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Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Airport (IATA: BDR, ICAO: KBDR, FAA LID: BDR) is a public airport in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, [1] owned by the city of Bridgeport. It is three miles (6 km ) southeast of downtown, [ 1 ] in the town of Stratford .
Sikorsky Airport can refer to: Sikorsky Memorial Airport, public airport in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States;
The 2003 version of the memorial, located near Gibraltar's runway. The memorial originally consisted of a plaque, dedicated in January 1945, that was placed at the east end of the runway of what was then RAF North Front (and is now RAF Gibraltar / Gibraltar International Airport). [1] The text of the plaque reads:
The Connecticut Air & Space Center is an aviation museum located near Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Airport in Stratford, Connecticut, that is focused on the history of aviation in Connecticut. Founded by George Gunther in 1998 after the closing of the Stratford Army Engine Plant , it occupied buildings 6 and 53 of the complex from 2001 until 2022.
KBDR (BDR) – Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Airport – Bridgeport, Connecticut; KBDU – Boulder Municipal Airport – Boulder, Colorado; KBEC (BEC) – Beech Factory Airport – Wichita, Kansas; KBED (BED) – Laurence G. Hanscom Field – Bedford, Massachusetts; KBEH (BEH) – Southwest Michigan Regional Airport – Benton Harbor, Michigan
Igor Sikorsky's first helicopter success in Stratford on September 14, 1939 is documented as well as his subsequent productions. [ 2 ] Also displayed are the small gas turbine engines developed locally by Dr. Anselm Franz at Avco Lycoming which power such helicopters as the Bell Helicopter UH-1 Iroquois or Huey and the Boeing CH-47 Chinook .
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Exhibits include the history of Sikorsky Aircraft, computer-based flight simulators, and the 58th Bombardment Wing Memorial with the centerpiece being a restored B-29A. Additionally, there are exhibits on early French aviation, the Tuskegee Airmen , the Kosciuszko Squadron , New England Women in Aviation, and the 57th Fighter Group .