For Veteran’s Day, we chose to honor Lt. Douglas Holt, one of the key people who made the Kelch Aviation Museum a reality. An original trustee of the Alfred & Lois Kelch Charitable Trust and a mentor and advisor to the early Kelch Aviation Museum staff, Doug was a renown

Here’s an original 1929 ad from Aero Digest featuring the Laird Airplane Co., “The Thoroughbred of the Airways.” The vintage artwork of this era is so striking, part of what makes the Golden Age so iconic.

Five years ago this week, our 1928 Stearman C3B appeared on the cover of Vintage Airplane magazine. This rare aircraft was flown to the EAA “Airventure” convention in Oshkosh earlier that year and we brought home a nice plaque for “Antique Silver Age Open Cockpit Biplane.”

Charles Lindbergh visited Wisconsin during his victory tour in August 1927! Here’s a commemorative postcard, and a photo of mechanics doing a quick repair on the Spirit Of St Louis during Lucky Lindy’s stop in Milwaukee. Charles Lindbergh’s own Bird Biplane is on display here in Wisconsin at the Kelch