Soaring for Diamonds

[David Pye]

Right, hope I've got the right forum this time...

Hi,

Just finished reading the above book - what a great
story of early gliding in the US, what a guy.

Can anyone tell me what Mr Joseph Colville Lincoln
is doing
these days, where he lives, is he still involved in
gliding? Is he emailable??? Love to say 'thanks'...

[[email protected]]

Mr. Lincoln moved on to the next great airmass in the sky well before I
started gliding (and enjoying his writing) 3 years ago.

He was an icon in Arizona soaring for quite some time. Hopefully some
of the more senior rASArs can fill us in here.

~ted/2NO

[Bob Whelan]

David Pye wrote:
> Right, hope I've got the right forum this time...
>
> Hi,
>
> Just finished reading the above book - what a great
> story of early gliding in the US, what a guy.
>
> Can anyone tell me what Mr Joseph Colville Lincoln
> is doing
> these days, where he lives, is he still involved in
> gliding? Is he emailable??? Love to say 'thanks'...
>
>
>
Sadly, Mr. Lincoln passed away prematurely in (working from memory) the
mid-1970's from brain cancer. A collection of "Soaring" magazines from
that timeframe will provide additional examples of his (very fine)
writings and details of his passing.

He did a lot for the sport.

"Soaring for Diamonds" was the very first book I read about soaring. In
1972 I found it in the library after joining my local club based on
input from my first post-college work-roomate (and glider
guider/tuggie), and *before* I'd taken my first lesson. Quite frankly
(writ with humorous hindsight), my reaction to the book was mixed! I
enjoyed the wonderful tale, but part of me was worried I'd be under peer
pressure to fly similarly!!! It's still a great book, and an
entertaining, instructive, highly recommended read.

I'd like to have known the man.


Regards,
Bob - refuses to play on freeways just because others do! - W.

[Paul Remde]

Hi David,

I recently read the book too and I also really liked it. I found that I
could really relate to many of his cross-country experiences. The book is
like a trip back in time to when the Schweizer 1-23 was a very high
performance glider!

I happened upon a batch of the books a few months ago when buying other
books from Schweizer. They had about 6 of the books that were new, but had
been sitting on a shelf for years and looked quite faded. I bought all the
books they had remaining and sold the last one a few weeks ago - except the
one that I kept for my collection. I wish I could get more of them. I
imagine used copied could be found using Amazon. I mention that in case
anyone reading this thread wants to find a copy.

Good Soaring,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com

"David Pye" > wrote in message
...
> Right, hope I've got the right forum this time...
>
> Hi,
>
> Just finished reading the above book - what a great
> story of early gliding in the US, what a guy.
>
> Can anyone tell me what Mr Joseph Colville Lincoln
> is doing
> these days, where he lives, is he still involved in
> gliding? Is he emailable??? Love to say 'thanks'...
>
>
>

[Andy]

Joe is long gone but you can read more of his stories in "Collected
Classics of Soaring".

See http://www.asa-soaring.org/publications.asp

Andy

[Martin Gregorie]

Paul Remde wrote:
> I imagine used copied could be found using Amazon. I mention that in case
> anyone reading this thread wants to find a copy.
>
For more specialized and/or older books its often worth checking Alibris
first:

http://www.alibris.com/home.cfm

For instance, they have 15 copies of Soaring for Diamonds priced from
$7.85 to $89.95 (10 are under $20). For comparison, Amazon have three
copies priced from $8.87 to $19.95.

I have no connection with either outfit except as a customer of both.


--
martin@ | Martin Gregorie
gregorie. | Essex, UK
org |

[Ralph Jones]

On 23 Jun 2006 08:06:28 -0700, wrote:

>Mr. Lincoln moved on to the next great airmass in the sky well before I
>started gliding (and enjoying his writing) 3 years ago.
>
>He was an icon in Arizona soaring for quite some time. Hopefully some
>of the more senior rASArs can fill us in here.
>
His daughter Judy was instructing at Estrella when I attended a camp
there in the late 70s.She's petite, and when she needed to rotate a
2-33 she had to put both hands on the nose handle, lift herself off
the ground, and wait a few seconds while the machine ponderously
tipped over onto the skid. Jim Foreman, watching this, once commented
"My SHADOW weighs more than she does!"

rj