The New England Air Museum (NEAM) is an aerospace museum located at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, USA. The museum consists of three hangars and has more than 75,000 square feet (7,000 m2) of exhibit space. Outside the hangars are additional aircraft on display. It includes a total of 66 airplanes, 26 helicopters, 8 missiles, 7 gliders, 6 balloons, 1 autogyro, 1 blimp, and 1 dirigible.
Exhibits include the history of Sikorsky Aircraft, early war aircraft of WWI, civil aircraft from the 1930's through the 80's, numerous computer-based flight simulators, and the 58th Bombardment Wing Memorial and B-29. Additionally, there are exhibits on early French aviation, the Tuskegee Airmen, and a new exhibit geared toward children, KidsPort, which opened in May, 2009.
The museum is open daily 10am–5pm (except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day). Guided group tours are available with advance booking and educational programs are frequently run. Throughout the year, special days are scheduled where guests can sit in many of the aircraft cockpits.
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.
The museum also restores aircraft on a regular basis. Some of these on display are the Lockheed 10 Electra, a B-29 Superfortress, and a Gee Bee Model R.
Read more about New England Air Museum: General Information, Museum History, Mission, Aircraft On Exhibit (partial List)
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