Richard Weeden Memorial

We were honored to celebrate the life of Dick Weeden at the museum today. Without him, the Brodhead Airport wouldn’t be the special place it is today. Blue skies, Dick!

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Flying Down to Rio at Movie Night

TONIGHT is Movie Night at the museum! We’re showing “Flying Down To Rio,” Fred Astaire’s first-ever movie, a fun and silly 1930s romp complete with a wing-walking musical number.Pizza at 6:30, movie at 7 – see you soon!

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Acro Trainer Donation

Back in February, we received the donation of an Acro Trainer aircraft that had been damaged in a landing accident. Since it’s not part of our “Golden Age” focus, the aircraft was put up for sale and was picked up last week by it’s new owner in Georgia, netting the

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Happy Mother’s Day

The museum is closed today for Mother’s Day. We’ll be open again on Wednesday as usual. Happy Mother’s Day! (Pic: RAF pilot greeting her daughter)

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Donations for Our Fly Market

Here’s the latest donation of aircraft parts for our September Fly Market and Aviation Swap Shop. Elliott Eiden is the owner and manager of Camp Lake Airport in Camp Lake, Wisconsin and gave some goodies from his hangar cleaning for us to sell at the museum. Be sure to stop

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