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New Stearman Prop

Now that we have several flight hours on the museum’s Stearman C3B, its time to start taking care of the squawks that have turned up

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Tractor Drive for Alzheimer’s Awareness

The museum staff had a great time on Sunday, Sept. 25th hosting a group of vintage tractors on a drive for Alzheimer’s awareness.

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Stearman First Flight Video

The guys over at Synqronus Communications in Monroe, Wis. put together a very nice video of the Stearman’s return to flight on Monday, August 15,

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Stearman C3B Return to Flight

Almost 19 years to the day since it last flew, our 1928 Stearman C3B returned to the skies over Brodhead today. Pilot Greg Heckman and

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$200,000 Donation from William S. Knight Trust

Many people in the Midwest vintage aircraft community know the name Bill Knight. He was a long-time presence at Brodhead Airport where the Kelch Aviation

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Stearman First Run (in 19 years)

After a lengthy condition inspection, we were able to start the Wright J-5 engine on our 1928 Stearman C3B today. This is the first time

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Memorable Flight

On Friday, July 1, we had the pleasure of taking 87-year old Bonnie Jeanne Scholes for a flight in our Travel Air 12W. Jean visited our

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Brodhead Area Foundation $30,000 Match Grant

We are excited to announce that the Brodhead Area Foundation has awarded the Kelch Aviation Museum a $30,000 match grant! We have one year to

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Hamburger Social – June 15

Join us on Wednesday, June 15th as we try something new at the museum. We will be hosting a Wisconsin Flying Hamburger Social, starting at 5:30

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2016 Pancake Breakfast

Our display at the EAA Chapter 431 Community Pancake Breakfast on May 22 attracted a lot of attention and we were able to talk to

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