October 21, 1998

Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549

   Re:    Kaman Corporation 1993 Stock Incentive Plan
            Registration Statement an Form S-8.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

   We have acted as counsel to Kaman Corporation, a Connecticut
corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the preparation and
filing of the above-captioned Registration Statement on Form S-8
(the "Registration Statement") registering an additional 1,250,000
shares of Class A Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share ("Common
Stock"), of the Company for issuance from time-to-time under the
Kaman Corporation 1993 Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan").  The
Company has asked us to furnish you with our opinion as to the
matters hereinafter set forth in support of the Registration
Statement.

   In rendering this opinion, we have reviewed originals or
copies, certified or otherwise authenticated to our satisfaction,
of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws,
and other records of the corporate proceedings of the Company and
such other documents, including the Plan, as we have deemed
necessary.  As to various questions of fact material to our
opinion, we have relied upon statements of fact contained in the
documents we have examined or made to us by officers of the
Company, who by reason of their positions would be expected to have
knowledge of such facts.  In addition, we have reviewed such
provisions of law and have made such other and further
investigations as we have deemed necessary in order to express the
opinions hereinafter set forth.

   Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion
that, upon the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the
1,250,000 additional shares of Common Stock which may be issued and
sold from time-to-time by the Company pursuant to the Plan as
described in the Registration Statement will be, when issued in
accordance with the Plan, validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable shares of Common Stock.
   
   We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit
to the Registration Statement.
   
                         Very truly yours,
   
                         MURTHA, CULLINA, RICHTER and PINNEY, LLP
   
   
                         By:  Willard F. Pinney, Jr.
                         A Partner