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