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.
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.
Recipients Recipients of this trophy, from 1948 to present, include:
Year Recipient Qualifying flight 1948 Donald Pollard from Elmira, New York to Asbury Park, New Jersey in an Arsenal Air 100 1951 William Beuby on July 4, 1951, likely in a Schweizer TG-2. 1952 Paul Bikle from El Mirage, California to Yuma, Arizona in his Schweizer 1-23 1953 Paul Bikle in his Schweizer 1-23 1954 Paul Bikle in his Schweizer 1-23 1955 Paul Bikle in his Schweizer 1-23 1956 Paul Bikle in his Schweizer 1-23 1957 Sterling Starr on May 19, 1957, from Bishop, California to Escalante, Utah in a Schweizer 1-23. This flight completed Starr's Diamond badge 1958 Julien Audetteon 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. 1959 Harland Ross 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. 1960 Joseph Lincoln from Prescott, Arizona, to Variadero, New Mexico, in his Schweizer 1-23 1961 John Ryan from Kingman, Arizona, to Santa Fe, New Mexico, in his Sisu 1A 1962 Harald Jensen from Naperville, Illinois, to Nashville, Tennessee, in a Vogt Lo-150 1963 Alvin Parker from Odessa, Texas, to Great Bend, Kansas, for the Distance to a Goal World Record in his Sisu 1A 1964 Alvin Parker 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 and set the World Record for Free Distance 1965 Alvin Parkerfrom Odessa, Texas to Elkhart, Kansas, in his Sisu 1A. 1966 Michael Berger 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. 1967 Wallace Scott 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. 1968 Wallace Scott from Odessa, Texas, to near Ulysses, Kansas, on August 5, 1968, in his Sisu 1A 1969 Wallace Scott 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. 1970 Ben Greene and Wallace Scott 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. 1971 Wallace Scott from Odessa, Texas, to Estrella, Arizona, on September 11, 1971, in his Schleicher ASW 12. 1972 Wallace Scott II from Odessa, Texas, to Lexington, Nebraska, in his Schleicher ASW 12. 1973 Wallace Scott II from Odessa, Texas, to Kearney, Nebraska, on August 27, 1973, in his Schleicher ASW 12. 1974 Jerome Trowbridge from Boca Raton, Florida, to Montezuma, Georgia, on April 8, 1974, in his Schempp-Hirth Standard Cirrus. 1975 Wallace Scott from Odessa, Texas, to Imperial, Nebraska, in his Schleicher ASW 12 1976 Wallace Scott from Odessa, Texas, in his Grob Astir CS. 1977 Wallace Scott 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. 1978 Wallace Scott from Odessa, Texas, to Grant, Nebraska 1979 Wallace Scott from Odessa, Texas, to McCook, Nebraska in a Slingsby Vega 1980 Wallace Scott 1981 Marion Griffith Jr. from Refugio, Texas, to Liberal, Kansas, in a Glasflugel 604. This flight also set a US distance to a goal record. 1982 Bill Seed Jr and Wallace Scott 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 1983 Wallace Scott from Odessa, Texas, to Dalton, Nebraska, on August 17. 1984 Michael Koerner 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. 1985 Michael Koerner from California City, California, to Wells, Nevada, on May 25, 1985. 1986 Wallace Scott from Uvalde, Texas, to Perryton, Texas, on August 13, 1986. 1987 Wallace Scott from Uvalde, Texas, to Medicine Lodge, Kansas, in his Schleicher ASW 20 on August 25, 1987. 1988 Wallace Scott from Odessa, Texas, to Hyannis, Nebraska, on July 5, 1988. 1989 Wallace Scott from Odessa, Texas, to Great Bend, Kansas, in his Schleicher ASW 20 on July 29, 1989. 1990 Wallace Scott from Odessa, Texas, to Thedford, Nebraska, in his Schleicher ASW 20 on July 7, 1990. 1991 Ira Phillips from Gadsden, Alabama, to Keyser, West Virginia, in his Schleicher ASW 20 on October 6, 1991. 1992 Mark Keenefrom Refugio, Texas to Nevada, Texas, in his Schweizer 1-26. 1993 Wallace Scott from Odessa, Texas, to Goodland, Kansas, on September 21, 1993, in his Schleicher ASW 20. 1994 Hank Marlowe from Llano, California, to Weiser, Idaho, on July 9, 1994, in his Glaser-Dirks DG-600. 1995 Michael Koerner from Llano, California, to Lakeview, Arizona. 1996 Hank Marlowe and John O'Connell Graybill from Llano, California, to McDermitt, Oregon. They flew on the same day but never saw each on other during the flight. 1997 Karl Striedieck 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 1998 Hank Marlowe from Llano, California, to Battle Mountain, Nevada, in his Schleicher ASW 27 on August 8, 1998 1999 Michael Koerner in his Schempp-Hirth Ventus 2000 Robert Maronde, Phillippe Athuil, and John O'Connell Graybill from Llano, California, to Mount Pleasant, Utah. Maronde flew his Schleicher ASW 27, Athuil his Rolladen-Schneider LS6, and Graybill his Schempp-Hirth Ventus. 2001 Michael Koerner from Llano, California, to Heber City, Utah, in his Schempp-Hirth Ventus on May 26, 2001. 2002 Michael Koerner from Llano, California, to Lakeview, Oregon, in his Schempp-Hirth Ventus on May 24, 2002. 2003 Phillippe Athuil from Llano, California, to Aberdeen, Idaho. 2004 Gordon Boettger from Minden, Nevada, to Steamboat Springs, Colorado, in his Glasflugel Kestrel 17. 2005 Michael Koerner from Llano, California, to Burley, Idaho, on July 18, 2005, in his Schempp-Hirth Ventus. 2006 Michael Koerner from Llano, California, to Paisley, Oregon, on July 8, 2006, in his Schempp-Hirth Ventus. 2007 Jim Ketcham from Agua Dulce, California, to Bend, Oregon, in his Schleicher ASH 26E. 2008 Henry Retting from Boca Raton, Florida to Griffin, Georgia in his Schempp-Hirth Discus. 2009 Phillippe Athuil from Llano, California, to Paisley, Idaho, in his Schleicher ASH 25 on August 1, 2009. 2010 Michael Koerner from Llano, California, to Rome State, Oregon, in his Schempp-Hirth Ventus. 2011 Gary Osoba from Zapata, Texas to Amarillo, Texas in his Marsden Gemini on July 2, 2011. 2012 Kevin Wayt 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. 2013 Gordon Boettger and Hugh Bennett 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. 2014 Gordon Boettger and Hugh Bennett from Minden, Nevada to Casper, Wyoming in their Schempp-Hirth Duo Discus on May 4, 2014. 2015 Paul Seifried from Blairstown, New Jersey to Lovingston, Virginia in his Rolladen-Schneider LS-4 on April 24, 2015.
See also
List of aviation awards
References
External links Official website