New England Air Museum
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| New England Air Museum | |
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  Windsor Locks, Connecticut, USA
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| Established | 1959 |
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| Location | Windsor Locks, Connecticut |
| Type |  Aviation Museum |
| Director | Michael P. Speciale |
| Website | http://www.neam.org/ |
Coordinates: 41°56′50″N 72°41′29″W / 41.947147°N 72.691501°W
The New England Air Museum (NEAM) is located at Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, Connecticut, USA. The museum is housed in three large display buildings consisting of more than 75,000 square feet (7,000 m2) of exhibit space. In fair weather, the outside storage yard is available for touring as well.
Exhibits include the history of Sikorsky Aircraft, early French aviation featuring the Lafayette Escadrille, a history of air mail, the Tuskegee Airmen, the Flying Mollisons and the 58th Bomb Wing Memorial. A new exhibit geared toward children, KidsPort, opened on May 13, 2009. KidsPort is a joint project between NEAM and CATAVIA, LLC, an educational children's software company.
The museum is open daily 10am–5pm (except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day). Guided group tours are available with advanced booking.
The library has books, periodicals, technical manuals and National Air and Space Museum photographs on laser disk, cataloged and available to researchers. Additional materials such as photographs, microfilm and movies are cataloged on an ongoing basis.
[edit] Aircraft on Exhibit (partial list)
- Boeing B-29A Superfortress 44-61975 - Jack’s Hack
- Chance-Vought XF4U-4 Corsair 80759 (the official state airplane of Connecticut)
- Sikorsky VS-44 "Excambian" flying boat
- North American B-25H Mitchell 43-4999 - Dog Daze
- Burnelli CBY-3 Loadmaster CF-BEL-X
- F-105D Thunderchief 57-5778
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 B-29 Superfortress |
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- New England Air Museum Photos of aircraft and aviation related exhibits at the New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, CT
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