Today is the deadline for the 2018 portion of the William S. Knight Foundation challenge grant, and as of this writing, we’re just about $25,000 short of our goal of $123,333. Donate now and receive some great donor premiums. $1,000 – Antique Biplanes photo book $1,500 – Biplane ride for

Exciting news! The Kelch Aviation Museum just signed a long-term loan for this 1932 Fairchild 22 C7B, owned of John Thomason of Sonoma, California. This rare aircraft still has its equally rare Menasco engine and flies regularly. It will be housed in the new Kelch Aviation Museum building when it

We are very excited to announce the Brodhead Area Foundation has awarded $135,000 to the Kelch Aviation Museum! The grant will be $45,000 each year for the next three years. This donation is a significant step forward in our capital campaign to construct a new museum facility at Brodhead Airport.

Wahlin Foundation Makes $10,000 Grant on Behalf of Stoughton Trailers, LLC The Wahlin Foundation, Inc. of Stoughton, Wis. has awarded a $10,000 grant on behalf of Stoughton Trailers, LLC to the Kelch Aviation Museum at Brodhead Airport. The new museum will feature restored vintage aircraft from the “Golden Age of

2018 – VAA Chapter 11 – Alfred H. & Lois Kelch and MAAC Scholarship Mission VAA Chapter 11 wants to introduce aviation to young people to keep aviation strong for the future. The members of VAA Chapter 11 support youth aviation and will now offer an annual scholarship to a

  The Kelch Aviation Museum is hosting our last “Wisconsin Flying Hamburger Social” of the season on Wednesday, August 22 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. This is a casual, weeknight event designed to give local pilots a place to fly and a reason to go flying! This time we’re serving

The Kelch Aviation Museum is proud to announce a major gift from the William S. Knight Foundation, a challenge grant of $370,000 toward the construction of a new museum facility. The main hangar at the new museum will be named, “The Bill & Sue Knight Memorial Vintage Aviation and Automotive

As a non-profit museum, we are in the fundraising business and like it or not, asking people for money is part of the daily grind. Sometimes though, an unsolicited donation comes in that rewards all of the effort and reaffirms what we are trying to do at the Kelch Aviation

The Kelch Aviation Museum is once again hosting a “Wisconsin Flying Hamburger Social” on Wednesday, June 13 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. This is a casual, weeknight event designed to give local pilots a place to fly and a reason to go flying! Brats, burgers and other picnic-type stuff will

Director Greg Heckman made the first run of his newly restored 1928 Lincoln Page LP-3 today at Brodhead Airport. The OX-5 engine is original to this aircraft and hasn’t run in 89 years when the LP-3 last flew. See Greg’s restoration blog here: http://ghaviation.blogspot.com/