Celebrate Martin Company's 100th

Crowds gather to get a closer look at the 1911 Ely Curtiss Pusher on display at the museum.

Saturday the museum celebrates National Aviation Day with an emphasis on the Martin Company's 100th anniversary. An added bonus will be the fly-in of the reproduction 1911 Ely-Curtiss Pusher. Glenn L. Martin used Curtiss aircraft as the models for his first airplanes. People can see this historic biplane and and get a chance to sit in a museum jet fighter or airliner Saturday from 11 AM to 3 PM (weather permitting).  Other activities are also planned for the entire family. Also participating will be Rosie the Riveters, members of the Ninety-Nines (the International Organization of Women Pilots) and others. You can also learn about the Berlin Airlift and other topics and hear a musical tribute to the Wright Brothers.

The museum also will be open Sunday from 11 AM to 3 PM so you can see the Curtiss Pusher and our planes. However, the cockpits will not be open.

Scott Wycoff of WBAL Radio captured the arrival on video. You can see it at the link here
http://www.wbal.com/article/93141/53/template-story/

The Curtiss Pusher is flying up from Jerry Yagen's Military Aviation Museum in Pungo, Va., and it's appearance is being underwritten by the Lockheed Martin Corp.