Roy Shine laid to rest

Sailors salute the passing coffin of Roy Shine.

Roy Shine, longtime aviation supporter and a driving force behind the museum, was laid to rest at Glen Haven Memorial Park in Glen Burnie Thursday. A Navy veteran, Roy began working at the Martin Company in the late 1930s and retired as a machinist with Martin-Marietta.

"The museum would not have happened without Roy," said Stan Piet, museum archivist and another early backer of the museum.  Roy also was responsible for having the "Tadpole Clipper," a 3/8-scale prototype of a PBM, restored.  It now hangs in the main hall of the Baltimore Museum of Industry. Roy was honored by Governor Schaefer as 1991 Volunteer of the Year for his work.

Roy was thrilled that the museum is contnuing his work on a replica of a Martin MS-1 submarine seaplane. On his last visit to the museum, he eagerly answered questions about the plane and gave some tips on how things  could be put together.