| The Lewin B. Barringer Memorial Trophy | |
| 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 |
| Year: | 1948 |
| Year2: | 2016 |
| Website: | 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.[1]
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.[2]
Recipients of this trophy, from 1948 to present, include:[3]
| Year | Recipient | Qualifying flight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Donald Pollard | 206miles from Elmira, New York to Asbury Park, New Jersey in an Arsenal Air 100[4] | |
| 1951 | William Beuby | 141.5miles on July 4, 1951, likely in a Schweizer TG-2.[5] | |
| 1952 | Paul Bikle | 217miles from El Mirage, California to Yuma, Arizona in his Schweizer 1-23[6] [7] [8] | |
| 1953 | Paul Bikle | 202miles in his Schweizer 1-23[9] [10] | |
| 1954 | Paul Bikle | 249miles in his Schweizer 1-23[11] [12] | |
| 1955 | Paul Bikle | 280miles in his Schweizer 1-23[13] [14] | |
| 1956 | Paul Bikle | 210miles in his Schweizer 1-23[15] [16] | |
| 1957 | Sterling Starr | 333miles on May 19, 1957, from Bishop, California to Escalante, Utah in a Schweizer 1-23. This flight completed Starr's Diamond badge[17] | |
| 1958 | Julien Audette | 236mileson 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.[18] | |
| 1959 | Harland Ross | 365.5miles 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.[19] | |
| 1960 | Joseph Lincoln | 455.5miles from Prescott, Arizona, to Variadero, New Mexico, in his Schweizer 1-23[20] [21] | |
| 1961 | John Ryan | 454miles from Kingman, Arizona, to Santa Fe, New Mexico, in his Sisu 1A[22] [23] | |
| 1962 | Harald Jensen | 435miles from Naperville, Illinois, to Nashville, Tennessee, in a Vogt Lo-150[24] [25] | |
| 1963 | Alvin Parker | 487miles from Odessa, Texas, to Great Bend, Kansas, for the Distance to a Goal World Record in his Sisu 1A[26] | |
| 1964 | Alvin Parker | 647miles 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 1000km (1,000miles) and set the World Record for Free Distance[27] [28] | |
| 1965 | Alvin Parker | 371milesfrom Odessa, Texas to Elkhart, Kansas, in his Sisu 1A.[29] | |
| 1966 | Michael Berger | 387.2miles 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.[30] [31] | |
| 1967 | Wallace Scott | 552miles 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.[32] | |
| 1968 | Wallace Scott | 492.2miles from Odessa, Texas, to near Ulysses, Kansas, on August 5, 1968, in his Sisu 1A[33] | |
| 1969 | Wallace Scott | 606miles 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.[34] | |
| 1970 | Ben Greene and Wallace Scott | 717miles 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.[35] | |
| 1971 | Wallace Scott | 585miles from Odessa, Texas, to Estrella, Arizona, on September 11, 1971, in his Schleicher ASW 12.[36] | |
| 1972 | Wallace Scott II | 635miles from Odessa, Texas, to Lexington, Nebraska, in his Schleicher ASW 12.[37] | |
| 1973 | Wallace Scott II | 639miles from Odessa, Texas, to Kearney, Nebraska, on August 27, 1973, in his Schleicher ASW 12.[38] | |
| 1974 | Jerome Trowbridge | 476miles from Boca Raton, Florida, to Montezuma, Georgia, on April 8, 1974, in his Schempp-Hirth Standard Cirrus.[39] | |
| 1975 | Wallace Scott | 600.9miles from Odessa, Texas, to Imperial, Nebraska, in his Schleicher ASW 12[40] | |
| 1976 | Wallace Scott | 540.16miles from Odessa, Texas, in his Grob Astir CS.[41] | |
| 1977 | Wallace Scott | 716miles 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.[42] [43] | |
| 1978 | Wallace Scott | 629miles from Odessa, Texas, to Grant, Nebraska[44] | |
| 1979 | Wallace Scott | 590miles from Odessa, Texas, to McCook, Nebraska in a Slingsby Vega[45] | |
| 1980 | Wallace Scott | 675miles[46] | |
| 1981 | Marion Griffith Jr. | 645miles from Refugio, Texas, to Liberal, Kansas, in a Glasflugel 604. This flight also set a US distance to a goal record.[47] | |
| 1982 | Bill Seed Jr and Wallace Scott | 533miles 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[48] [49] | |
| 1983 | Wallace Scott | 668.36miles from Odessa, Texas, to Dalton, Nebraska, on August 17.[50] | |
| 1984 | Michael Koerner | 903miles 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.[51] [52] | |
| 1985 | Michael Koerner | 449.9miles from California City, California, to Wells, Nevada, on May 25, 1985.[53] | |
| 1986 | Wallace Scott | 526.6miles from Uvalde, Texas, to Perryton, Texas, on August 13, 1986.[54] | |
| 1987 | Wallace Scott | 569.03miles from Uvalde, Texas, to Medicine Lodge, Kansas, in his Schleicher ASW 20 on August 25, 1987.[55] | |
| 1988 | Wallace Scott | 716.74miles from Odessa, Texas, to Hyannis, Nebraska, on July 5, 1988.[56] | |
| 1989 | Wallace Scott | 649.16miles from Odessa, Texas, to Great Bend, Kansas, in his Schleicher ASW 20 on July 29, 1989.[57] | |
| 1990 | Wallace Scott | 725.59miles from Odessa, Texas, to Thedford, Nebraska, in his Schleicher ASW 20 on July 7, 1990.[58] | |
| 1991 | Ira Phillips | 541.82miles from Gadsden, Alabama, to Keyser, West Virginia, in his Schleicher ASW 20 on October 6, 1991.[59] | |
| 1992 | Mark Keene | 333.9milesfrom Refugio, Texas to Nevada, Texas, in his Schweizer 1-26.[60] | |
| 1993 | Wallace Scott | 539.87miles from Odessa, Texas, to Goodland, Kansas, on September 21, 1993, in his Schleicher ASW 20.[61] | |
| 1994 | Hank Marlowe | 669.94miles from Llano, California, to Weiser, Idaho, on July 9, 1994, in his Glaser-Dirks DG-600.[62] | |
| 1995 | Michael Koerner | 554.74miles from Llano, California, to Lakeview, Arizona.[63] | |
| 1996 | Hank Marlowe and John O'Connell Graybill | 544miles from Llano, California, to McDermitt, Oregon. They flew on the same day but never saw each on other during the flight.[64] | |
| 1997 | Karl Striedieck | 805miles 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[65] | |
| 1998 | Hank Marlowe | 431miles from Llano, California, to Battle Mountain, Nevada, in his Schleicher ASW 27 on August 8, 1998[66] | |
| 1999 | Michael Koerner | 543.91miles in his Schempp-Hirth Ventus[67] | |
| 2000 | Robert Maronde, Phillippe Athuil, and John O'Connell Graybill | 496.68miles from Llano, California, to Mount Pleasant, Utah. Maronde flew his Schleicher ASW 27, Athuil his Rolladen-Schneider LS6, and Graybill his Schempp-Hirth Ventus.[68] | |
| 2001 | Michael Koerner | 549.95miles from Llano, California, to Heber City, Utah, in his Schempp-Hirth Ventus on May 26, 2001.[69] | |
| 2002 | Michael Koerner | 553.95miles from Llano, California, to Lakeview, Oregon, in his Schempp-Hirth Ventus on May 24, 2002.[70] | |
| 2003 | Phillippe Athuil | 645.6miles from Llano, California, to Aberdeen, Idaho.[71] | |
| 2004 | Gordon Boettger | 698.8miles from Minden, Nevada, to Steamboat Springs, Colorado, in his Glasflugel Kestrel 17.[72] [73] | |
| 2005 | Michael Koerner | 602.3miles from Llano, California, to Burley, Idaho, on July 18, 2005, in his Schempp-Hirth Ventus.[74] | |
| 2006 | Michael Koerner | 592.53miles from Llano, California, to Paisley, Oregon, on July 8, 2006, in his Schempp-Hirth Ventus.[75] | |
| 2007 | Jim Ketcham | 694.85miles from Agua Dulce, California, to Bend, Oregon, in his Schleicher ASH 26E.[76] | |
| 2008 | Henry Retting | 527.3miles from Boca Raton, Florida to Griffin, Georgia in his Schempp-Hirth Discus.[77] | |
| 2009 | Phillippe Athuil | 593.3miles from Llano, California, to Paisley, Idaho, in his Schleicher ASH 25 on August 1, 2009.[78] | |
| 2010 | Michael Koerner | 565miles from Llano, California, to Rome State, Oregon, in his Schempp-Hirth Ventus.[79] | |
| 2011 | Gary Osoba | 565miles from Zapata, Texas to Amarillo, Texas in his Marsden Gemini on July 2, 2011.[80] [81] | |
| 2012 | Kevin Wayt | 604.24miles 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.[82] [83] | |
| 2013 | Gordon Boettger and Hugh Bennett | 701.46miles 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.[84] [85] | |
| 2014 | Gordon Boettger and Hugh Bennett | 879.2miles from Minden, Nevada to Casper, Wyoming in their Schempp-Hirth Duo Discus on May 4, 2014. [86] [87] | |
| 2015 | Paul Seifried | 319.3miles from Blairstown, New Jersey to Lovingston, Virginia in his Rolladen-Schneider LS-4 on April 24, 2015. [88] [89] [90] |