The Kelch Aviation Museum at Brodhead Airport has received a $100,000 gift from the late Rudy Kopp (1927-2019) of Orfordville. For those who knew him, it will be no surprise that neither Rudy’s enthusiasm for aviation nor his generosity have been dampened at all by his passing in July 2019.

Its starting to look like an airplane hangar. What a thrill to see our building going up!

The framework for the museum hangar is up and the building is taking shape!

Construction on our new museum hangar officially began on Monday, August 26, 2019! Kranig Excavating of Albany, Wis. and Bayland Buildings of Green Bay are both busy, and neither is wasting time getting work done. Here are some pictures from the first week of work.

A reminder that the Kelch Aviation Museum is hosting the last Wisconsin Flying Hamburger Social of the season next Wednesday, August 21, 2019 from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. at at Brodhead Airport. We’ll have burgers, brats, and the usual picnic sides, plus some options for the meatless crowd. Fly in or drive

We’re excited to announce the official groundbreaking for Phase I of our new museum building. The date is Friday, July 19, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. Bayland Buildings of Green Bay, Wis. is our general contractor and the new 12,000 sq. ft. steel hangar will be from Bluescope in nearby Evansville,

As of today, June 17, 2019, the Kelch Aviation Museum is officially out of our existing storage building and office. Bring on the new building! Sign Removal

With Phase 1 of the new museum building construction right around the corner, we began a long anticipated move of our archive to a suitable climate controlled facility in mid-May. The building that housed our books, papers, artwork, physical objects, etc., needed to be deconstructed to make room for the

Brodhead Boy Scout Troop 108 pitched in today to remove the observation deck from the current building at the Kelch Aviation Museum. They will be using the materials to make new cabins at the scout camp in Decatur Township. Thanks to all who worked safely today and kicked off our

90 Years Ago Today On April 11, 1929, the Stearman factory in Wichita, Kansas completed manufacturing work on another of their aircraft, a model C3B, serial number 221, registered NC8811. A week before, the aircraft had been sold to Rogers Aircraft, Inc. at Rogers Airport, 3901 Angeles Mesa Dr., Los Angeles,