It will start at 12 noon with the expected arrival of the Yankee Air Museum’s B-17G Yankee Lady. The groundbreaking ceremony will take place beside the Curtiss Hangar (behind the Windsock Restaurant & Bar) at 295 Main Street in Stratford CT 06615. A reproduction poster of an original dating from the time the Curtiss Flying School opened its branch at the Bridgeport airfield in 1928. Charles Lindbergh frequented the hangar during his days as a Corsair test pilot in WWII, and many other well-known names of the 20th century have stepped through its doors…. This hangar has played a significant role in that entire story, even sheltering the prototype XF4U-1 Corsair and one of Amelia Earhart’s aircraft.

It was from this field that Sikorsky built his ocean-spanning flying boats, that Vought created the mighty Corsair, and where the first practical helicopters emerged. Sikorsky Memorial Airport in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the hangar dates back to 1928 and is one of the very first permanent structures set up at one of the nation’s most historically significant airfields. Come celebrate the resurrection of this classic hangar built in 1928 which is set to become the new home of the Connecticut Air & Space Center.Īfter a campaign spanning nearly a decade, the Connecticut Air & Space Center will hold a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday, May 19th to mark the formal start for their restoration of a priceless aviation artifact the old Curtiss Flying School hangar. Sikorsky Memorial Airport in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The Curtiss Hangar Restoration Ceremony will occur on May 19th at the Igor I.

Gustave Whitehead by Susan Brinchman