Leo Kohn Negative Collection

Volunteers were busy today scanning more of the Leo Kohn negative collection in the museum’s archives. Here we see Travel Air E-4000 (Kohn identified it as a D-4000) NC-407N at Milwaukee County Airport in Cudahy, Wisconsin at an unknown date, possibly 1941. The ship was owned by “Squeek” Burnett of

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Vintage Airline Timetables

Happy Friday! We received a great donation yesterday; several boxes of vintage airline timetables from a supporter in Sister Bay, Wisconsin. Look at these beauties from the 1940s!

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Throwback Thursday

TBT to when the Spirit of St Louis was so famous they even turned it into a hat, circa 1928.

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Closed til February

Construction Update: The Kelch Aviation Museum will be CLOSED UNTIL FEBRUARY to accommodate our Phase III construction and to maintain safe visitor access. Special tours can be arranged by calling our office at 608-897-1175. Our regular public hours will resume Wednesday, February 1. See you then! 03

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