A little reminder from a public service ad, circa 1918. The world has been through this before, but that doesn’t make it less scary. The staff at Kelch Aviation Museum will be working from home for a while. It’s a great time to research and plan – and band together

March is Women’s History Month! Here’s aviatrix Mildred Kaufman, who set a record for female aviators by flying 46 loop-the-loops in February of 1930. She’s pictured with her plane shortly after that record-setting flight, when she was 23 years old. So many amazing women have flown, broken through the glass

It’s National Women’s Day! We’re proud to feature our own 91 year-old Jeanne Scholes in this video. You’ve seen her around the museum and Brodhead Airport, but did you know she’s a boss who earned her pilot’s license at age 18? March is Women’s History Month, and we’ll be posting

Local Aviation History! Our latest acquisition is this Comet 7E aircraft engine built in nearby Madison, Wisconsin in 1929. The engine is on loan to the Kelch Aviation Museum and will be displayed once restoration is complete this year. Here’s a photo courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society of the

Thanks to the Rotary Club of Beloit for inviting the Kelch Aviation Museum to speak at their weekly meeting yesterday. Here’s Bob Pokorney from EAA Chapter 431 and Pat Weeden, Executive Director of the museum.

Be sure to keep your rockers greased at all times.

Shiny new walls and floor! We can’t wait to build displays and signage and move in the airplanes!

Hey, remember those days when movie special effects meant creativity and daring – and maybe a little insanity? Running a museum seems to require the same skills… 😉 This is one of the latest acquisitions in Kelch’s archive. We’re excited about our extensive photo collection, and we keep discovering new

Check out our new walls! Workers are finishing up the trim work on our corrugated steel interior walls and it looks fantastic. Next step for the hangar is building displays and moving in the airplanes. You can help keep the work going by donating today. Every dollar counts. Visit: www.kelchmuseum.org/donate

There’s so much to love about the Golden Age of Aviation! Happy Valentine’s Day from Kelch Aviation Museum. What do you love most about vintage aviation?