Connecticut Air & Space Center, Stratford

The Connecticut Air & Space Center is a non-profit aviation museum that displays vintage aircraft, memorabilia, and artifacts that pertain to Connecticut. Founded by George Gunther in 1998, the museums' motto is to: "Honor, Preserve, & Educate". After the closing of the Stratford Army Engine Plant, in Stratford, Connecticut, the museum received a "right of entry" to a portion of the plant and began collecting and restoring airframes. Currently the Connecticut Air & Space Center occupies Buildings 6 and 53 at the former Stratford Army Engine Plant complex, and the 1929 Curtiss Hangar across the street at the airport. The museum is one of only a handful throughout the country to be located in a portion of an original WWII Aircraft Factory and a vintage Golden Age era Hangar. ()