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Wing Rigging on Travel Air 4000
Lights, camera, action! The latest in our continuing series of virtual aircraft tours, “Airplanes With Ami!” has been published. Join Collections Manager Ami Eckard-Lee &
The Dangers of Flying the Mail
Air Mail pilots like William “Wild Bill” Hopson faced many dangers, but none so menacing as being cut out of foam board with a sharp
U.S. Air Mail Bags
What do you do when you can’t find authentic 1920s Air Mail sacks for your new museum? You make your own! Collections Manager Ami and
LeRoy LaBarre Memorial Challenge Grant
The Kelch Aviation Museum has received a $2,000 challenge grant in memory of the late LeRoy T. “Bud” LaBarre, longtime Brodhead Airport manager and aircraft
Travel Air 3000 Wing Work
The latest in our continuing series of virtual aircraft tours. Join Collections Manager, Ami Eckard-Lee as she works on a historic wing from a Hollywood
Painting the Display Cabinets
Hannah is busy painting our second hand display cabinets. We’re one day closer to opening!
Rick Hansen’s Travel Air
Watch this awesome video from EAA about our good friend Rick Hansen and his Travel Air restoration. (We’re keeping Rick’s airplane in our museum hangar
3D Model of Phase I
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
“Shorty” Lambert
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
Laird LC-300
Laird LC-300, X-634, date and location unknown. Medium format negative from the Leo Kohn Collection.