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Title: New England Air Museum, Windsor Locks, CT
Post by: chuck peterson on October 01, 2024, 04:17:06 AM

The space continues to grow with more airplanes. As a side dish they are adding motors from the dinosaur age, with one from the Wright bros…AND cockpits available for sitting, AND flight simulators of several kinds…now I wish I had taken more fotos. North of Hartford CT and south of Springfield MA, near Bradley airport

Steerman motor (Stearman?) on a training biplane


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Click to read the plaque on the Wright R3350…fuel injection

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You think you got problems…


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Notice the Steerman tucked under the wing of the Stratofortress..alo ng with just the tip of a Corsair wing hiding behind it


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Emilia Earhart model on the left. Highly modified P51 Mustang post war racing winner in yellow tucked below the seaplane


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Good place to hide from the weather if needed

Title: Re: New England Air Museum, Windsor Locks, CT
Post by: s1120 on October 01, 2024, 04:35:48 AM

I really need to get there one day. I am semi in the aera a lot over the summer months.. I

Title: Re: New England Air Museum, Windsor Locks, CT
Post by: Moparnut72 on October 01, 2024, 07:45:15 AM

The engine in the first picture is a Continental 220 if I remember correctly. The boss had a Stearman trainer, his had a Lycoming engine. He bumped the horsepower substantially with higher compression pistons. He has passed, I have no idea what happened to the plane.
kk

Title: Re: New England Air Museum, Windsor Locks, CT
Post by: Chuck in Indiana on October 01, 2024, 10:01:54 AM

^^^^ Yep.

Title: Re: New England Air Museum, Windsor Locks, CT
Post by: larrys on October 01, 2024, 11:24:22 AM

A very cool place, indeed. Back of house where the projects are being worked on is even better. A bud and I, both AF vets got a tour a couple years ago.
Larry

Title: Re: New England Air Museum, Windsor Locks, CT
Post by: Stretch on October 02, 2024, 05:48:28 AM

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I really need to get there one day.

It looks like a very cool day out.

                                  -Tom