Editing Edwin Albert Link (section)

{{Short description|American inventor and underwater diver (1904–1981)}}
{{infobox person
| name        = Edwin Albert Link
| image       = Edwin Link.jpg
| caption     = Edwin A. Link
| birth_name  = 
| birth_date  = July 26, 1904
| birth_place = [[Huntington, Indiana]]
| death_date  = {{Death date and age|1981|09|07|1904|07|26|mf=yes}}
| death_place = [[Binghamton, New York]], United States
| nationality = American
| other_names = 
| known_for   = Inventor of [[flight simulator]]; [[Underwater archeology|underwater archeologist]]; [[Naval architecture|ocean engineer]]
| education   = [[Binghamton Central High School]]
| employer    = 
| occupation  = Industrialist, entrepreneur
| title       = 
| predecessor = 
| successor   = 
| spouse      = Marion Clayton Link
| children    = William Martin Link, Edwin Clayton Link
| parents     = Edwin A. Link, Sr., Katherine Martin Link
| relatives   = 
}}

'''Edwin Albert Link''' (July 26, 1904 &ndash; September 7, 1981)<ref name="Timeline">{{cite web|url=http://library.binghamton.edu/specialcollections/findingaids/linkcoll_m4.html |title=Edwin Albert Link - A Chronological Biography |access-date=2011-12-29 |publisher=[[Binghamton University|Binghamton University Libraries]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317171714/http://library.binghamton.edu/specialcollections/findingaids/linkcoll_m4.html |archive-date=2012-03-17 }}</ref> was an American inventor, entrepreneur and pioneer in [[aviation]], [[underwater archaeology]], and [[submersible]]s. He invented the [[flight simulator]], which was called the "Blue Box" or "[[Link Trainer]]". It was commercialized in 1929, starting a now multibillion-dollar industry.<ref name="LinkColl">{{cite web |url=http://library.binghamton.edu/specialcollections/findingaids/linkcoll_m3.html |title=Edwin A. Link 1904-1981 |last1=Clark |first1=Martha |last2=Eichelberger |first2=Jeanne |access-date=2012-06-06 |publisher=Binghamton University Libraries |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317171710/http://library.binghamton.edu/specialcollections/findingaids/linkcoll_m3.html |archive-date=2012-03-17 }}</ref><ref name="FIT Bio">{{cite web |url=http://lib.fit.edu/edwin/biography.php |title=A Biographical Sketch OF Edwin A. Link |access-date=2011-08-26 |publisher=[[Florida Institute of Technology|Florida Tech Evans Library]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002191434/http://lib.fit.edu/edwin/biography.php |archive-date=2011-10-02 }}</ref> In total, he obtained more than 27 patents for [[aeronautics]], [[navigation]] and [[oceanography|oceanographic]] equipment.<ref name="Foundation">{{cite web |url=http://www.linkenergy.org/linkinfo.html |title=Link Foundation Information |access-date=2011-08-26 |publisher=Link Foundation |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727033854/http://www.linkenergy.org/linkinfo.html |archive-date=2011-07-27 }}</ref>