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12W Goes to Oshkosh
Since the Curtiss-Wright Travel Air 12W had been returned to flight and was operating beautifully, we decided to take her up to Oshkosh for the
Open House July 17-18
Those of you familiar with Brodhead Airport will know that next weekend is the annual Pietenpol/Hatz Fly-in, July 17-19. We thought it would be a
Travel Air 12W Return to Flight
Since the Kelch Aviation Museum was formed as a non-profit corporation in 2012, a major goal of our ours has been to fly as many of the
Travel Air 12W First Run (in a while)
Several weeks ago, we gathered the logbooks of all the Kelch Aviation Museum aircraft to determine which one would be the best candidate to get
Moving Sale
With the recent purchase of the property and buildings next to Brodhead Airport where we intend to construct our new museum building, we inherited quite
“Lucky Dog”
One of the original trustees of the Alfred & Lois Kelch Charitable Trust and a long time friend of Al Kelch is Doug Holt, from
Our “New” Taylorcraft
Yesterday, we removed the tarps and brought our newly acquired ’37 Taylorcraft A out of its hangar and moved it to the south Kelch Museum
Done Deal
It’s official! On Thursday, April 30, 2015, the Kelch Aviation Museum completed the purchase of the property and hangars at N2463 Airport Road in Brodhead,
New Home for the Kelch Aviation Museum
Hello, and thanks for visiting the Alfred & Lois Kelch Aviation Museum website. In this space, we’ll post news and updates about the museum collection,