posted 11-27-2006 08:55 AM               

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Forty years after his death, some aviation enthusiasts have banded together to create the Joseph A. Walker Memorial Fund. The main goals of the Fund are two-fold: 1) to preserve our nation’s historical experimental aircraft; and 2) to give financial support to send a student and faculty staff member from Joseph A. Walker Middle School in Quartz Hill, California, to a session of Space Camp each summer.

Other goals of the fund include: 1) placement of a plaque honoring Joe Walker and USAF Major Carl Cross at the F-104N/XB-70 crash site about 10 miles outside Barstow, California; 2) development of a partnership between the Joe Walker Middle School and a school from his home-town of Washington, Pennsylvania; 3) placement of a model of the X-15 on the grounds of the Joe Walker Middle School; and 4) a yearly celebration of Joe Walker’s life and achievements.

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