Barringer Trophy
Year Recipient Qualifying flight
1948 Donald Pollard 206 miles ( 332 km ) from Elmira , New York to Asbury Park , New Jersey in an Arsenal Air 100
1951 William Beuby 141.5 miles ( 227.7 km ) on July 4 , 1951 , likely in a Schweizer TG-2
1952 Paul Bikle 217 miles ( 349 km ) from El Mirage , California to Yuma , Arizona in his Schweizer 1-23
1953 Paul Bikle 202 miles ( 325 km ) in his Schweizer 1-23
1954 Paul Bikle 249 miles ( 401 km ) in his Schweizer 1-23
1955 Paul Bikle 280 miles ( 450 km ) in his Schweizer 1-23
1956 Paul Bikle 210 miles ( 340 km ) in his Schweizer 1-23
1957 Sterling Starr 333 miles ( 536 km ) on May 19 , 1957 , from Bishop , California to Escalante , Utah in a Schweizer 1-23 . This flight completed Starr 's Diamond badge
1958 Julien Audette 236 miles ( 380 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
1959 Harland Ross 365.5 miles ( 588.2 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
1960 Joseph Lincoln 455.5 miles ( 733.1 km ) from Prescott , Arizona , to Variadero , New Mexico , in his Schweizer 1-23
1961 John Ryan 454 miles ( 731 km ) from Kingman , Arizona , to Santa Fe , New Mexico , in his Sisu 1A
1962 Harald Jensen 435 miles ( 700 km ) from Naperville , Illinois , to Nashville , Tennessee , in a Vogt Lo-150
1963 Alvin Parker 487 miles ( 784 km ) from Odessa , Texas , to Great Bend , Kansas , for the Distance to a Goal World Record in his Sisu 1A
1964 Alvin Parker 647 miles ( 1,041 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 1,000 kilometres ( 620 mi ) and set the World Record for Free Distance
1965 Alvin Parker 371 miles ( 597 km ) from Odessa , Texas to Elkhart , Kansas , in his Sisu 1A
1966 Michael Berger 387.2 miles ( 623.1 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
1967 Wallace Scott 552 miles ( 888 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
1968 Wallace Scott 492.2 miles ( 792.1 km ) from Odessa , Texas , to near Ulysses , Kansas , on August 5 , 1968 , in his Sisu 1A
1969 Wallace Scott 606 miles ( 975 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
Recipients
Recipients of this trophy , from 1948 to present , include : [ 3 ]
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.