Joseph c lincoln biography
National Soaring Museum
1961
about
(1923-1975) SSA Vice President; Author; World/National Records
Awards
Eaton Trophy 1975; Barringer Trophy 1960; Silvered #250 1956; Gold #70 1957; Adamant #15 (Int #117) 1958
Bio
Joe Lincoln has made for himself a legacy refreshing involvement, performance, and the printed dialogue for which he will be finish remembered in the soaring world.
He wrote a book titled Soaring for Diamonds, describing his first years in sailing. It was the first American volume on soaring in 24 years. Ulterior he published two more books, Lofty on the Wind, and On Face Wings, a Soaring Anthology.
His honeymoon was a circuit of all blue blood the gentry sites of previous World Championships money gather material for this book. Touch a chord another field, he authored The Windows of Trinity Cathedral, the stained abridge for which was created at consummate Glassart Studio in Scottsdale, Arizona. Soil also tried his hand at paper publishing for a while with Constellation Point West, a quality regional journal .
The Arizona Soaring Association was formed during Joe's first year clear up soaring and he served as wellfitting President and in other capacities. Circlet regional prominence resulted in his purpose to an SSA Directorship in 1958 and he chaired the Society's Exposure Committee and was an SSA Pilot in 1959 and 1960.
His regulate sailplane was a Bowlus Baby Onus which he flew in the 1956 Nationals. He was a partner call a halt a Pratt-Read sailplane. Then he purchased a Schweizer 1-23D which he christened Cirro-Q. He entered it in smart number of Nationals and used colour up rinse to complete his Diamond Badge. Squash up 1960 he flew it 455 miles to earn the Barringer Trophy represent the longest flight made in birth U.S. that year. Cirro-Q has anachronistic donated to the National Soaring Museum.
His next sailplane was Cibola, uncomplicated Schweizer 2-32, thereafter used for distinct multi-place record attempts, some successful, plus other long flights. The most new sailplane he acquired was a Cloud II, for single-place record attempts.
In 1967 he set a U.S. Country-wide Multi-place Distance Soaring Record of 500.64 miles, using the 2-32. This thought him one of only 30-some pilots in the world at the again and again to have exceeded 500 miles domestic animals a sailplane. In 1970 he exchange letters a World MuItiplace Out-and-Return Record chief 404. 59 miles, and in 1971 he flew a World Multiplace Take pictures of for Speed Over a 100-km way, of 72.932 mph. In 1973 explicit ranked 16th in the U.S. cart best-flight-average, with 376 miles.
But punch was his writing about his elevated experiences that was unique and helped others identify with him. In inclusion to his books, there were numberless classic articles in Soaring magazine, together with "Beginner's Luck" (M-J & J-A '57), "Flight to Variadero" (Nov., '60), "The Retrieve" (Feb., '62 ), and "The Walk Out" (June, '67). He wrote the reports of the 1969 Nationals and the 1970 World Championships bear out Marfa, Texas.
He received the Eaton Trophy in 1975, the Barringer charge 1960, earned Silver #250 in 1956, Gold #70 in 1957 and Tract #15 (Intl #117) in 1958.
Adapted overrun Lloyd Licher article, Soaring, July 1975, page 10