Rally 2024 Tribute [Aviation and Auto Event]
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SKY-HIGH Entertainment for the whole family!

8/3/2024
When: Saturday, August 3
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Where: Owls Head Transportation Museum
117 Museum Street
Owls Head, Maine  04854
United States
Contact: Ashleigh Cook
acook@ohtm.org
(207)594-4418

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Celebrate almost 50 years since the inaugural Rally at the Owls Head Transportation Museum. 

 

 

Experience the museum’s historic fleet of aircraft and ground vehicles deliver a weekend of sky-high entertainment for the whole family: (Performances are weather dependent.)

  • The Red Baron Pursuit aka the 1917 Fokker Dr.1
  • Flight of the Centenarians airplanes, each a hundred-years-old
  • OHTM Engine Room with 3 crowd-pleasing machinery demonstrations
    • The 1895 Harris-Corliss Tandem Compound Steam Engine, with the 70 Ton flywheel.
    • The 1895 Otto Columbian four-stroke cycle internal combustion engine, with its twin flywheels, blurred spokes, and clacking valve gear, its power exhaust blast can still be heard throughout the museum grounds.
    • The 1980 General Electric CF-6 Turbofan aircraft engine. This display was recently returned to working order.
  • Special guest, The Wheelmen, a national club dedicated to the history, riding, and display of pre-1933 bicycling heritage
  • Model T Cranking Contest


Special $12 Online Ticket Prices!
New this year! Attendees can purchase tickets to this event online and save! You must bring confirmation email with you the day of the event, as the email is the ticket. Special $12 ticket prices and refunds are available through August 2, then all tickets will be sold at the door at regular pricing of $18.

Exhibitors: Pre-Register Online!
Get free admission for you and one passenger when you exhibit at this event with any classic truck, custom or special interest vehicle that is 20+ years old. 

WHAT TO EXPECT AT THE SHOW

  • Exhibitor Car Show
  • Two Family STEM Centers
    • Kid Exhibit Car Judging (10am-1pm)
    • Kid Parade (Decorating at 11:30am-Parade starts after horn blow at 12pm)
  • Aircraft Demonstrations
  • Ground Vehicle Demonstrations
  • Vintage Car Rides
  • Open Air Cafe
  • Museum Gift Shop
  • Outdoor Picnic Space

Indoor and outdoor Family STEM Activities for all:

  • Peddle and self propelled cars for children
  • Fire Engine and Semi Truck “Touch-a-Truck” experiences
  • Outdoor family games of tic-tac-toe, cornhole + more carnival themed interactive activities
  • Robot Soccer
  • Stomp Rockets
  • Indoor Lego Derby Race Track
    • Plus: many more STEM interactive activities in our Indoor Family STEM Center 
  • Kid Transportation Parade
    • Bring you own vehicle! Scooter, Bicycle, Tricycle etc.
  • Kid Exhibitor-Car Judging
  • Kid Interviews with a Pilot, a Ground Vehicle Conservator & a transportation museum Curator

Featured Vehicle Displays + Demonstrations

  • 1886 Benz Patent Motorwagen
  • 1898 Léon Bollée Voiturette Tricar
  • 1902 Curved Dash Oldsmobile
  • 1907 Renault AI Vanderbuilt Racer
  • 1908 Sears Motor H Buggy
  • 1909 De Dion Bouton 
  • 1912 Woods Electric
  • 1929 Rolls-Royce Phantom
  • 1935 Ford Model 48 Phaeton (Great Race Car)
  • 1958 BMW Isetta 300

Special Aircraft Demonstrations (More TBD)

  • 1917 Curtiss JN-4D
  • 1917 Nieuport 28C.1 (reproduction)
  • 1917 Fokker DR I (reproduction)
  • 1917 SPAD XIIIc.I (reproduction)
  • 1918 Standard J-1
  • 1923 Fokker C.IVA

Exhibitors Welcome

Get free admission for you and one passenger when you exhibit at this event with any classic, custom or special interest vehicle that is 20+ years old.

Aircraft Exercises & Biplane Rides
With more than a dozen rare, restored and replica aircraft in our collection, OHTM is thrilled to include antique aircraft demonstrations as part of this event. (weather permitting)

Want More?
Purchase a 20-minute scenic biplane ride for an open-air, sky-high experience unlike any other!  (weather permitting)

Parking
Free, onsite parking is available to all museum guests. Accessible spaces are located to the immediate right of the museum’s main entrance near the bright orange awning.

Car Clubs & Associations

This year we welcome the GTO Association of Maine.

Are you part of a local, regional, or national car club? We want to help you host your next gathering, tour stop, or annual meeting during this event or even as part of the show! For more information email acook@ohtm.org or call (207) 594-4418  x114

   Day-Of Ticket Rates   

Kids: Free (10 and Under)
Youth: $5 (11 to 17)
Adults: $18
Seniors: $16
Members: FREE (members get free admission to the museum and all outdoor events)

STAY TUNED!
More information and updates about this show will be posted as we get closer to the event.

  

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