Massey Air Museum

Summary

Massey Air Museum at Massey Aerodrome is an aviation museum near Massey, Maryland, United States.

Massey Air Museum
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Established2001
Location33541 Maryland Line Rd.
Massey, Maryland 21650
Websitemasseyaero.org

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

History edit

The museum collection includes a static Douglas DC-3, 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 edit

Flying aircraft based at Massey Aerodome (community hangars & tie-downs), as of December 2019:

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 (#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 (#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:

Static outdoor museum display:

  • N18111 1937 Douglas DC-3A (s/n #1983) United Airlines

Inside the museum:

Engines on display:

  • 1710 hp, 14 cylinder, Wright R-2600 radial as used on the B-25 bomber and B-314 Boeing Clipper
  • 160 hp, Kinner 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)

Static museum display project in West Hangar:

  • N42DL 1993 Lance Aero (Bellanca 14–13), experimental, amateur built (non-flying museum project)

External links edit

  • Official website