Long-time museum supporter Frank Gattolin stopped in this morning to drop off a hand-made scale model of the Phase I building. Since moving full-sized planes is unrealistic, this 3D model will save us a lot of pushing and pulling! This is wonderful proof that any kind contribution to the Kelch

You might be cool, but you’re not “Shorty” Lambert cool. Here we see Stafford Lambert with his Sirius 8A, probably NC16W, at St. Louis’ Lambert Field in 1930.Photographer is unknown, but possibly Rudy Arnold. This image is part of the Leo Kohn collection of some 20,000+ historic aviation images that

Laird LC-300, X-634, date and location unknown. Medium format negative from the Leo Kohn Collection.

With the relatively decent weather this week, the building crew finished up with the steel siding on our Phase II building, the Kent Joranlien Memorial Fellowship Hall. Interior work starts next week.

We have a limited number of vintage Bird aviation patches. They are for sale on our website: kelchmuseum.org/product/bird-logo-patches Give them a look while they are still available!

Today is International Women’s Day! There are so many strong and amazing women in the history of aviation, and today we are celebrating them. Here is a photo of contestants from the 1929 Women’s National Air Derby – a stunning roster of pilots, yet only a fraction of the wonderful

We found this beautiful ad in the magazine Aero Digest from January 1930. It is somewhat rare to find such a colorful ad from the 30s, so we thought we should share! Hope you enjoy.

1936 Rearwin 6000 “Speedster” N15865. Date and location unknown. Leo Kohn collection.