The skies over Cambridge will be filled with airplanes on Saturday, May 22. But they won’t be the familiar small planes landing at Cambridge Airport. They’ll be antique bi-planes heading for the annual antique aircraft fly-in at Horn Point Aerodrome.

Sponsored by the Potomac Antique Aero Squadron, it will attract upwards of 200 classic antique flying machines, using the grass runway at the University of Maryland’s Horn Point Research Center. The landing strip has been there practically since the Wright Brothers took off at Kitty Hawk. Some of the planes are old enough to have touched down since then, too. There will be vintage military aircraft, some homebuilts, and even a few experimental aircraft, but – by and large – these are planes that Waldo Pepper would admire.

The planes start arriving on Friday. The formal fly-in and informal air show runs from 9-4 on Saturday. There’s judging of antique (pre-1946), classic (1946-1955), contemporary, military (through 1955), and custom aircraft. In case of rain, everything shifts to Sunday.

Directions to Horn Point:

(from the north) Route 50 South over Choptank River Bridge, proceed 3/4 mile through Cambridge, make a right at light onto Crusader St. Go 1 block and turn right onto Washington Street. Go 3.1 miles to fork in the road at Long's Grocery (former gas station), veer right onto Horn Point Road. Go 1.6 miles and Aerodrome will be on your right.

(from the south): Route 50 North, make a left at the light onto Crusader St. Then follow the directions as above.

If you are using a GPS, the co-ordinates the pilots use are: 38 35.4N 76 08.2W