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A Personal Connection to History – Our Aeronca LB

Personal connections to history are what make museum work so special and life-changing, and we had a doozy last week here at the museum: Leigh

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Charles Taylor Master Mechanic Award

On Saturday, September 21st, the Kelch Aviation Museum’s board vice president, Kent McMakin, was awarded the Charles Taylor Master Mechanic Award for 50 years of

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The Wong Brothers Pietenpol

A story that spans nearly a hundred years, thousands of miles, and one small handmade airplane. This is the stuff of vintage homebuilt aviation dreams:

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Cessna 120/140 Association at the Museum

The Cessna 120/140 Association is holding their annual convention at Poplar Grove Airport in Illinois, just a few miles away from us. The museum is

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Aviation Museum Soars to New Heights

WKOW in Madison aired a nice video piece on the museum today. Check it out here! https://www.wkow.com/video/aviation-museum-soars-to-new-heights/video_1d445a86-34ac-5873-9910-be3358b20555.html

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1940 Buick Roadmaster

If you’ve seen the giant mural in downtown Brodhead, heading south on Highway 11, the car in the middle of the painting is Stan &

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Large Book Donation

This week, we received a large donation of vintage aviation books from aviation historian Lynn Towns of Holt, Michigan. This wonderful collection will join our

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Fleet Taxi Test

The museum hosted visitors from all around the world last weekend, and we took advantage of an appearance by Cam Harrod of Ontario, renowned pilot

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Museum’s Pietenpol Flies Again

The Kelch Aviation Museum’s 1937 Pietenpol with a Ford Model A engine in flight on July 20th during the annual Brodhead Airport Pietenpol fly-in. This

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Fly Market 2024

We’ve got a fly market going at the museum’s south end hangar #56 at Brodhead Airport this weekend! Stop by for original WWII era instruments,

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