The Aerospace Walk of Honor in Lancaster, California is a continually-growing venue for honoring test pilots who have significantly contributed to aviation and space research and development. Lancaster is located in the Antelope Valley, in close proximity to four flight test facilities, US Air Force Plant 42, Edwards AFB, Mojave Spaceport and Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, and is thus a center of the flight test community. The Aerospace Walk of Honor awards were established in 1990 by the City of Lancaster "to recognize the important contributions of unique and talented aviators who soared above the rest." City nickname:The Heart of the Antelope Valley County Los Angeles County, California Area  - Total  - Water 243. ... A truck passes eastbound along the busy Highway 58 through the Antelope Valley. ... The maiden flight of an aircraft is the first occasion on which an aircraft leaves the ground of its own accord. ... U. S. Air Force Plant 42 is a federally-owned military aerospace facility in Palmdale, California where aerospace contractors share a common runway complex, and either lease building space from the Air Force, or own their own building outright. ... Edwards Air Force Base is a base located on the border of Kern County and Los Angeles County, California in the Antelope Valley, northeast of Lancaster. ... Mojave Airport, storage location for commercial airliners. ... NASA satellite photo showing the main runways at NAWS China Lake The Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake (NAWS China Lake) is an airborne weapons testing and training range operated by the United States Navy and its contractors. ...

The walk of honor is located on Lancaster Blvd between Sierra Highway to the east and 10th Street West, and is anchored by Boeing Plaza, which hosts a restored F-4 Phantom II mounted on a pylon. Honorees are memorialized with granite monuments located along Lancaster Blvd. Test pilots who receive awards are inducted annually, in late summer. The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II[2] was a two-seat supersonic long-range all-weather fighter-bomber produced for the United States military by McDonnell Douglas. ...

The Walk of Honor monuments and activities are financially sponsored by several aerospace companies, inluding Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, all who maintain flight test operations in the Antelope Valley. The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA, TYO: 7661 ) is the world’s largest aircraft manufacturer. ... Lockheed/BAE/Northrop F-35 Lockheed Trident missile C-130 Hercules; in production since the 1950s, now as the C-130J Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is an aerospace manufacturer formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. ... The Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is an aerospace and defense conglomerate that is the result of a 1994 merger between Northrop and Grumman. ...

Inductees

Boeing Plaza, Aerospace Walk of Honor

Monument to Jerry Gentry

(Alphabetical, with year of induction)

• Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson, 1993
• Neil Armstrong, 1991
• Charles C. "Charlie" Bock, Jr., 1994
• Albert Boyd, 1991
• Robert L. Cardenas, 1995
• Marion E. Carl, 1992
• Henry E. "Hank" Chouteau, 1996
• Jacqueline Cochran, 2006
• Albert Scott Crossfield, 1990
• William H. Dana, 1993
• James H. Doolittle, 1990
• Glen W. Edwards, 1995
• Joe H. Engle, 1992
• Mervin L. Evenson, Colonel, USAF, 2006
• Frank Kendall Everest, Jr, 1991
• Fitzhugh L. "Fitz" Fulton, Jr., 1991
• John H. Griffith, 2006
• Fred W. Haise, 1995
• Robert A. "Bob" Hoover, 1992
• Jerauld R. "Jerry" Gentry, 1993
• Jesse P. "Jake" Jacobs, Jr., 1996
• Iven Carl Kincheloe, Jr., 1992
• William J. Knight, 1990
• Fred D. Knox, Jr., 2006
• Tony LeVier, 1990
• John B. "Jack" McKay, 1996
• Arthur K. "Kit" Murray, 1996
• William C. Park, 1995
• Bruce Peterson, 2003
• Robert O. "Bob" Rahn, 1994
• Jack L. Ridley, 1996
• Robert A. "Bob" Rushworth, 1994
• Herman Richard "Fish" Salmon, 1994
• Max R. Stanley, 1993
• Emil Sturmthal, Colonel, USAF, 2006
• Milton O. Thompson, 1993
• Guy M. Townsend, 1995
• Joseph A. Walker, 1991
• Alvin S. "Al" White, 1994
• Robert M. "Bob" White, 1992
• Chuck Yeager, 1990

Col. ... Neil Alden Armstrong (born August 5, 1930) is a former American astronaut, test pilot, and Naval Aviator who is widely known for being the first human ever to set foot on the Moon. ... Marion E. Carl (November 1, 1915 – June 28, 1998) was a World War II fighter ace, record setting test pilot, and possibly the greatest naval aviator of his generation. ... Jacqueline Cochran, born Bessie Lee Pittman (May 11, 1906 - August 7, 1980) was a pioneer American aviatrix. ... Scott Crossfield Albert Scott Crossfield (October 2, 1921 – April 19, 2006), normally referred to as Scott Crossfield, was an American naval officer, aviator and test pilot. ... William Harvey Dana is a retired astronaut. ... James Harold Jimmy Doolittle, Sc. ... Captain Glen Edwards Glen Edwards (March 5, 1918–June 5, 1948) was a test pilot for the U.S. Air Force, and is the namesake of Edwards Air Force Base. ... Brigadier General Frank Kendall Everest Jr. ... Fred Wallace Haise, Jr. ... R. A. Bob Hoover (born c. ... Iven Kincheloe Iven (or Ivan[1][2][3]) Carl Kinch Kincheloe Jr. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Anthony W. Tony LeVier (February 14, 1913 - February 6, 1998) was an air racer and test pilot for the Lockheed Corporation from the 1940s to the 1970s. ... John B. McKay was one of the first pilots assigned to the X-15 flight research program at NASAs Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. ... Bruce Peterson Bruce Peterson (born 23 May 1933) was an American astronaut. ... Colonel Jack Ridley (born June 16, 1915 - died March 12, 1957) received his Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from the University of Oklahoma in 1939 and his Masters degree in aerospace engineering from California Institute of Technology in 1945. ... Robert Aitken Rushworth was a United Stages Air Force test pilot for the X-15 program. ... Milton Orville Thompson was a NASA research pilot selected as an astronaut for the X-20 Dyna-Soar program in April, 1960. ... Joseph A. Walker - X-15 astronaut (NASA) Joseph Albert Walker (20 February 1921 - 8 June 1966) was an American military test pilot; in 1963, he made two X-15 flights past the 100 kilometer edge of space, the only spaceplane flights past that threshold made until SpaceShipOne in 2004. ... Alvin S. White (December 9, 1918 - April 29, 2006) was an American test pilot and engineer. ... Robert Michael White began his military career in World War II. White joined the 354th Fighter Squadron of the 355th Fighter Group (Eighth Air Force) in England in July, 1944. ... Charles Yeager Brigadier General Charles Elwood Chuck Yeager (born February 13, 1923 in Myra, Lincoln County, West Virginia) is a World War II ace and test pilot, considered a living legend of aviation. ...

References

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