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Theodore Cordy ('Ted') Freeman

Theodore C. ('Ted') Freeman
[NASA]

Theodore Cordy ('Ted') Freeman

PERSONAL DATA:

Born 18 February 1930, in Haverford, Pennsylvania. Died 31 October 1964, at Ellington Air Force Base, Houston, Texas, in the crash of a T-38 jet. Survived by his wife Faith and one daughter.

EDUCATION:

Freeman completed his secondary education in 1948. He attended the University of Delaware at Newark for one year, then entered the United States Naval Academy and graduated in 1953 with a Bachelor of Science degree. In 1960, he received a Master of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Michigan.

ORGANIZATIONS:

Member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and the Society of Experimental Test Pilots.

EXPERIENCE:

Freeman graduated from both the Air Force's Experimental Test Pilot and Aerospace Research Pilot Courses. He elected to serve with the Air Force. His last Air Force assignment was as a flight test aeronautical engineer and experimental flight test instructor at the Aerospace Research Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, California. He served primarily in performance flight testing and stability testing areas.

He logged more than 3,300 hours flying time, including more than 2,400 hours in jet aircraft.

NASA EXPERIENCE:

Freeman was one of the third group of astronauts selected by NASA in October 1963.

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