Massey Open Hangar Party & Fly-In 2026

Massey Open Hangar Party & Fly-In on Sunday December 6, 2026 from 10 A.M. to 2 P.M. Come to our Annual Open Hangar Party, Rain or Shine! — Fly in or Drive in. Help us celebrate our progress and new projects. Friends can bring a covered dish or dessert item (optional) and the airport supplies the main course, cider, lemonade & coffee. If the weather cooperates, you will be able to watch the field fill up with over 100 fly-in guests, expect to see interesting airplanes. There’s always plenty of food, so renew old friendships & meet others who love aviation. Tour the Air Museum, hangars, DC-3 & An-2 biplane. If you have a motorcycle, vintage car or hot rod, come early, park up front around the DC-3 for everyone to see & admire. General Public Invited! Children Welcome. Free Admission. FOOD IS SERVED AT NOON. Remember it’s on the FIRST SUNDAY of December! Pilots: As always, keep an eye out for “no-radio” aircraft. Winds permitting, Runway 02 is the preferred arrival approach on event days, if not, the west side “Back Taxi” lane is available (no need to back-taxi on the runway). Always check for VIP TFRs. PILOTS: Watch for NORDOS (old airplanes may not have radios). “See and Avoid” “Maintain Standard Patterns” SPECTATORS: Watch for moving aircraft; hold the hand of young children. We have built a third 60’ x 100’ hangar to expand the museum and provide a 2nd workshop for restoring private airplanes – 1st up will be covering the wing of a 1932 Fairchild 22, tandem two-seat parasol monoplane with a Menasco Pirate four-cylinder, air-cooled, in-line, inverted engine. The Massey Air Museum has acquired a 1929 Kreider-Reisner C-2 “Challenger” with a 1917 Curtiss OX-5 water-cooled V-8 engine (90 hp). The “Challenger” was renamed Fairchild KR-31 after K-R was bought by the Fairchild Aircraft Company. Both aircraft are Maryland-manufactured. The museum also received the Fairchild Ranger L-440 200-hp six-cylinder inline inverted air-cooled aero-engine, which was originally restored by the Potomac Antique Aero Squadron for the Dorchester County Museum (Cambridge, MD). CUT & PASTE LINKS: Event Calendar Link: https://masseyaero.org/event/massey-open-hangar-party-fly-in-2/ Massey Air Museum Home Page Link: https://masseyaero.org/ Massey Photo Library Album Contents Link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/massey_aero/albums Kurt Grasso takes off in “Grassocat” – Fly in at Massey Aerodrome – Photo by Edwin Remsberg. Massey Aerodrome Air Field. Photo by Edwin Remsberg.