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<h3 align="center" class="style19"><a name="a"></a><span class="style4">Home of Jim Walker &
The American Junior Aircraft Company</span><br>
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<span class="style14">Special Notice:<br>
Frank Macy, who devoted his life to preserving the dream of Jim Walker, <br>
Passed
away on May 29, 2009 </span></h3>
<p align="center" class="style19"><img src="images2/Frank-Comp2-500x.jpg" alt="Frank Macy and American Junior" width="500" height="526"><br>
<span class="style25">Watch a video clip of Frank Macy and his brother Joe working together<br>
on the Jim Walker sculpture in 1996. <a href="frank_macy.html">(click here)</a></span></p>
<p align="center" class="style24">Frank: "I guess I became a Jim Walker/American Junior historian when, as a child, I first saw Jim<br>
demonstrating models in the parks of Portland. My father died when I was five, and Jim filled that void in<br>
my life. He was a hero to me. And he was real, not like the Lone Ranger and Red Ryder that the others<br>
boys like. Jim would talk to me, laugh with me, teach me, put me to work, and give me a swat when I<br>
walked on the off-limit flight lines."</p>
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<td width="300"><div align="center"><img src="images101/100_1502-361v.jpg" alt="Gil Coughlin and Frank Macy holding a picture of the American Junior Interceptor Boy" width="249" height="361"></div></td>
<td valign="top"><p class="style24">Another sad note is that Gill Coughlin, pictured here with Frank Macy, also passed away on May 29, 2009. Gill was the winner of a contest sponsored by Jim Walker and he won an around the world trip courtesy of American Junior. Gill went on to be a great collector of American Junior models and memoribilia. You can see a video clip of Gill at the Jim Walker 101st birthday celebration. <a href="Walker101/101event.htm">Just click here. </a></p>
<p class="style24">Jim Walker lost two of his most devoted supporters on the same day. Now the three of them are reunited once again. </p></td>
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<h3 align="center" class="style19">Any questions or stories to share? e-mail <a href="mailto:scott@americanjuniorclassics.com">scott@americanjuniorclassics.com </a></h3>
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<td width="190" height="125"><img src="images/AJ44_190x.jpg" alt="Early rubber powered balsa plane by American Junior Aircraft Company and Jim Walker - the A-J 44 rubber powered balsa glider" width="190" height="125"></td>
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<h2 align="center"><a href="Old%20Models/bomber.htm">A-J Bomber </a></h2>
<h2 align="center"><span class="style4"><a href="sabredance/sabredance.htm"> Sabre
Dance</a></span> </h2>
<h2 align="center"><a href="Workshop/ucontrolpatent.htm">U-Control</a></h2>
<h2 align="center"><a href="hornet/hornetindex.htm">Hornet</a></h2>
<h2 align="center"><a href="firebaby/firebaby.htm">FireBaby</a></h2>
<h2 align="center"><a href="ajstore/firecat.htm">FireCat</a></h2>
<h2 align="center"><a href="ceiling_walker/ceilingwalker.htm">Ceiling<br>
Walker</a> </h2>
<h2 align="center"><a href="Workshop/sonicglider.htm">Sonic<br>
Control</a></h2>
<h2 align="center"><a href="interceptor/militarylauncher.htm">Military<br>
Launcher</a> <br>
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<td width="336" height="450"><strong><img src="images/Jim-portrait-336x450.jpg" alt="Jim Walker founder of American Junior Aircraft" width="336" height="450" border="1" usemap="#jimwalker"></strong></td>
<td width="190" rowspan="2" valign="middle" class="style16"><h2 align="center"><a href="twospeed/twospeed.htm">Two-Speed<br>
Ignition</a></h2>
<h2 align="center"><a href="Fireball/fireballindex.html">Fireball</a></h2>
<h2 align="center"><a href="airmail/jeff_miller.html">A-J Boats</a></h2>
<h2 align="center"><a href="Fighter74/74fighter.htm">74 Fighter </a></h2>
<h2 align="center"><a href="interceptor/interceptorhome.htm">Folding Wing <br>
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<h2 align="center"><a href="Lawnmower/lawnmower.htm">R/C <br>
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<h2 align="center"><a href="WhipPower/whipower.htm">Whip<br>
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<h2 align="center"><a href="AJ%20Factory/testpilot.htm">A-J <br>
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<h2 align="center"><a href="Firebee/firebee.html">FireBee<br>
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<td width="336" height="150"><strong><img src="images/A-035-336x150.jpg" alt="A-J Model 744 Rubber Powered Glider by Jim Walker - This model plane was the inspiration for the A-J Fireball" width="336" height="150"></strong></td>
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<p align="center"><span class="style14 style7"><strong>Jim Walker was really one of a kind. He was a visionary, a showman, an inventor and a passionate promoter of Model Aviation. Whether he was flying his Two-Speed ignition engine Fireball with U-Control or his 10 cent Model 74 Glider, he captivated the crowds and the imagination of a generation of youngsters with his incredible flying skills. Producing Ready-To-Fly model planes years before balsa became common, his American Junior Aircraft Company shaped the furure of the hobby world with his innovative ideas and gave many of us the tools for the gift of flight. For those lucky enough to have met Jim Walker, we offer some precious fond memories. For those of us who never had the chance, we offer the chance to experience the fun and excitement of discovering the magic that was Jim Walker.</strong></span><br>
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<h2 align="center"><a name="home"></a><img src="images/Red_Star_20x.gif" alt="Jim Walker" width="20" height="20" align="middle"> <a href="Comic/comichome.htm">Vintage Flying Models Comic from 1954</a> <img src="images/Red_Star_20x.gif" alt="Jim Walker" width="20" height="20" align="middle"></h2>
<h2 align="center"><a href="Chuck_Hein/chuck_hein_1.html"> A-J Photo Album fron Chuck Hein </a></h2>
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