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New England Air Museum, Windsor Locks, CT

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New England Air Museum

Walk among more than 100 aircraft in three hangars next to Bradley International Airport.

36 Perimeter Rd · Windsor Locks, CT

About New England Air Museum

The New England Air Museum sits beside Bradley International Airport and fills three display hangars with aircraft ranging from early flying machines to supersonic jets. You can see a Boeing B-29A Superfortress, a P-51D racer and a large group of Sikorsky helicopters, along with historic engines. Exhibits cover the Tuskegee Airmen, New England women in aviation and Pratt & Whitney. Flight simulators, including an F-18 Hornet, let you try the controls yourself.

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