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The New England Air Museum (NEAM) is an aerospace museum located at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, U.S.A.. The museum consists of three display hangars and has additional storage-only hangars. It houses 66 aircraft, 26 helicopters, a variety of missiles, ejection seats, and other pieces of flight-related equipment. The museum also conducts tours, children's activities, and hosts special events.〔Ogden 1986. p. 134.〕 Exhibits include the history of Sikorsky Aircraft, computer-based flight simulators, and the 58th Bombardment Wing Memorial's B-29. Additionally, there are exhibits on early French aviation, the Tuskegee Airmen, the Kosciuszko Squadron, and the 57th Fighter Group. The museum library has books, periodicals, technical manuals and National Air and Space Museum photographs. Additional materials such as photographs, microfilm and movies are cataloged by the Museum.〔 The museum also restores aircraft on a regular basis, including a Lockheed 10 Electra, a Boeing B-29 Superfortress, and a Gee Bee Model R. The museum is also home to FlightSimCon, an annual flight simulation conference, held every June.〔("About." ) ''FlightSimCon 2015''. Retrieved: February 19, 2015.〕 ==History== In 1981, the first current building was built after a tornado destroyed everything at the museum's previous location by Route 75 in 1979. The New England Air Museum has many one-of-a-kind exhibits, including: *The last remaining Sikorksky VS-44A "flying boat". *The Silas Brooks Balloon Basket, the oldest surviving aircraft in the U.S. *The Sikorsky S-39, the oldest surviving Sikorsky aircraft. *A Kaman K-225 helicopter, the oldest surviving Kaman-built aircraft. *The only Burnelli CBY-3 Loadmaster ever built, which is under restoration in the Museum's workshops. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「New England Air Museum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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