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The Whale. Saturday. May 4, 1991- 7
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At Memorial Dedication
The artwork above appears on the Invitation to the national dedication of the Astronaut. Memorial, to bs held
Thursdsy. May 9 st the Spsceport USA, John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florlds.
Lon. Texas, as he pre-pet red to
land at Ellington AIr Forre Base.
a is believed that when a snow
goose smashed his C'anopy.
glass was sent Into the air Intakes.
caustng both engines to
fat I. It appeared that he veered
to avoid hitting buildings at the
base and then tried in vain to
eject safely.
Born in 1930 tn Haverford. Pa..
Ted Freeman was less than two
years old when his family returned
to their native place.
Lewes. His education was in the
local school system. As a
teenager he pursued his interest
In aeronautlcs'by workJng at the
Rehoboth airport while learning
to Oy, He earned his pllOi's II·
cense at age 16 and had logged
450 hours tn the aJr before grad·
uallng from high school In 1948.
These hours would be followed
In later years by an addllional
3.300 hours of Oylng time. including
2,400 In Jet aJrcran.
Upon gradual Ion from the U.S.
Naval Academy, where he
ranked as one of the lOp 10 students
In his class of 1.300, he
chose a commlssJon In the AJr
Force where he reached the
rank of captain. In 1963. after
having earned a master of scJence
degree in aeronaultcal en~.
glnecnng from the University of
Michigan. he was included In a
new team of 14 astronauts
named by NASA, brtngtng at
that Ume the number of Amerlca's
spacemen to 30.
Capt. Freeman was burled
with honors at Arlington Nallonal
Cemetery. All of the astronauts
at that time attended
the Interment. headed by John
Glenn.
THEODORE C. FREEMAN ... killed
during a routine training mission
in Texas In 1964_
Object Description
| Rating | |
| Resource Identifier | LPLFSB CBH2 JPG |
| Title | Cover Back Half 2 |
| Creator | The Whale |
| Subject | Astronauts |
| Description | Theodore Freeman to be honored on Space Mirror. |
| Publisher | Lewes Public Library |
| Date (Digital) | 2013-11-19 |
| Date (Original) | 1991-05-04 |
| Type | Still image |
| Language | eng |
| Contributing Institution | Lewes Public Library |
| Collection | Theodore Freeman Scrapbook |
| Rights Management | This digital image may be used for educational purposes, as long as it is not altered in any way. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the image from the Lewes Public Library. |
| Subject (LCSH) | Astronauts |
| Original Format | Scrapbooks |
| Contact Information | 111 Adams Avenue Lewes, DE 19958 www.leweslibrary.org |
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| Title | Cover Back Half 2 1 |
| Transcript | The Whale. Saturday. May 4, 1991- 7 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 At Memorial Dedication The artwork above appears on the Invitation to the national dedication of the Astronaut. Memorial, to bs held Thursdsy. May 9 st the Spsceport USA, John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florlds. Lon. Texas, as he pre-pet red to land at Ellington AIr Forre Base. a is believed that when a snow goose smashed his C'anopy. glass was sent Into the air Intakes. caustng both engines to fat I. It appeared that he veered to avoid hitting buildings at the base and then tried in vain to eject safely. Born in 1930 tn Haverford. Pa.. Ted Freeman was less than two years old when his family returned to their native place. Lewes. His education was in the local school system. As a teenager he pursued his interest In aeronautlcs'by workJng at the Rehoboth airport while learning to Oy, He earned his pllOi's II· cense at age 16 and had logged 450 hours tn the aJr before grad· uallng from high school In 1948. These hours would be followed In later years by an addllional 3.300 hours of Oylng time. including 2,400 In Jet aJrcran. Upon gradual Ion from the U.S. Naval Academy, where he ranked as one of the lOp 10 students In his class of 1.300, he chose a commlssJon In the AJr Force where he reached the rank of captain. In 1963. after having earned a master of scJence degree in aeronaultcal en~. glnecnng from the University of Michigan. he was included In a new team of 14 astronauts named by NASA, brtngtng at that Ume the number of Amerlca's spacemen to 30. Capt. Freeman was burled with honors at Arlington Nallonal Cemetery. All of the astronauts at that time attended the Interment. headed by John Glenn. THEODORE C. FREEMAN ... killed during a routine training mission in Texas In 1964_ |
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