New England Cradle of Aviation, Plum Island Airport Open House
![W. Starling Burgess developed his piloting skills out of Plum Island Aerodrome W. Starling Burgess developed his piloting skills out of Plum Island Aerodrome](https://northshorekid.com/sites/default/files/styles/post_photo/public/events/w_starling_burgess_.jpg?itok=Scqrb35_)
Come for guided tours of the Burgess Aviation Museum! Tours feature photographs, artifacts, and a diorama celebrating the 1910 flying field at Plum Island in Newbury – New England’s first – and the current Plum Island Airport. From April to August 1910, Marblehead yacht builder W. Starling Burgess conducted a series of increasingly successful test flights on biplanes he designed and built.