Arlington National Cemetery in Washington DC.
Colonel Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr. (1928-2022), a decorated Air Force veteran and aerospace pioneer. will be honored with a memorial service at Arlington National Cemetery at 3:00 PM on September 9, 2024. A 1997 enshrinee in the National Aviation Hall of Fame, he is also honored in the Aviation Trail Parachute Museum in an interactive display featuring his 102,800-foot jump from a balloon gondola that set a world record in 1960, a record that stood for 52 years.. A video of his historic jump can be see on the Parachute Museum Theater page, video number 3, at: https://www.aviationtrailinc.org/parachute-museum-theater (The Felix Baumgartner jump that broke his record is also featured on that page in video number 6. Joe Kittinger was in mission control for that 2012 jump and can be seen communicating with Baumgartner in this dramatic video).
Photo below: Joe Kittinger (in the light blue shirt, with arms folded) is pictured at the Parachute Museum looking at the display featuring his 1960 jump. (Photo from 2003).
For more about Col. Kittinger see these links:
Aviation Trail and the Parachute Museum salutes Joe Kittinger and sends our regards and condolences to his family.
(The family notes that those planning to attend the memorial should arrive by 2:00 PM).
The Aviation Trail Parachute Museum
16 South Williams Street
Dayton, OH 45402
(937) 225-7705
The Aviation Trail Parachute Museum is Site #1b on the Aviation Trail
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