He also set a world Multiplace Goal and Return Record of 404.6 miles and a World Multiplace 100-kilometer speed record of 72.93 mph. Joe Lincoln Wrote prolifically about the sport of soaring. His book "Soaring for Diamonds” wherein he relates his experiences which culminated in his winning soaring’s most prestigious emblem – the Diamond C – is a classic in its field. He was President of the Arizona Soaring Association in 1957, a Director Of the Soaring Society of America, and was posthumously awarded the Soaring Society of America’s Warren E. Eaton Memorial Trophy.