How New England Air Museum Restores Aircraft

Larry Anglisano recently spent some time behind the scenes for an exclusive look at the New England Air Museum's restoration and preservation process.

A Northrop F-89J Scorpion at the New England Air Museum. [Larry Anglisano]
Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

  • The New England Air Museum (NEAM) in Connecticut boasts a diverse and often unique collection of aircraft.
  • NEAM is particularly renowned for its impressive restoration and preservation processes, highlighted as even more significant than its collection.
  • FLYING Media Group's Larry Anglisano gained exclusive, behind-the-scenes access to these restoration efforts with lead Bob Vozzola.
  • Anglisano subsequently produced a video documenting NEAM's preservation work and processes.
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Walk the multiple hangars of aircraft on display at the New England Air Museum (NEAM) in Connecticut and you’ll see a healthy collection of flying machines and accessories—many of which are one-of-a-kind and the only ones in the world. But perhaps even more impressive than NEAM’s collection is how it restores and preserves these machines.

FLYING Media Group’s Larry Anglisano recently spent some time behind the scenes with museum restoration lead Bob Vozzola for an exclusive look at the restoration and preservation process, and produced this video.

Editor’s Note: Video produced by Larry Anglisano for AVweb and FLYING.

Larry Anglisano

Larry Anglisano is the former Editor in Chief of sister publication Aviation Consumer magazine. He's an active land, sea and glider pilot, and has over 30 years experience as an avionics tech.

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