Massey Air Museum

Massey Air Museum at Massey Aerodrome is an aviation museum near Middletown, Delaware.

Massey Air Museum
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

The Air 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 (Dec. 2019)

Flying aircraft based at Massey Aerodome (Community Hangars & Tie-Downs):

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:

  • 1963 Piper Colt PA-22-108

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 & 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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