June 12, 2021 - Potomac Antique Aero Squadron
Fly-In at Massey Aerodrome

Today I was headed over to Massey Aerodrome for the Potomac Antique Aero Squadron Fly-In.  The weather wasn't the best this morning but certainly flyable.  I took off around 11AM.  The weather was supposed to improve as the day progressed.

Crossing the Bay I saw four what I think are Naval Academy Yard Patrol (YP) craft.
   
I hope they are not in line astern formation because their spacing are way off.  Mind your help, mister!
   
Looks like a YP to me.
   
Continuing on to Massey, paralleling the Chester River.
   
Typical Eastern Shore scene.
   
On a left upwind for Runway 2 at Massey.  I was surprised by how many planes were already at the fly-in.  The weather was supposed to get better as the day progressed.
   
Safe on deck at Massey along the corn field line.
   
Mugsy had arrived earlier.
   
A big. beautiful modified Grumman G-164 Ag Cat.  Engine is a 600 hp P&W R-1340-AN-1.
   
Spectators are congregating around Hunter's silver Stearman on the grassy knoll.
   
The airplanes keep coming in; they are starting to park them along the runway/taxiway.
   
Field of dreams.
   
A Luscombe 8A taxiis past.
   
Andrew King taxis the Brunner Winkle Bird, Model BK in.  This particular plane is historically famous, having been purchased new by Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh in 1930.   Anne Morrow Lindbergh sold it a year later.
   
A couple of Errcoupes and a Cessna 195.
   
Paul C. and his Commando Super Cub at center.
   
Richard S. in his white RV-8 and a nice-looking parasol plane at center.
   
Big red Stearman.
   
This wasn't a regular Massey fly-in which are famous for their great food, but there were burgers, hot dogs and drinks available for the hungary pilot.
   
A nice polished RV-4.
   
The Brunner Winkle Bird is deserving of a closer look.
   
Hunter's immaculate silver Stearman.
   
Did you know at least 10,626 Stearmans were built in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s?
   
By the end of the fly-in, planes were parked to the end of runway 2/20.
   
Does the pilot have the perfect look for flying a German military trainer airplane?
   
Two Spanish built Bücker 131 Jungmanns do a formation takeoff.
   
 
   
One of my favorite planes: the Cessna 195 with the big round nose to hold its radial engine.
   
Nice Pietenpol Air Camper!
 
This plane has been around for awhile.  The Air Camper was designed to be built of spruce and plywood. One of Pietenpol's goals was to create a plane that was affordable and easy to construct for home builders. Building an Air Camper requires basic woodworking skills and tools. Builders also need to fabricate some metal fittings to attach the wooden parts together. Some welding is required. The plans for the Pietenpol Aircamper were originally published in a four-part serial in the "Flying and Glider" Manual of 1932-33.
   
A big red Stearman taxiis out.
   
Mugsy and I did a low pass on our departure from Massey and someone took this great photo of it.
   
Passing overhead Ridgely Air Park.
   
Over the Choptank River, looking east along the Warwick River at the little town of Secretary.  Further east is the little town of East New Market where Chuck, Mark and Brian C. did a fly-by for a friend.
   
 
   
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