Jacqueline Payne

Past Chairman of SSA’s Badge and Record Committee

Author of Badge and Record book for soaring pilots-5 editions

Official Observer 30+ years

US soaring record Multi-Place Speed around 300 km Triangle 108 mph

Award winning math teacher and administrator

Soaring and power pilot 45+ years

SSA Exceptional Service award

SSA Eaton Trophy (SSA’s highest award) for co-organizing Return to Kitty Hawk 2003

Logistics: Five soaring Team USA World Championships

Logistics: Four Cross Country Soaring trips to Argentina

Logistics: Five Perlan team campaigns to Argentina

Perlan Chief of Ground Ops six seasons

Inducted into US Soaring Hall of Fame in 2024

Wife and crew for Jim Payne 45+ years