Massey Aerodrome is an
airport
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ...
located east of
Massey, Maryland
Massey is an unincorporated community in Kent County, Maryland, United States. Massey is located at the intersection of Maryland routes 299, 313 and 330, southeast of Galena.
Education
It is in the Kent County Public Schools. Kent County Middl ...
, United States.
History
Massey Aerodrome is a public use airport with a 3000’ x 100’ grass runway (ID: MD1) dedicated to the preservation of grassroots aviation.
It was created from farmland in 2001 by four pilots. In 2015, five new partners joined the one remaining original partner to assure the continuing success of Massey.
Massey Aerodrome features the
Massey Air Museum
Massey Air Museum at Massey Aerodrome is an aviation museum near Massey, Maryland, United States.
The museum is a non-profit organization with exhibits on tail wheel aircraft and information about the aviation heritage of Maryland and Delaware.
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, a static DC-3 that visitors can enter, 24 flying airplanes, 13 gliders, a rotating beacon tower, and a 100-year-old working windmill with cypress wood tank inside the tower.
Static displays include:
* N18111 1937 Douglas DC-3A (s/n #1983) United Airlines. It was painted by the “Air Transport Command” restaurant in the early 80s as a C-47 but was never impressed into service in WW2. This airplane was used in the 1938 movie ''Test Pilot''.
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Antonov An-2
The Antonov An-2 ("kukuruznik"—corn crop duster; USAF/DoD reporting name Type 22, NATO reporting name Colt) is a Soviet mass-produced single-engine biplane utility/agricultural aircraft designed and manufactured by the Antonov Design Bure ...
"World's Largest Single-engine Biplane" Russia, 1000 hp engine
* Life-size, fiberglass scale model Corsair on pedestal: F4U-1D Corsair, painted as F4U-5 #53 flown by Alberto H. Santa Maria
Displays
* Replica 1911 Wright glider made by Jimmy Dayton for the Sport of Soaring's 100th anniversary of Orville Wright setting the world soaring record of 9 minutes, 45 seconds at Kitty Hawk, NC on October 24, 1911. This record stood for ten years until broken by the Germans in 1921. The U.S. record for soaring was not officially broken until 1929.
* N738 1946 Ercoupe 415-C, s/n 1788. Eng: 75 HP Cont. C85. Donated by John Chirtea, Milton, DE.
Engines on display include:
* 1710 hp 14 cylinder, Wright R-2600 Radial engine as used on the B-25 bomber and B-314 Boeing Clipper
* 160 hp Kinner R-5, 5 cylinder radial engine
* 37 hp Continental A-40 4 cylinder flat head engine (single spark plug and ignition), 2550 rpm, wt. 144 lb. (introduced on the 1931-1936 Taylor E-2 Cub)
* 65 hp Lycoming O-145-B2 4 cylinder horizontally opposed engine (overhead valves, dual ignition), 2300 rpm, weight 165.5 lb (1938 to late 1940s)
* Cut-away engine - Spanish Elizalde Tigre IVB (150 hp) four-cylinder inverted air-cooled engine (ca. 1940s), Used in C.A.S.A. 1.131E (license-built Bücker 131 Jungmann)
See also
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List of airports in Maryland
This is a list of airports in Maryland (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location. It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that ...
References
External links
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YouTube of Massey Aerodrome Fly In
Airports in Maryland
Airports established in 2002
2002 establishments in Maryland
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