The center is an air museum that displays vintage aircraft / airplane, memorabilia, and artifacts that pertain to Connecticut, both inside and out. The museum's motto is to: Honor, Preserve, Educate. Honoring the founders, workers, and companies from Connecticut. Preserving the vehicles and artifacts they used. And educating this generation and the next about this history. Founded by George Gunther in 1998 after the closing of the Stratford Army Engine Plant, in Stratford, Connecticut. Currently the Center is located at the site of the 1929 Curtiss Flying School hangar.  

On July 5th, 1929 the Bridgeport Airport was dedicated and officially opened for business. That same year, directly across the street from the airport, a Russian immigrant came to the airfield and found the area suitable to open up a new major manufacturing business building seaplanes. That man was Igor I. Sikorsky. The Curtiss Flying School was also started by Glenn Curtiss to compete against the Wright Flying School (of the Wright brothers fame).

We are open weekends from 10am-4pm at the Blue Hangar attached to the 1929 Curtiss hangar which we will be rebuilding in the next couple years.