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1940 Buick Roadmaster

If you’ve seen the giant mural in downtown Brodhead, heading south on Highway 11, the car in the middle of the painting is Stan &

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Large Book Donation

This week, we received a large donation of vintage aviation books from aviation historian Lynn Towns of Holt, Michigan. This wonderful collection will join our

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Fleet Taxi Test

The museum hosted visitors from all around the world last weekend, and we took advantage of an appearance by Cam Harrod of Ontario, renowned pilot

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Museum’s Pietenpol Flies Again

The Kelch Aviation Museum’s 1937 Pietenpol with a Ford Model A engine in flight on July 20th during the annual Brodhead Airport Pietenpol fly-in. This

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Fly Market 2024

We’ve got a fly market going at the museum’s south end hangar #56 at Brodhead Airport this weekend! Stop by for original WWII era instruments,

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Air Hostess at Movie Night

Vintage Aviation Movie Night is tomorrow, FRIDAY July 19th, at 8:15pm! Please note the later start time, and that we will not be serving pizza

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Pietenpol Throwback

Throwback Thursday: Museum friend & donor Gary Baglien poses with Bernard Pietenpol himself on Pietenpol field, 1966. Fun fact: Decades later, Gary generously donated a

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Dawn at Brodhead Airport

Dawn at Brodhead Airport. We might be biased, but there’s no better place in the whole world to enjoy vintage aviation! The Pietenpol-Hatz annual fly-in

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Wagner Welcome Atrium Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony

Here are photos and video from the Wagner Welcome Atrium ribbon-cutting ceremony, and the unveiling of the Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame’s Leo Kohn exhibit,

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1936 Aeronca LB Donated!

We are thrilled to announce that the 1936 Aeronca LB “Low Wing” NC16262 has been donated to the museum by Jim Hammond, and is now

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