The museum
Located near Bradley International Airport, New England Air Museum interprets aviation through unusual original airframes as well as familiar bombers and trainers. The region’s contribution to helicopter design is especially visible in its Sikorsky collection.
Located near Bradley International Airport, New England Air Museum interprets aviation through unusual original airframes as well as familiar bombers and trainers. The region’s contribution to helicopter design is especially visible in its Sikorsky collection.
The aircraft collection concentrates on american aviation innovation, experimental designs, military transports, Sikorsky helicopters and surviving commercial aircraft. The museum holds striking examples such as the Burnelli lifting-fuselage transport, the B-29 bomber and the large Sikorsky VS-44A flying boat. Its published collection also contains aircraft held in reserve, so this selection favors gallery aircraft and featured holdings.
The aircraft entries below are selected records from the institution’s own collection pages, not a claim to reproduce its entire inventory. A type shown in a museum catalog is not automatically available for inspection: restoration, loan, operational, and reserve storage arrangements can change. Where the catalog does not establish current public display, these records retain an unknown display status.
What defines the collection
American aviation innovation, experimental designs, military transports, Sikorsky helicopters and surviving commercial aircraft
What to expect
The museum holds striking examples such as the Burnelli lifting-fuselage transport, the B-29 bomber and the large Sikorsky VS-44A flying boat. Its published collection also contains aircraft held in reserve, so this selection favors gallery aircraft and featured holdings.
What the museum holds
20 documented aircraft and exhibit records
The inventory below separates what the museum or its sources say the institution holds from the smaller set of aircraft histories already connected to the Air Archive.
- Boeing B-29 SuperfortressUnknown
- Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt IIUnknown
- Vought F4U CorsairUnknown
- Bell AH-1S TOWCobraUnknown
- Bell UH-1B IroquoisUnknown
- Blériot XIUnknown
- Boeing-Stearman PT-17 KaydetUnknown
- Burnelli CBY-3 LoadmasterUnknown
- Chanute Herring gliderUnknown
- Curtiss Bunce PusherUnknown
- De Havilland C-7A CaribouUnknown
- Douglas A-26C InvaderUnknown
- Douglas A-3B SkywarriorUnknown
- Douglas DC-3Unknown
Open full museum-listed inventory (20 entries)
| Aircraft | Status | Identity |
|---|---|---|
| Bell AH-1S TOWCobra | Unknown | — |
| Bell UH-1B Iroquois | Unknown | — |
| Blériot XI | Unknown | — |
| Boeing B-29 Superfortress Boeing B-29A Superfortress | Unknown | — |
| Boeing-Stearman PT-17 Kaydet | Unknown | — |
| Burnelli CBY-3 Loadmaster | Unknown | — |
| Chanute Herring glider | Unknown | — |
| Curtiss Bunce Pusher | Unknown | — |
| De Havilland C-7A Caribou | Unknown | — |
| Douglas A-26C Invader | Unknown | — |
| Douglas A-3B Skywarrior | Unknown | — |
| Douglas DC-3 | Unknown | — |
| Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II Fairchild Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II | Unknown | — |
| Lockheed Model 10-A Electra | Unknown | — |
| Martin RB-57A Canberra | Unknown | — |
| Sikorsky CH-54B Skycrane | Unknown | — |
| Sikorsky S-39B | Unknown | — |
| Sikorsky S-51 | Unknown | — |
| Sikorsky VS-44A Excambian | Unknown | — |
| Vought F4U Corsair Vought F4U Corsair | Unknown | — |
Aircraft histories connected to this museum
These links connect museum holdings to aircraft histories already in the Trackpads Air Archive. They are not intended to imply that every museum aircraft has a dedicated archive profile yet.