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Lindy in Milwaukee

We posted a photo of our Charles Lindbergh statue last week. Here’s a photo of the real man, in Milwaukee in 1927.

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Reflections

There’s a nice sunset reflected off the museum’s windows tonight.

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Moving Charles Lindbergh

We moved Charles Lindbergh into the new hangar today – with proper health precautions, of course… Let this photo go on the record: at Kelch

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Interesting Masks

When we’re not working from home, our staff wears masks. We know we may look a bit odd, but we aren’t the first ones –

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Pirsch REO Fire Truck

An awesome piece of local history has joined the museum, on permanent loan from the Brodhead Fire District. This Pirsch REO fire truck was purchased

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1953 Cole Bros. Fly-In

Someone donated a pamphlet from the Cole Brothers’ airshow in Brodhead back in 1953. Cool! Here’s some video of that same show in Rockford a

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1918 Flu Pandemic

In looking through historic documents from the 1918 flu pandemic, we found this… How do you enforce such a thing? Here at Kelch Aviation Museum,

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Learn & Earn

Check out this cool poster, circa 1918! There are lots of similarities between today’s COVID-19 and the 1918 flu pandemic, and here at Kelch Aviation

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William E. Boeing

“My firm conviction from the start has been that science and hard work can lick what appear to be insurmountable difficulties.” – William E Boeing,

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CONTEST WINNER

Congratulations to Gary Lampman, who was selected at random from all the entrants in our drawing. Gary receives a copy of our picture book, “Biplanes

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