May 22-23, 2010 – Camp June Norcross Webster Scout

Trip Advisors: Norm Thibault & David Bosselait

On Saturday, May 22, 2010 the Troop visited the New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, CT.  The museum had the world’s most outstanding collections of historic aviation artifacts; more than 80 aircraft and an extensive collection of engines, instruments, aircraft parts, uniforms and personal memorabilia. Within this collection are the last remaining four-engine American flying boat, the Sikorsky VS-44A, donated by its previous owner, actress Maureen O’Hara and restored to original condition; a B-29 Bomber; the Silas Brooks Balloon Basket (1870), the oldest surviving aircraft in the United States; the Bunce-Curtiss Pusher (1912), the oldest surviving Connecticut-built airplane; the Sikorsky S-39, the oldest surviving Sikorsky aircraft; and a Kaman K-225 helicopter, the oldest surviving Kaman-built aircraft.”  In addition, the museum has exhibits including a “Lafayette Escadrille, WWII Combat Gliders, the History of Sikorsky Aircraft, Early French Aviation, a History of Air Mail, the Tuskegee Airmen, Airships, and many others”.  For those who missed this exciting outing, you can find more information at:  http://www.neam.org/default.asp

The Troop spent the night at June Norcross Webster Scout Reservation, a BSA Connecticut Rivers Council Camp, in Ashford, CT before returning to Bolton on Sunday, May 23^rd.

Christmas Gifts

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