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Mensile di Aeronautica e Spazio

We’re internationally famous! An Italian aviation magazine, JP4: Mensile di Aeronautica e Spazio, reached out to us requesting info about the Pietenpol that Gary Baglien

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Happy 2020

Happy new year! It’s been incredibly balmy in Brodhead, so we welcomed the new year with a bit of open-cockpit flying! May 2020 bring you

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Aerial Shot

Skot Wiedmann sent along this aerial picture of our new museum hangar. Thanks, Skot!

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Corben Super-Ace magazine artwork

Here’s some stunning magazine art from the archives! The Corben Super-Ace is a homebuilt plane, and a set of plans and construction articles originally appeared

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Happy Holidays from Kelch Aviation Museum!

Happy Holidays! Whatever you celebrate, here’s hoping your season is merry and bright! Meanwhile, looks like Santa upgraded his ride…

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Holiday Travels!

Here’s wishing you safe travels over the holidays! If you’re sick of traffic, remember – you could “fly in comfort for two cents a mile”

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Ray-Ban ad

I had no idea that Ray-Ban sunglasses (or should I say sun goggles?) were around in 1939 – but here’s an ad from that year’s

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On This Day: Wright Flyer’s First Flight!

On this day in 1903, the Wright brothers made the first four flights in the Wright Flyer – achieving the first ever controlled, sustained flight

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Achieving the Impossible

“Aviation is proof that given the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible.” – Eddie Rickenbacker With your help we’ve done what seemed

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The Sky is the Limit

“To most people, the sky is the limit. To those who love aviation, the sky is home.” – Jerry Crawford When we started fundraising for

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