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WANTED: DC-3 PHOTOS 1947

The New England Air Museum seeks photographs  The year 2023 represents the 76th year since the first scheduled passenger airliner landed at Bradley International Airport. That flight was a DC-3, Eastern Airl...

Sep 8, 2022

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NEAM PBS Special Airs 07/10

Check out the New England Air Museum on PBS this Sunday at 7:30PM! Connecticut Public is highlighting local artists, performers, and unique spaces across the state in their video docuseries, “Where Art Thou...

Jul 5, 2022

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2022 CT SUMMER AT THE MUSEUM

The New England Air Museum was recently awarded a grant from Connecticut Humanities to support our participation in the CT Summer at the Museum initiative. All Connecticut children 18 and under will be admit...

Jun 30, 2022

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New England Women in Aviation

Join us on Sunday, March 13th, 2022 for the grand opening of our newest exhibit: New England Women in Aviation. This permanent exhibit details inspirational New England women who have made significant con...

Jun 26, 2022

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HOK-1 On Public Display

Kaman Corporation, headquartered in Bloomfield, has produced six types of helicopters. Three of them, the K-225, the HH-43F, and the SH-2F are on display here at the NEAM. Once completed, the HOK-1 will take...

Jun 16, 2022

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World War II Aviator Visits NEAM

  The New England Air Museum was proud to partner with EAA Chapter 166 to interview World War II aviator Jimmy Elsner. While his first assignment was with the U.S. Army signal corps, Connecticut native Ji...

May 26, 2022

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Restoration Update: DC-3

Our DC-3 restoration team has made great progress in the last few weeks. Since our last update, the team has installed the first set of seats. These seats are original to the aircraft and have been beautiful...

Mar 9, 2022

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Celebrating Black History Month

Last month the New England Air Museum proudly partnered with Pratt & Whitney and our production partner, Ryan Media, LLC in celebrating Black History Month. Meet the men and women who overca...

Mar 2, 2022

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Vought XF4U-4 "Corsair" Is On The Move!

On December 21st, 2021 the Museum restoration team moved the Vought XF4U-4 "Corsair" from the military hangar to into the hangar with our B-29 "Superfortress". A premier World War II carrier-based and ground...

Mar 2, 2022

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Restoration Update: Burnelli

The Burnelli team continues with the flooring replacement task; the last few sections are smaller but takes more effort to fit them correctly. The team continues building the accessories cowling for the righ...

Dec 7, 2021

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"Flight" Wins MarCom Award

The New England Air Museum is thrilled to be the recipient of the 2021 MarCom Platinum Award for our newest book "FLIGHT - Preserving America's Aviation Heritage". Each year the MarCom Awards honors excellen...

Dec 7, 2021

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Restoration Update: B-25

The restoration of the B-25 is almost complete. As of recently our restoration team has finished the bomb bay door repairs and have mounted a replica M-2 Browning .50 caliber Heavy Machine Gun at the left-ha...

Dec 7, 2021

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