“Women Come and Help!” Anonymous artist, 1917. The 1910s, 20s, and 30s were the golden age of posters, and so many of them feature aviation!

Those daring aviatrices! A news article from the Times Dispatch, November 1st 1914. Would women make up the next flying corps? The article mentions record-setting

Throwback Thursday, aviatrix edition! Here’s a photo of Belgian pilot Hélène Dutrieu, the “Girl Hawk”. In 1910 she reputedly became the first woman pilot to

Here’s a wonderful bit of film footage of the first all-women’s flying meet in Northampton, England! I love the candid shot of the pilots hand-propping

It may be Monday, and the world may be kinda crazy, but there are *always* other pilots’ mistakes to laugh about! And laughter is the

A little reminder from a public service ad, circa 1918. The world has been through this before, but that doesn’t make it less scary. The

March is Women’s History Month! Here’s aviatrix Mildred Kaufman, who set a record for female aviators by flying 46 loop-the-loops in February of 1930. She’s

It’s National Women’s Day! We’re proud to feature our own 91 year-old Jeanne Scholes in this video. You’ve seen her around the museum and Brodhead

Local Aviation History! Our latest acquisition is this Comet 7E aircraft engine built in nearby Madison, Wisconsin in 1929. The engine is on loan to

Thanks to the Rotary Club of Beloit for inviting the Kelch Aviation Museum to speak at their weekly meeting yesterday. Here’s Bob Pokorney from EAA