90 Years Ago Today On April 11, 1929, the Stearman factory in Wichita, Kansas completed manufacturing work on another of their aircraft, a model C3B,

The Kelch Aviation Museum’s Library & Archive continues to grow through generous donations of valuable collections from around the country. A cornerstone of our mission

This Velie powered Monocoupe 70 hangs in the California Science Center in Los Angeles, and is nearly identical to N800HB, owned by the Kelch Aviation

During a presentation on the Golden Age of Aviation in Oconomowoc today, we met Norm Poberezny, Paul’s younger brother. We talked about learning to fly

The sister ship to our Curtiss-Wright 12-W (one serial number below) is shown here in 1932 with its original owner, Ruth Kitchel from Coldwater, Michigan.

We made it! Just. Barely. At the very last minute yesterday, on New Year’s Eve, we accomplished our goal of raising all $123,333 of the

Just published, a new photo book featuring the biplanes of the Kelch Aviation Museum. Antique Biplanes is a photo essay from Diedrich Dasenbrock with tons

Today is the deadline for the 2018 portion of the William S. Knight Foundation challenge grant, and as of this writing, we’re just about $25,000

Exciting news! The Kelch Aviation Museum just signed a long-term loan for this 1932 Fairchild 22 C7B, owned of John Thomason of Sonoma, California. This

We are very excited to announce the Brodhead Area Foundation has awarded $135,000 to the Kelch Aviation Museum! The grant will be $45,000 each year