Massey Air Museum

Massey Air Museum sits on the grass-runway Massey Aerodrome, offering a living cross-section of 20th-century aviation that strongly overlaps with military history. Tailwheel aircraft dominate the collection, reflecting the training and liaison types that underpinned wartime and early Cold War operations. A static Douglas DC-3A anchors the field as a reminder of the transport workhorse whose military C-47 variants carried personnel, equipment, and supplies across every major theater of the Second World War. Several aircraft on site, such as Boeing Stearman trainers and liaison derivatives like the Aeronca L-16, represent the utilitarian backbone behind front-line combat units. Gliders and motor-gliders illustrate another, often overlooked, dimension of airpower: silent flight, aerodynamics, and the disciplines that informed both military assault-glider programs and postwar soaring clubs formed by veterans. Engine displays, including a Wright R-2600 radial of the type used in bombers and flying boats, highlight the engineering scale required to sustain global air campaigns. Set amid rural fields of Maryland’s Eastern Shore, the museum functions as a small but technically rich repository of Maryland and Delaware aviation heritage, emphasizing preservation through active flying and careful static restoration.