Massey Air Museum at Massey Aerodrome is an

aviation museum An aviation museum, air museum, or air and space museum is a museum exhibiting the history and cultural artifacts, artifacts of aviation. In addition to actual, replica or accurate reproduction aircraft, exhibits can include photographs, maps, P ...

near

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. The museum is a non-profit organization with exhibits on tail wheel aircraft and information about the aviation heritage of

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History

The museum collection includes a static

Douglas DC-3 The Douglas DC-3 is a propeller-driven airliner manufactured by Douglas Aircraft Company, which had a lasting effect on the airline industry in the 1930s to 1940s and World War II. It was developed as a larger, improved 14-bed sleeper version ...

, 23 flying airplanes, 11 gliders, a rotating beacon tower, a working windmill with cypress wood tank inside the tower and an EAA chapter.

Aircraft based at Massey Aerodrome

Flying aircraft based at Massey Aerodome (community hangars & tie-downs), : * 1947 Aeronca 7CCM (L-16) * 1992 Bailey-Moyes Dragonfly * 1975

Bellanca AviaBellanca Aircraft Corporation was an American aircraft design and manufacturing company. Prior to 1983, it was known as the Bellanca Aircraft Company. The company was founded in 1927 by Giuseppe Mario Bellanca, although it was preceded by p ...

7ECA Citabria * 1941 Boeing Stearman B75N1 PT-17, "U.S ARMY 747" (engine: 450 hp P&W R-985) * 1944 Boeing Stearman E75N1 (engine: 225 hp Lycoming R680) “VN2S-5” * 1957

Cessna 172 The Cessna 172 Skyhawk is an American four-seat, single-engine, high wing, fixed-wing aircraft made by the Cessna Aircraft Company.

* 1991

Pietenpol Aircamper The Pietenpol Air Camper is a simple parasol wing homebuilt aircraft designed by Bernard H. Pietenpol. The first prototype that became the Air Camper was built and flown by Pietenpol in 1928.Bowers, Peter M.: ''Guide to Homebuilts'', 9th ...

BJ-1 (29’ Clip Winged Piper wings) * 1967

Piper Cherokee The Piper PA-28 Cherokee is a family of two-seat or four-seat light aircraft built by Piper Aircraft and designed for flight training, air taxi and personal use.Plane and Pilot: ''1978 Aircraft Directory'', pages 62–64. Werner & Werner Corp, ...

Cruiser PA-28-140 * 1939

Piper Cub The Piper J-3 Cub is an American light aircraft that was built between 1938 and 1947 by Piper Aircraft. The aircraft has a simple, lightweight design which gives it good low-speed handling properties and short-field performance. The Cub is Pi ...

J3C * 1960

Piper PA-25 Pawnee The PA-25 Pawnee is an agricultural aircraft produced by Piper Aircraft between 1959 and 1981. It remains a widely used aircraft in agricultural spraying and is also used as a tow plane, or tug, for launching gliders or for towing banners. In 1 ...

* 1957

Piper Tri-Pacer The PA-20 Pacer and PA-22 Tri-Pacer, Caribbean, and Colt are an American family of light strut-braced high-wing monoplane aircraft built by Piper Aircraft from 1949 to 1964. The Pacer is essentially a four-place version of the two-place ...

PA-22-150 * 1943 Stinson/Vultee V-77 (“Gull Wing” Reliant) * 1990

Wolf W-11 Boredom Fighter The Wolf W-11 Boredom Fighter is an American single-seat biplane designed by Donald Wolf of Huntington, New York. The aircraft is supplied as plans for amateur construction.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisu ...

Flying aircraft based in Massey Aerodome T hangars: * 1967 Cessna 150H * 1981 Cessna 172P * 1960 Cessna 182D * 1963 Cessna 182G (Massey Air Museum glider tow plane) * 1940 Piper Clip Wing Cub J3C-65 (engine: Lycoming 0-145B) * 1946 Piper Cub J-3C-65 * 1950 Piper Pacer PA-20 (engine: 125 hp Lycoming O-290-D) * 1936 Hammond 100 biplane (s/n 204) (engine: Kinner 100 hp) * 2011 Searey (rotax engine) * 1939 WACO ZKS-7 (engine: Lycoming R680 conversion) Gliders: * Bailey-Moyes Tempest Microlight glider, single place, glide ratio: 23:1 at 37 mph * (Trailer) 1965 SCHLEICHER K-10 A (#10009) glider, glide ratio: best, 32:1 * 1952

SCHWEIZER SGS 1-23 The Schweizer SGS 1-23 is a United States Open and Standard Class, single-seat, mid-wing glider built by Schweizer Aircraft of Elmira, New York. The original "standard" 1-23 was introduced in 1948. The aircraft quickly became the most numerous ...

(#102) glider, Sgl. place, glide ratio: 30.8:1 at 50 mph * 1975 SCHWEIZER SGS 1-35 (#24) glider, Sgl. place, glide ratio: 38:1 at 55 mph * 1968 SCHWEIZER SGS 1-26B (#393) glider, Sgl. place, glide ratio: 23:1@ 53 mph * 1963 SCHWEIZER SGS 1-26B (#192) glider, Sgl. place, glide ratio: 23:1@ 53 mph * 1955

SCHWEIZER SGU 2-22 The Schweizer SGU 2-22 is an American two-seat, high-wing, strut-braced, training glider built by Schweizer Aircraft of Elmira, New York.Said, Bob: ''1983 Sailplane Directory, Soaring Magazine'', pages 26. Soaring Society of America, Novembe ...

(#39) glider, 2 place, glide ratio: 17:1@ 47 mph * (trailer) 1972 SCHWEIZER SGS 2-33A (#231) glider, 2 place, glide ratio: 22.25:1 Motor gliders: * (trailer) 2000 Aviastroitel AC-5M self-launching motor-glider, 25 hp, Russia * (trailer) 2005 TeST TST-10 Atlas self-launching motor-glider, 40 hp Rotax 447, glide ratio: 40:1, Wingspan: 15.00 m (49 ft 3 in), Czech Republic * (trailer) 2006 TST-14M Bonus motor-glider, 50 hp Rotax 503UL (Certif. 05/08/2019) Non-flying aircraft: * 1963

Piper Colt The PA-20 Pacer and PA-22 Tri-Pacer, Caribbean, and Colt are an American family of light strut-braced high-wing monoplane aircraft built by Piper Aircraft from 1949 to 1964. The Pacer is essentially a four-place version of the two-place ...

PA-22-108 Static outdoor museum display: * N18111 1937 Douglas DC-3A (s/n #1983) United Airlines Inside the museum: * Replica 1911

Wright glider The Wright brothers designed, built and flew a series of three manned gliders in 1900–1902 as they worked towards achieving powered flight. They also made preliminary tests with a kite in 1899. In 1911 Orville conducted tests with a much mor ...

made by Jimmy Dayton * N738 1946

Ercoupe 415-C The ERCO Ercoupe is an American low-wing monoplane aircraft that was first flown in 1937. It was originally manufactured by the Engineering and Research Corporation (ERCO) shortly before World War II; several other manufacturers continued its ...

, s/n 1788. Eng: 75 HP Cont. C85 Engines on display: * 1710 hp, 14 cylinder,

Wright R-2600 The Wright R-2600 Cyclone 14 (also called Twin Cyclone) is an American radial engine developed by Curtiss-Wright and widely used in aircraft in the 1930s and 1940s. History In 1935, Curtiss-Wright began work on a more powerful version of their ...

radial as used on the

B-25 bomber The North American B-25 Mitchell is an American medium bomber that was introduced in 1941 and named in honor of Major General William "Billy" Mitchell, a pioneer of U.S. military aviation. Used by many Allied air forces, the B-25 served in e ...

and B-314 Boeing Clipper * 160 hp, Kinner 5 cylinder radial engine * 37 hp

Continental A-40 The Continental A40 engine is a carbureted four-cylinder, horizontally opposed, air-cooled aircraft engine that was developed especially for use in light aircraft by Continental Motors. It was produced between 1931 and 1941. Design and developm ...

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 The Lycoming O-145 is a family of small, low-horsepower, four-cylinder, air-cooled engines. It was Lycoming Engines' first horizontally opposed aircraft engine and was produced from 1938 until the late 1940s. The family includes the reduction-ge ...

-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) Static museum display project in West Hangar: * N42DL 1993 Lance Aero (Bellanca 14–13), experimental, amateur built (non-flying museum project)

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