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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 .
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.
Sikorsky Airport can refer to: Sikorsky Memorial Airport , public airport in Fairfield County, Connecticut , United States Igor Sikorsky Kyiv International Airport , international airport in Kyiv, Ukraine
The Vought-Sikorsky Aircraft Division in Stratford built a total of 7,829 F4U fighters from 1940 to 1952, including the prototype. These planes saw extensive combat in the Pacific Theatre of operations during World War II, and played a supporting role in the Korean War. A Corsair sits on a pedestal at the airport as a memorial to the war effort ...
A toll plaza stood at the eastern end of the Sikorsky Bridge until Connecticut abolished tolls in 1988, and is now preserved in Stratford at the Boothe Memorial Park and Museum. The Sikorsky Bridge was named after aviation pioneer Igor Sikorsky, whose helicopter factory remains located north of the roadway, along the western riverfront ...
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
The Sikorsky VS-44 was a large four-engined flying boat built in the United States in the early 1940s by Sikorsky Aircraft. Based on the XPBS-1 patrol bomber, the VS-44 was designed primarily for the transatlantic passenger market, with a capacity of 40+ passengers.
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 .