Charles Taylor Master Mechanic Award
On Saturday, September 21st, the Kelch Aviation Museum’s board vice president, Kent McMakin, was awarded the Charles Taylor Master Mechanic Award for 50 years of outstanding work as an aviation mechanic. If you know Kent, you know he doesn’t like parties, so we kept it a secret until he walked
The Wong Brothers Pietenpol
A story that spans nearly a hundred years, thousands of miles, and one small handmade airplane. This is the stuff of vintage homebuilt aviation dreams: Then: The early 1930s, Canada. Two young Chinese-Canadian brothers who caught the flying bug but had only depression-era resources. What to do? Build a Pietenpol,
Cessna 120/140 Association at the Museum
The Cessna 120/140 Association is holding their annual convention at Poplar Grove Airport in Illinois, just a few miles away from us. The museum is one of the stops on their Poker Run, so we have seen a nonstop flow of these nice little historic airplanes from the 1940s today.
Aviation Museum Soars to New Heights
WKOW in Madison aired a nice video piece on the museum today. Check it out here! https://www.wkow.com/video/aviation-museum-soars-to-new-heights/video_1d445a86-34ac-5873-9910-be3358b20555.html