Barringer Trophy


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

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:
YearRecipientQualifying flight
1948Donald Pollard from Elmira, New York to Asbury Park, New Jersey in an Arsenal Air 100
1951William Beuby on July 4, 1951, likely in a Schweizer TG-2.
1952Paul Bikle from El Mirage, California to Yuma, Arizona in his Schweizer 1-23
1953Paul Bikle in his Schweizer 1-23
1954Paul Bikle in his Schweizer 1-23
1955Paul Bikle in his Schweizer 1-23
1956Paul Bikle in his Schweizer 1-23
1957Sterling Starr on May 19, 1957, from Bishop, California to Escalante, Utah in a Schweizer 1-23. This flight completed Starr's Diamond badge
1958Julien 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.
1959Harland 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.
1960Joseph Lincoln from Prescott, Arizona, to Variadero, New Mexico, in his Schweizer 1-23
1961John Ryan from Kingman, Arizona, to Santa Fe, New Mexico, in his Sisu 1A
1962Harald Jensen from Naperville, Illinois, to Nashville, Tennessee, in a Vogt Lo-150
1963Alvin Parker from Odessa, Texas, to Great Bend, Kansas, for the Distance to a Goal World Record in his Sisu 1A
1964Alvin 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
1965Alvin Parkerfrom Odessa, Texas to Elkhart, Kansas, in his Sisu 1A.
1966Michael 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, Diamond Distance, and Diamond Altitude.
1967Wallace 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.
1968Wallace Scott from Odessa, Texas, to near Ulysses, Kansas, on August 5, 1968, in his Sisu 1A
1969Wallace 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.
1970Ben 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.
1971Wallace Scott from Odessa, Texas, to Estrella, Arizona, on September 11, 1971, in his Schleicher ASW 12.
1972Wallace Scott II from Odessa, Texas, to Lexington, Nebraska, in his Schleicher ASW 12.
1973Wallace Scott II from Odessa, Texas, to Kearney, Nebraska, on August 27, 1973, in his Schleicher ASW 12.
1974Jerome Trowbridge from Boca Raton, Florida, to Montezuma, Georgia, on April 8, 1974, in his Schempp-Hirth Standard Cirrus.
1975Wallace Scott from Odessa, Texas, to Imperial, Nebraska, in his Schleicher ASW 12
1976Wallace Scott from Odessa, Texas, in his Grob Astir CS.
1977Wallace 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.
1978Wallace Scott from Odessa, Texas, to Grant, Nebraska
1979Wallace Scott from Odessa, Texas, to McCook, Nebraska in a Slingsby Vega
1980Wallace Scott
1981Marion Griffith Jr. from Refugio, Texas, to Liberal, Kansas, in a Glasflugel 604. This flight also set a US distance to a goal record.
1982Bill 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
1983Wallace Scott from Odessa, Texas, to Dalton, Nebraska, on August 17.
1984Michael 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.
1985Michael Koerner from California City, California, to Wells, Nevada, on May 25, 1985.
1986Wallace Scott from Uvalde, Texas, to Perryton, Texas, on August 13, 1986.
1987Wallace Scott from Uvalde, Texas, to Medicine Lodge, Kansas, in his Schleicher ASW 20 on August 25, 1987.
1988Wallace Scott from Odessa, Texas, to Hyannis, Nebraska, on July 5, 1988.
1989Wallace Scott from Odessa, Texas, to Great Bend, Kansas, in his Schleicher ASW 20 on July 29, 1989.
1990Wallace Scott from Odessa, Texas, to Thedford, Nebraska, in his Schleicher ASW 20 on July 7, 1990.
1991Ira Phillips from Gadsden, Alabama, to Keyser, West Virginia, in his Schleicher ASW 20 on October 6, 1991.
1992Mark Keenefrom Refugio, Texas to Nevada, Texas, in his Schweizer 1-26.
1993Wallace Scott from Odessa, Texas, to Goodland, Kansas, on September 21, 1993, in his Schleicher ASW 20.
1994Hank Marlowe from Llano, California, to Weiser, Idaho, on July 9, 1994, in his Glaser-Dirks DG-600.
1995Michael Koerner from Llano, California, to Lakeview, Arizona.
1996Hank 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.
1997Karl 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
1998Hank Marlowe from Llano, California, to Battle Mountain, Nevada, in his Schleicher ASW 27 on August 8, 1998
1999Michael Koerner in his Schempp-Hirth Ventus
2000Robert 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.
2001Michael Koerner from Llano, California, to Heber City, Utah, in his Schempp-Hirth Ventus on May 26, 2001.
2002Michael Koerner from Llano, California, to Lakeview, Oregon, in his Schempp-Hirth Ventus on May 24, 2002.
2003Phillippe Athuil from Llano, California, to Aberdeen, Idaho.
2004Gordon Boettger from Minden, Nevada, to Steamboat Springs, Colorado, in his Glasflugel Kestrel 17.
2005Michael Koerner from Llano, California, to Burley, Idaho, on July 18, 2005, in his Schempp-Hirth Ventus.
2006Michael Koerner from Llano, California, to Paisley, Oregon, on July 8, 2006, in his Schempp-Hirth Ventus.
2007Jim Ketcham from Agua Dulce, California, to Bend, Oregon, in his Schleicher ASH 26E.
2008Henry Retting from Boca Raton, Florida to Griffin, Georgia in his Schempp-Hirth Discus.
2009Phillippe Athuil from Llano, California, to Paisley, Idaho, in his Schleicher ASH 25 on August 1, 2009.
2010Michael Koerner from Llano, California, to Rome State, Oregon, in his Schempp-Hirth Ventus.
2011Gary Osoba from Zapata, Texas to Amarillo, Texas in his Marsden Gemini on July 2, 2011.
2012Kevin 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.
2013Gordon 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.
2014Gordon Boettger and Hugh Bennett from Minden, Nevada to Casper, Wyoming in their Schempp-Hirth Duo Discus on May 4, 2014.
2015Paul Seifried from Blairstown, New Jersey to Lovingston, Virginia in his Rolladen-Schneider LS-4 on April 24, 2015.