wpmassey – Massey Air Museum, 33541 Maryland Line Road, Massey, MD, 21650

Massey Library Program Instructions

Welcome to the Library of the Massey Air Museum!

Our Lending Library is available exclusively to members of the Massey Air Museum. It’s easy to search our library of over 3000 aviation related books online.

Click here to Search by Tag or Author:

https://www.librarything.com/catalog/MasseyLibrary

Library Search Tutorial:

SEARCHING by Tags (Subject): Open Massey “LibraryThing” program (above): – click “Your books” (brown “LibraryThing” upper menu bar) > Click “Tags” > Scroll up or down Alphabetical Tag listings for a subject.

Or SEARCH by Authors: Click down arrow next to “Tags” > Click “Authors”

When looking at a listing page, you can open any of the Tags for a particular book by: Single Click on one of the Tags in the listing (Tag will turn red when hovering over it before you click on it).

www.librarycat.org/lib/MasseyLibrary

Unfortunately, we cannot ship books, so you will need to pick up and drop off at the airport.

Once you find a book, you can place it on hold. Jot down the TItle and Category number and bring it to Massey where someone will help you check out the book.

To place a book on hold, you will need a password. You can request the password by emailing email@masseyaero.org or doc19403@yahoo.com. You must be a member to get a password.

QUICK SEARCH: Enter the book title or author name.

ADVANCE SEARCH: Click Down Arrow (on right) > Advanced Search.

EXAMPLE:

All our books are labeled and shelved by Category & Number:

Major Categories (and # of books):

- Pioneers (53)
- World War 1 (49)
- Interwar Years (128)
- World War 2 (526)
- General Aviation (49)
- Commercial Aviation (75)
- Cold War (72)
- Biography (11)
- Manufacturers (112)
- Encyclopedia/Reference (119)
- Rotary Wing – RW (26)
- Space (21)
- Instructional (171)
- Misc (152)
- Fiction (72)

Sub Categories:

- Cold War Korea (CWK)
- Cold War Vietnam (CWV)
- Misc Air Force (MIA)
- Misc Navy (MIN)
- Misc Marines (MIM)

Homepage Announcement – Highlight

Massey Air Museum

33541 Maryland Line Road, Massey, Maryland 21650
Phone: 410-928-5270
Email: email@masseyaero.org

Museum Winter Hours: 11 AM to 3 PM Tuesday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday (Closed Monday, Wednesday & Thursday except by prior arrangement). – Calling ahead is always recommended @ 410-928-5270.

View all December’s Fly-In Photos here (Try the “Slide Show” button!): https://www.flickr.com/photos/massey_aero/albums/72177720331199134/ & Dennis Maroulas’ here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/massey_aero/albums/72177720331136908/

If no one answers the airport phone we may not see a message for a few days. Suggestion for a quicker response: Leave a message at 610-676-0198 or send an Email to Bill: doc19403@yahoo.com. When you leave a phone message: SLOWLY REPEAT THE RETURN phone number TWICE. If I can’t understand your number I can’t return your call!

Free Admission to Museum & Hangars but Donations are Welcome.
And you may now make a donation via PayPal here:

DONATE

NOTE: New Weekend Museum Hours: 11 AM – 3 PM Sat. & Sun.
Weekend Winter Hours at the Museum: Coinciding with Standard Time the museum will close at 3 PM on Saturdays & Sundays (starts on the first Sunday in November & ends on the second Sunday in March)

MUSEUM VISITORS: Pick up a Self-Guided Museum Tour Guide sheet in the lobby. Feel free to ask questions (if you don’t see us, we may be working in the shop or outside). If the hangar entry doors are closed we will be glad to open them so you can also walk through the two community hangars. Although the DC-3 can get hot on sunny summer days, we will open the airstair door for you to go inside when it’s temperate. The An-2 biplane is also available to tour (Turn handle & push door to open). Pick up Outside Tour sheets in lobby: Hangar Tour (list of aircraft) & Outside Displays (interesting facts).

2026 UPCOMING EVENT DATES: To be Confirmed (Event Calendar below will be updated when dates are confirmed)
– Chili Fest Fly-In Tentative Date: Saturday May 9th
– Antique Fly-In Tentative Date: Saturday June 20th
– Galena Lions Club Car Show Tentative Date Sunday: Nov. 1st
– Open Hangar Party & Fly-In Tentative Date Sunday: Dec. 6th

2025 PAST EVENTS:
– Chili Fest Fly-In May 10th: Perfect Weather BUT a strong Direct Crosswind deterred many planes but not drive-ins (35 aircraft flew in – including Jeff Chorman’s T-28 & John Machamer’s 1930 Davis D-1K).
– Antique Fly-In June 21st: Nearly perfect weather (sunny, hot, calm winds), 83 guest planes. Pilatus PC-12 (new record for largest plane to land at Massey). Great “Vibe”, maybe our happiest fly-in based on spectator (& pilot) enjoyment. Visit our Facebook page & Flickr photo album (See Links above)
– Fly-Out to Schneider Cup Race Course in Chesapeake Bay to celebrate 100th Anniversary of Jimmy Doolittle’s Victory in 1925: Oct. 26th. Perfect Weather, great success. 11 participants. 
– Galena Lions Club Car Show: Nov. 2nd. Perfect Weather, approx. 250 vehicles, great success.
– Open Hangar Party & Fly-In: Dec. 7th, 83 guest planes (Hooray!). Beautiful Day, lots of blue sky, if cold (24° at 8 AM): High 43°, Partly Sunny, CALM winds till 1 PM & sun made it comfortable.

See all our photo Albums here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/massey_aero/albums/

Updates and Current News are also posted on Facebook (See Link in Menu: Above Right).

To help with future events or any museum projects, click: volunteer info here.

What’s happening at Massey? Event Calendar below will be updated when dates are confirmed.

Invitation to Pilots: Overnight Campers are Welcome. Call Ahead, pitch a tent and tie down. We can make the facilities available. Sorry, we don’t have a service car available and there are no restaurants within walking distance. We can accommodate overnight drive-in campers also – again Call Ahead. No hook-ups but we can run an extension cord from the hangar.

Have you ever wanted to host a Meeting/Fly-In of your airplane type club? Massey stands ready to help you. Call or Email to discuss the possibilities.

Open Cockpit Biplane Rides: For Schedule, SEE BIPLANE AIR TOURS Contact information below.

Would you like to receive our Newsletter & Fly-In Post Card notices? If you are not on our Mailing List and would like to be included, Please Email your Physical ADDRESS (or POB) to Email: doc19403@yahoo.com Without your physical address we can only Email the newsletter (No postcards).

Visit us on FACEBOOK, Follow airport & museum activity – Use Link in the Menu to see our latest Posts or click https://www.facebook.com/MasseyAerodrome/

Take a “VIRTUAL VISIT” TO THE MASSEY AIR MUSEUM (Tony Bruno’s “Aviation History Museums” Blog): https://aviationhistorymuseums.com/blog/2020/8/6/massey-air-museum-massey-maryland

Homepage Announcement – Special

Highlights

Biplane rides will be available at Massey from May through October and glider rides by special arrangement.

BIPLANE Rides in a 1944 Open Cockpit WWII Stearman trainer: Contact Nick Mirales @ 410-535-4136 or Email: njmirales@comcast.net; Biplane ride Home Page: www.biplaneairtours.com

BIPLANE RIDE SCHEDULE: Reservations Preferred but “Walk-Ups” are welcome (Time Permitting).
Oct 24
Oct 25 (not available between 11-3 – Attending Chorman Fly-In)
Oct 26 TBD (Schneider Cup Race Course Fly-Out)

GLIDER Rides: Not available (glider being restored by K&L) Contact Bob Dierker at: 410-699-1697, or at the airport.

Hangar Party 2016

2016 Open Hangar Party

The sun came out early this year and attracted over 100 fly-in aircraft. Plenty of ham and turkey was prepared by the airport staff, while hors d’oeuvres and desserts trickled in throughout the day. Classic cars, classic aircraft, and even an autogyro made it out for another successful December event. Thanks to all who helped out, or just attended and had fun keeping grass roots aviation alive.

Antique Fly-In 2016

First Antique Fly-In at Massey – a resounding success!

45th Antique Fly-In of the Potomac Antique Aero Squadron.

Approx. 75 show & guest airplanes plus 1 helicopter attended. It was breezy with a cross wind but partly sunny with low humidity that made the temperature in the low 90’s feel almost comfortable. Six airplanes received awards and 3 past award winners also attended. John Machamer’s brand new restoration, a 1930 Davis D-1K received two awards and father & son Joe & Jason Flood each received an award. We look forward to John Machamer to receive the Gold Lindy this year at Oshkosh.

Also attending was Joe Kaminskas’ 1930 WACO RNF and Marlin Horst’s 1929 Fairchild 71, both past Horn Point award winners and both are also recipients of aviations highest Award for restoration: EAA VINTAGE ANTIQUE GRAND CHAMPION – Gold Lindy.

Gene Breiner’s 1936 Taylorcraft J-2 stole the show when he put on the single blade Everel propeller and flew numerous demonstration flights (a two blade propeller is used for ferry flights across the bay).

AWARDS at the 45th Antique Fly-In of the Potomac Antique Aero Squadron, held at Massey Aerodrome June 11th, 2016:

Antique Sweepstakes: NC1584 1930 Davis D-1K, John Machamer
Gettysburg PA.
PAAS Presidents Award: NC1584 1030 Davis D-1K, John Machamer Gettysburg PA.
Antique Grand Champion: NC23927 1939 Aeronca Chief, Joe Flood
Franklinville NJ.
Best Custom Built: N907MG 1999 Pitts S1S, Jason Flood Franklinville NJ.
Classic Grand Champion: N195RA 1953 Cessna 195B, Ray Franke Bath PA.
Contemporary Grand Champion: N7258A 1956 Cessna C-172, Michael Meyers, Owings MD.
Military Grand Champion: N79731 1944 Piper L-4, Paul Smith, Mt. Airy MD.
AAA HQ Award: NC16745 1036 Taylor J-2, Eugene Breiner Newville PA