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Storyteller: Burke, Francis E.
Interviewer: Bertalot, Lorretta
Date: 02/27/2018
Initiative: Tulsa Talks
Description: Francis E. Burke, a volunteer at Tulsa Air and Space Museum, tell his story of his career in the Aerospace Industry as an aeronautical engineer. His accomplishments include working on the Gemini Space capsules, designing the fuel and oxidizer tanks for the Service Module of the Apollo program. He is originally from New York and was transferred to Tulsa working on the Apollo program for North American Aviation.
Subjects: Tulsa Air and Space Museum, TASM, Northrup Institute of Technology, North American Aviation, Hound Dog Missile, Hounddog Missile, Gemini Space Capsule, Apollo Space Program, Lunar Equipment Module, Boein 747 SEattle, Saturn B1A, B1B, space shuyttle Discovery, Buzz Aldrin, Eugene Cernan, Kim Jones "Aviation in Tulsa" Glen Doak,
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