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 existing library in the museum’s Rudy Kopp Memorial Library & Archive once everything is inventoried and catalogued. Thank you, Lynn!Want to donate to the upkeep

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 and restorer of Fleet airplanes. Our Fleet Model 7 had new brakes installed last month, and needed a good taxi test from an experienced pilot

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 is the definition of “low and slow” flight and Great Depression-era ingenuity; powered by an automobile engine and built out of wood, Pietenpols are the

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, aircraft pieces and parts, and lots of rare antique aviation surprises. Running today until 5pm – and again September 6 & 7th. Stop by on

Vintage Aviation Movie Night is tomorrow, FRIDAY July 19th, at 8:15pm! Please note the later start time, and that we will not be serving pizza (just soda and popcorn). We’re scooting the movie back so it doesn’t interfere with sunset flights during the fly-in. Come see “Air Hostess,” a melodrama

Throwback Thursday: Museum friend & donor Gary Baglien poses with Bernard Pietenpol himself on Pietenpol field, 1966. Fun fact: Decades later, Gary generously donated a Bernard-built, Ford-powered Pietenpol to the museum collection… and we still fly it! The annual Pietenpol-Hatz Reunion fly-in starts TODAY at Brodhead Airport, and goes until

Dawn at Brodhead Airport. We might be biased, but there’s no better place in the whole world to enjoy vintage aviation! The Pietenpol-Hatz annual fly-in is next weekend! The fun starts on Thursday, July 18th and goes until Sunday, July 21st. Stop by on your way to Oshkosh, or make

Here are photos and video from the Wagner Welcome Atrium ribbon-cutting ceremony, and the unveiling of the Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame’s Leo Kohn exhibit, on June 9th, 2024. With this ceremonious ribbon cutting, the three-part museum facility is now complete. Thank you to all our donors and supporters who

We are thrilled to announce that the 1936 Aeronca LB “Low Wing” NC16262 has been donated to the museum by Jim Hammond, and is now a permanent part of the Kelch Aviation Museum aircraft collection. It’s on display in our Knight Hangar – so come see it any time! This