal=Soaring|date=July 1966|volume=30|issue=7|pages=6}}

1967

| Wallace Scott

|{{convert|552|mi|km}} from Odessa, Texas, to Casa Grande, Arizona, in his Schleicher Ka 6E. Scott had declared Gila Bend, Arizona as a goal which would've been a World Record but was stopped by storms along the route.{{cite journal|last=Scott|first=Wallace|title=The Second 500|journal=Soaring|date=November 1967|volume=31|issue=11|pages=22–24}}

1968

| Wallace Scott

|{{convert|492.2|mi|km}} from Odessa, Texas, to near Ulysses, Kansas, on August 5, 1968, in his Sisu 1A{{cite journal|last=Licher|first=Lloyd|title=SSA Annual Awards Banquet|journal=Soaring|date=March 1969|volume=33|issue=3|pages=27}}

1969

| Wallace Scott

|{{convert|606|mi|km}} from Odessa, Texas, to Gila Bend, Arizona, on August 22, 1969, in his Schleicher ASW 12. This flight earned Scott the World Record for Distance to a Goal.{{cite journal|last=Licher|first=Lloyd|title=SSA Annual Awards Banquet|journal=Soaring|date=February 1970|volume=34|issue=2|pages=22}}

1970

| Ben Greene and Wallace Scott

|{{convert|717|mi|km}} from Odessa, Texas, to Columbus, Nebraska, on July 26, 1970. Both Scott and Greene flew Schleicher ASW 12's. With this flight they jointly set a new World Record for Free Distance.{{cite journal|journal=Soaring|date=March 1971|volume=35|issue=3|pages=11}}

1971

| Wallace Scott

|{{convert|585|mi|km}} from Odessa, Texas, to Estrella, Arizona, on September 11, 1971, in his Schleicher ASW 12.{{cite journal|journal=Soaring|date=November 1971|volume=35|issue=11|pages=42}}

1972

| Wallace Scott II

| {{convert|635|mi|km}} from Odessa, Texas, to Lexington, Nebraska, in his Schleicher ASW 12.{{cite journal|title=SSA in Action|journal=Soaring|date=March 1973|volume=37|issue=3|pages=7}}

1973

| Wallace Scott II

|{{convert|639|mi|km}} from Odessa, Texas, to Kearney, Nebraska, on August 27, 1973, in his Schleicher ASW 12.{{cite journal|journal=Soaring|date=November 1973|volume=37|issue=11|pages=42}}

1974

| Jerome Trowbridge

|{{convert|476|mi|km}} from Boca Raton, Florida, to Montezuma, Georgia, on April 8, 1974, in his Schempp-Hirth Standard Cirrus.{{cite journal|journal=Soaring|date=July 1974|volume=38|issue=7|pages=39}}

1975

| Wallace Scott

| {{convert|600.9|mi|km}} from Odessa, Texas, to Imperial, Nebraska, in his Schleicher ASW 12{{cite journal|journal=Soaring|date=April 1976|volume=40|issue=4|pages=6}}

1976

| Wallace Scott

|{{convert|540.16|mi|km}} from Odessa, Texas, in his Grob Astir CS.{{cite journal|journal=Soaring|date=April 1977|volume=41|issue=4|pages=14}}

1977

| Wallace Scott

|{{convert|716|mi|km}} from Odessa, Texas, to Primrose, Nebraska, in his Schweizer 1-35. The flight set a US National Record for Free Distance in the 15 Meter Class.{{cite journal|title=The 7th Nationals SSA Convention|journal=Soaring|date=April 1978|volume=42|issue=4|pages=19}}{{cite journal|journal=Soaring|date=September 1977|volume=41|issue=9|pages=7}}

1978

| Wallace Scott

|{{convert|629|mi|km}} from Odessa, Texas, to Grant, Nebraska{{cite journal|journal=Soaring|date=April 1979|volume=43|issue=4|pages=10}}

1979

| Wallace Scott

|{{convert|590|mi|km}} from Odessa, Texas, to McCook, Nebraska in a Slingsby Vega{{cite journal|title=The SSA National Soaring Convention|journal=Soaring|date=May 1980|volume=44|issue=5|pages=20}}

1980

| Wallace Scott

|{{convert|675|mi|km}}

1981

| Marion Griffith Jr.

|{{convert|645|mi|km

} from Refugio, Texas, to Liberal, Kansas, in a Glasflugel 604. This flight also set a US distance to a goal record.{{cite journal|last=Griffith Jr.|first=Marion|title=645 Miles in a 604|journal=Soaring|date=February 1982|volume=46|issue=2|pages=41–44}}

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| 1982

| Bill Seed Jr and Wallace Scott

|{{convert|533|mi|km|}} from Brownsville, Texas, to Bowie, Texas. Scott flew his Schleicher ASW 20 and Seed flew a Schleicher ASW 17B on the flight which ended in a simultaneous landing{{cite journal|title=The 1983 SSA International Soaring Convention|journal=Soaring|date=May 1983|volume=47|issue=5|pages=9}}{{cite journal|last=Barrett|first=Vicki|title=FAI Badges|journal=Soaring|date=December 1982|volume=46|issue=12|pages=52}}

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| 1983

| Wallace Scott

|{{convert|668.36|mi|km|}} from Odessa, Texas, to Dalton, Nebraska, on August 17.{{cite journal|last=Said|first=Bob|title=The 1984 SSA International Convention|journal=Soaring|date=April 1984|volume=48|issue=4|pages=28}}

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| 1984

| Michael Koerner

|{{convert|903|mi|km|}} from California City, California, to Seminole, Texas, in his Slingsby Kestrel 19. As of October 2011, this flight still stands as a US National Record for Free Distance in the Open Class Singleplace Category.{{cite journal|title=National Soaring Convention|journal=Soaring|date=April 1985|volume=49|issue=4|pages=17}}{{cite web|title=National Distance Records in the General Category|url=http://www.ssa.org/members/badgesandrecords/RecordTable.asp|publisher=SSA|accessdate=17 October 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606065647/http://www.ssa.org/members/badgesandrecords/RecordTable.asp|archivedate=6 June 2011}}

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| 1985

| Michael Koerner

|{{convert|449.9|mi|km|}} from California City, California, to Wells, Nevada, on May 25, 1985.{{cite journal|title=The 1986 SSA National Soaring Convention|journal=Soaring|date=May 1986|volume=50|issue=5|pages=24}}

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| 1986

| Wallace Scott

|{{convert|526.6|mi|km|}} from Uvalde, Texas, to Perryton, Texas, on August 13, 1986.{{cite journal|last=Sengebusch|first=Paul|title=A Colorado High!|journal=Soaring|date=May 1987|volume=51|series=5|pages=15}}

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| 1987

| Wallace Scott

|{{convert|569.03|mi|km|}} from Uvalde, Texas, to Medicine Lodge, Kansas, in his Schleicher ASW 20 on August 25, 1987.{{cite journal|last=Coleson|first=Arleen|title=FAI Badges & Other SSA Awards|journal=Soaring|date=November 1987|volume=51|issue=11|pages=51}}

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| 1988

| Wallace Scott

|{{convert|716.74|mi|km|}} from Odessa, Texas, to Hyannis, Nebraska, on July 5, 1988.{{cite journal|last=Frazier|first=Terry|title=Sweetness and Light SSA Convention|journal=Soaring|date=May 1989|volume=53|issue=5|pages=16}}

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| 1989

| Wallace Scott

|{{convert|649.16|mi|km|}} from Odessa, Texas, to Great Bend, Kansas, in his Schleicher ASW 20 on July 29, 1989.{{cite journal|last=Coleson|first=Arleen|title=FAI Badges & Other SSA Awards|journal=Soaring|date=November 1989|volume=53|issue=11|pages=52}}

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| 1990

| Wallace Scott

|{{convert|725.59|mi|km|}} from Odessa, Texas, to Thedford, Nebraska, in his Schleicher ASW 20 on July 7, 1990.{{cite journal|last=Coleson|first=Arleen|title=FAI Badges & Other SSA Awards|journal=Soaring|date=September 1990|volume=54|issue=9|pages=51}}

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| 1991

| Ira Phillips

|{{convert|541.82|mi|km|}} from Gadsden, Alabama, to Keyser, West Virginia, in his Schleicher ASW 20 on October 6, 1991.{{cite journal|last=Coleson|first=Arleen|title=FAI Badges and Other SSA Awards|journal=Soaring|date=May 1992|volume=56|series=5|pages=49}}

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| 1992

| Mark Keene

|{{convert|333.90|mi|km|}}from Refugio, Texas to Nevada, Texas, in his Schweizer 1-26.{{cite journal|last=O'mahoney|first=Chuck|title=Soiree in Seattle|journal=Soaring|date=May 1993|volume=57|issue=5|pages=20}}

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| 1993

| Wallace Scott

|{{convert|539.87|mi|km|}} from Odessa, Texas, to Goodland, Kansas, on September 21, 1993, in his Schleicher ASW 20.{{cite journal|last=Coleson|first=Arleen|title=FAI Badges and Other SSA Awards|journal=Soaring|date=March 1994|volume=58|issue=3|pages=44}}

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| 1994

| Hank Marlowe

|{{convert|669.94|mi|km|}} from Llano, California, to Weiser, Idaho, on July 9, 1994, in his Glaser-Dirks DG-600.{{cite journal|last=Coleson|first=Arleen|title=FAI Badges and Other SSA Awards|journal=Soaring|date=October 1994|volume=58|issue=10|pages=44}}

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| 1995

| Michael Koerner

|{{convert|554.74|mi|km|}} from Llano, California, to Lakeview, Arizona.{{cite journal|last=O'mahoney|first=Chuck|title=Huntsville was a Blast!|journal=Soaring|date=May 1996|volume=60|issue=5|pages=24}}

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| 1996

| Hank Marlowe and John O'Connell Graybill

|{{convert|544|mi|km|}} from Llano, California, to McDermitt, Oregon. They flew on the same day but never saw each on other during the flight.{{cite journal|last=O'Mahoney|first=Chuck|title=Hi-Hooooo Silver|journal=Soaring|date=April 1997|volume=61|issue=4|pages=18}}

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| 1997

| Karl Striedieck

|{{convert|805|mi|km|}} from Eagle Field, Pennsylvania, to Selma, Alabama, on April 18, 1997. As of January 2012, this flight still hold US National Records for Free Distance in the 15-meter class and Distance to a Goal in Open and 15 Meter class{{cite journal|last=Ruprecht|first=Judy|title=Badges & Records|journal=Soaring|date=August 1997|volume=61|series=6|pages=44}}

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| 1998

| Hank Marlowe

|{{convert|431|mi|km|}} from Llano, California, to Battle Mountain, Nevada, in his Schleicher ASW 27 on August 8, 1998{{cite journal|last=Ruprecht|first=Judy|title=Badge & Records|journal=Soaring|date=December 1998|volume=62|issue=12|pages=37}}

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| 1999

| Michael Koerner

|{{convert|543.91|mi|km|}} in his Schempp-Hirth Ventus{{cite journal|last=Thrasher|first=Bob|title=Enchantment in Albuquerque|journal=Soaring|date=May 2000|volume=64|issue=5|pages=19}}

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| 2000

| Robert Maronde, Phillippe Athuil, and John O'Connell Graybill

|{{convert|496.68|mi|km|}} from Llano, California, to Mount Pleasant, Utah. Maronde flew his Schleicher ASW 27, Athuil his Rolladen-Schneider LS6, and Graybill his Schempp-Hirth Ventus.{{cite journal|last=Coleson|first=Arleen|title=Badges & Records|journal=Soaring|date=November 2000|volume=64|issue=11|pages=37}}

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| 2001

| Michael Koerner

|{{convert|549.95|mi|km|}} from Llano, California, to Heber City, Utah, in his Schempp-Hirth Ventus on May 26, 2001.{{cite journal|last=Coleson|first=Arleen|title=Badges & Records|journal=Soaring|date=September 2001|volume=65|issue=9|pages=40}}

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| 2002

| Michael Koerner

|{{convert|553.95|mi|km|}} from Llano, California, to Lakeview, Oregon, in his Schempp-Hirth Ventus on May 24, 2002.{{cite journal|last=Coleson|first=Arleen|title=Badges & Records|journal=Soaring|date=September 2002|volume=66|issue=9|pages=40}}

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| 2003

| Phillippe Athuil

|{{convert|645.6|mi|km|}} from Llano, California, to Aberdeen, Idaho.{{cite journal|last=Woods|first=Chris|title=People of Soaring Phillipe Athuil|journal=Soaring|date=February 2006|volume=70|issue=2|pages=24–25}}

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| 2004

| Gordon Boettger

|{{convert|698.8|mi|km|}} from Minden, Nevada, to Steamboat Springs, Colorado, in his Glasflugel Kestrel 17.{{cite journal|title=The SSA Annual Awards|journal=Soaring|date=May 2005|volume=69|issue=5|pages=16}}{{cite journal|last=Ruprecht|first=Judy|title=Badges & Records|journal=Soaring|date=June 2004|volume=68|series=6|pages=44}}

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| 2005

| Michael Koerner

|{{convert|602.3|mi|km|}} from Llano, California, to Burley, Idaho, on July 18, 2005, in his Schempp-Hirth Ventus.{{cite journal|title=The 2005 SSA Annual Awards|journal=Soaring|date=April 2006|volume=70|issue=4|pages=20}}

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| 2006

| Michael Koerner

|{{convert|592.53|mi|km|}} from Llano, California, to Paisley, Oregon, on July 8, 2006, in his Schempp-Hirth Ventus.{{cite journal|title=The 2006 SSA Annual Awards|journal=Soaring|date=April 2007|volume=71|issue=4|pages=17}}

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| 2007

| Jim Ketcham

|{{convert|694.85|mi|km|}} from Agua Dulce, California, to Bend, Oregon, in his Schleicher ASH 26E.{{cite journal|last=Ruprecht|first=Judy|title=Badges & Records|journal=Soaring|date=October 2007|volume=71|issue=10|pages=50}}

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| 2008

| Henry Retting

|{{convert|527.3|mi|km|}} from Boca Raton, Florida to Griffin, Georgia in his Schempp-Hirth Discus.{{cite journal|last=Ruprecht|first=Judy|title=Badges & Records|journal=Soaring|date=March 2009|volume=73|issue=3|pages=45}}

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| 2009

| Phillippe Athuil

|{{convert|593.3|mi|km|}} from Llano, California, to Paisley, Idaho, in his Schleicher ASH 25 on August 1, 2009.{{cite journal|title=The 2010 Soaring Society of America Convention|journal=Soaring|date=March 2010|volume=74|issue=3|pages=16}}

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| 2010

| Michael Koerner

||{{convert|565|mi|km|}} from Llano, California, to Rome State, Oregon, in his Schempp-Hirth Ventus.{{cite journal|last=Maronde|first=Robert|journal=Soaring|title=2013 Straight-Out Cross Country Soaring Results|date=June 12, 2013|url=http://www.socalsoaring.com/crystalsquadron/2013%20straight-out%20cross-country%20results.pdf|accessdate=10 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021052947/http://socalsoaring.com/crystalsquadron/2013%20straight-out%20cross-country%20results.pdf|archive-date=21 October 2013|url-status=dead}}

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| 2011

| Gary Osoba

|{{convert|565|mi|km|}} from Zapata, Texas to Amarillo, Texas in his Marsden Gemini on July 2, 2011.{{cite web|title=July 2 OLC|url=http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?flightId=-177402969|accessdate=9 May 2012}}{{cite web|title=The Lewin B. Barringer Memorial Trophy|url=http://www.ssa.org/members/badgesandrecords/AwardDetail.asp?id=3|accessdate=9 May 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315163547/http://www.ssa.org/members/badgesandrecords/AwardDetail.asp?id=3|archivedate=15 March 2012}}

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| 2012

| Kevin Wayt

|{{convert|604.24|mi|km|}} from Tehachapi, California to Burns, Oregon in his Schempp-Hirth Ventus on September 8, 2012. This flight also won Kevin the annual Dust Devil Dash free distance soaring competition.{{cite journal|last=Layton|first=Denise|title=The Annual SSA Membership Meeting and Awards Banquet|journal=Soaring|date=April 2013|volume=77|issue=4|page=26}}{{cite web|title=OLC Flight information – Kevin Wayt (US)|url=http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=2741496|accessdate=5 April 2013}}

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| 2013

| Gordon Boettger and Hugh Bennett

|{{convert|701.46|mi|km|}} from Minden, Nevada to Gunnison, Colorado in their Schempp-Hirth Duo Discus on April 14, 2013. This flight also set the US Multiplace Free Distance Record.{{cite journal|last=Layton|first=Denise|title=The 2014 SSA Convention|journal=Soaring|date=April 2014|volume=78|issue=4|page=26}}{{cite web|title=OLC Flight information – Gordon Boettger (US)|url=http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=2888001|accessdate=23 April 2014}}

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| 2014

| Gordon Boettger and Hugh Bennett

|{{convert|879.2|mi|km|}} from Minden, Nevada to Casper, Wyoming in their Schempp-Hirth Duo Discus on May 4, 2014. {{cite journal|title=Soaring Society of America Membership and Awards Meeting|journal=Soaring|date=May 2015|volume=79|issue=5|page=12}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ssa.org/AwardDetail.asp?id=3|accessdate=8 June 2017|title=Archived copy|archive-date=23 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171123203047/http://www.ssa.org/AwardDetail.asp?id=3|url-status=dead}}

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| 2015

| Paul Seifried

|{{convert|319.3|mi|km|}} from Blairstown, New Jersey to Lovingston, Virginia in his Rolladen-Schneider LS-4 on April 24, 2015. {{cite journal|title=Regional and National Awards|journal=Soaring|date=May 2016|volume=80|issue=5|page=22}}{{cite web|url=http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?flightId=-305786509|accessdate=8 June 2017|title=OLC Flight information - Paul Seifried (US) - 24.04.2015}}

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See also

References

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External links

  • [http://www.ssa.org/myhome.asp?mbr=7262842059&show=blog&id=812#Barringer Official website]

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