Edwin Albert Link

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Edwin Albert Link (July 26, 1904 - September 7, 1981) was an aviation pioneer. His "Blue Box" flight trainer, also called "Link Trainer" set the standard in the now multi-billion dollar flight simulation industry.

Together with his wife Marion Clayton Link, whom he had married in 1931, Edwin Link managed the very successful "Link Aviation, Inc.". He contributed a great deal to the Binghamton, New York area, where he set up a production facility that at one time employed thousands of workers. The field on which Greater Binghamton Airport lies is named after him, and there is an original "Blue Box" on display in the terminal.

After he disposed of his company in 1954, he addressed himself to underwater archeology and underwater research. Link worked at developing equipment for deeper, longer lasting and more secure diving. To this end he designed several submersible decompression chambers. He was the first to use a mixture of oxygen and helium for breathing underwater.