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Local History
Brothers Kent and Kurt Van Galder donated two very special items with some incredible local history: A painting of their father, Russell, bailing out of
Open House!
You’re invited to the Kelch Aviation Museum vintage holiday open house! Come join us for cookies, crafts, cocoa, live music – and oh yeah, AIRPLANES!
Blackhawk Saturday
Instead of Black Friday… It’s BlackHAWK Saturday! We love showing off this biplane – an amazing restoration story, rare running Wright J5 engine, one of
Limited Edition Ornaments!
New limited edition biplane Christmas tree ornaments for sale now! They’re so cute and hand decorated 🤩 head over to our gift shop to buy
Black Friday….?
15% off all merchandise in our online gift shop this weekend. Call it Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday or whatever, enter code FLY2022
Closed on Thanksgiving
We’re closed Thanksgiving Day, but we hope you enjoy your holiday as much as Charlie Black of New York did on this early Pan American
The Birth of A New Magazine, plus the Lindbergh Bird
Old Magazines with Michael John, no. 6: The Birth of A New Magazine, Lindbergh, and the Bird My love for old aviation magazines started back
Matty Laird & Al Kelch
Throwback Thursday: Matty Laird, founder of Laird Airplane Co, posing with our own Al Kelch, founder of the Kelch Aviation Museum! Al was a huge
Group Tour Magazine
Look, we’re in the current issue of Group Tour Magazine! Schedule your group tour with us soon. Bring a bus load or a car load
Pilots Directions
Ahh, nothing like a good old fashioned sectional! Navigation has changed so much since the early years of flight, but map-reading skills will never go