Hagerstown, MD — The Hagerstown Aviation Museum will present an Open Airplane Afternoon event Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m.
Attendees will be able to climb aboard and sit in the cockpit of the 1948 Fairchild C-82 and 1953 C-119 Flying Boxcar.
They will also see other museum aircraft, such as the 1943 Fairchild PT-19 World War II Trainer and the 1928 Kreider Reisner KR-31 biplane, all built in Hagerstown.
The museum owns 19 historic aircraft, of which 14 were built in Hagerstown.
Step back in time and experience a memorable flight in the museum’s 1943 Fairchild PT-19 Primary Trainer. Thousands of allied pilots earned their wings during World War II in this historic aircraft built by Fairchild Aircraft 70 years ago in Hagerstown.
Open Airplane Afternoon planned Sunday at Hagerstown Aviation Museum