Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame
Enshrined 1992
Joseph Lincoln was born in Cleveland, Ohio and moved to Phoenix In 1931. He attended schools in California and Arizona, graduating from the University of Arizona After a three-year stint in the Army Air Forces during world War II. Joe earned a private pilot’s license in 1947 but began soaring in 1956 at Falcon Field in Mesa. After buying his first sailplane he began his long association with soaring as a competitor in the National Soaring Championships As well as regional soaring contests. He won the Barringer Memorial Trophy in 1960 for the longest straight distance soaring flight in the U.S. – 455.5 miles from Prescott to Varadero, New Mexico. Joe was selected to the Helms Soaring Hall Of Fame in 1961 and in 1967 set a U.S. Multiplace Distance Soaring Record of just over 500 miles.
