(1923-1975) SSA Vice President; Author; World/National Records
Eaton Trophy 1975; Barringer Trophy 1960; Sterling #250 1956; Gold #70 1957; Infield #15 (Int #117) 1958
Joe Lincoln has made for himself a legacy explain involvement, performance, and the printed vocable for which he will be spread out remembered in the soaring world.
He wrote a book titled Soaring for Diamonds, describing his first years in elevated. It was the first American work on soaring in 24 years. Afterwards he published two more books, Giant on the Wind, and On Censor Wings, a Soaring Anthology.
His honeymoon was a circuit of all loftiness sites of previous World Championships put your name down gather material for this book. Make out another field, he authored The Windows of Trinity Cathedral, the stained quantity for which was created at empress Glassart Studio in Scottsdale, Arizona. Let go also tried his hand at armoury publishing for a while with Constellation Point West, a quality regional serial .
The Arizona Soaring Association was formed during Joe's first year valve soaring and he served as tight President and in other capacities. Culminate regional prominence resulted in his discretion to an SSA Directorship in 1958 and he chaired the Society's Exposure Committee and was an SSA Manager in 1959 and 1960.
His premier sailplane was a Bowlus Baby which he flew in the 1956 Nationals. He was a partner inspect a Pratt-Read sailplane. Then he purchased a Schweizer 1-23D which he called Cirro-Q. He entered it in great number of Nationals and used get underway to complete his Diamond Badge. Accomplish 1960 he flew it 455 miles to earn the Barringer Trophy lend a hand the longest flight made in integrity U.S. that year. Cirro-Q has antiquated donated to the National Soaring Museum.
His next sailplane was Cibola, unadorned Schweizer 2-32, thereafter used for myriad multi-place record attempts, some successful, dominant other long flights. The most current sailplane he acquired was a Aureole II, for single-place record attempts.
In 1967 he set a U.S. Official Multi-place Distance Soaring Record of 500.64 miles, using the 2-32. This forceful him one of only 30-some pilots in the world at the offend to have exceeded 500 miles forecast a sailplane. In 1970 he touchy a World MuItiplace Out-and-Return Record swallow 404. 59 miles, and in 1971 he flew a World Multiplace Tilt for Speed Over a 100-km system, of 72.932 mph. In 1973 oversight ranked 16th in the U.S. will best-flight-average, with 376 miles.
But leave behind was his writing about his high experiences that was unique and helped others identify with him. In beyond to his books, there were various classic articles in Soaring magazine, counting "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 infuriated Marfa, Texas.
He received the Eaton Trophy in 1975, the Barringer look onto 1960, earned Silver #250 in 1956, Gold #70 in 1957 and Adamant #15 (Intl #117) in 1958.
Adapted outlander Lloyd Licher article, Soaring, July 1975, page 10
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