Post by tracy on Feb 9, 2013 20:30:17 GMT -5
DUANE G. “DIGGER” CAREY (LIEUTENANT COLONEL, USAF) To Visit Horace Mann School on Tuesday, September 19th
Monday, September 18, 2006 1:34 PM
On September 19th, 2006, Horace Mann School will have a very special visitor. Lieutenant Colonel Duane "Digger" Carey will be visiting the students at Horace Mann School. A special all school assembly will be held at 9:30 a.m. The public is invited.
Leiutenant Colonel Carey is a graduate of Highland Park Sr. High School (1975). He received a B.S. degree in Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics and a M.S. degreein Aerospace Engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1981 and 1982, respectively.
He graduated from pilot training in 1983, completed F-16 training in 1988 (flew in Desert Storm), graduated from the United States Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base in 1992. He worked as an F-16 experimental test pilot and System Safety Officer at Edwards Air Force Base and specialized in Performance and Flying Qualities testing the F-16. He has logged over 4300 hours in more than 35 types of aircraft.
Carey was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in April 1996. He served as a Shuttle CAPCOM in over 10 days in space. He participated in the 4th Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission which successfully upgraded the telescope. He left NASA in 2004.
Lieutenant Carey will discuss space travel with students, his personal experience and show actual footage of space craft and missions in space.
He will be available to answer student questions after the assembly.
Monday, September 18, 2006 1:34 PM
On September 19th, 2006, Horace Mann School will have a very special visitor. Lieutenant Colonel Duane "Digger" Carey will be visiting the students at Horace Mann School. A special all school assembly will be held at 9:30 a.m. The public is invited.
Leiutenant Colonel Carey is a graduate of Highland Park Sr. High School (1975). He received a B.S. degree in Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics and a M.S. degreein Aerospace Engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1981 and 1982, respectively.
He graduated from pilot training in 1983, completed F-16 training in 1988 (flew in Desert Storm), graduated from the United States Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base in 1992. He worked as an F-16 experimental test pilot and System Safety Officer at Edwards Air Force Base and specialized in Performance and Flying Qualities testing the F-16. He has logged over 4300 hours in more than 35 types of aircraft.
Carey was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in April 1996. He served as a Shuttle CAPCOM in over 10 days in space. He participated in the 4th Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission which successfully upgraded the telescope. He left NASA in 2004.
Lieutenant Carey will discuss space travel with students, his personal experience and show actual footage of space craft and missions in space.
He will be available to answer student questions after the assembly.
