Taildragger Tuesday! Here’s the museum’s 1940 Welch OW8M, a replica built by Al Kelch and his fabled “Tuesday Night Crew” at a top secret location in southeastern Wisconsin.

Museum volunteer Nick was the first to use our new Electric Vehicle “EV” charging station this week. A generous donor provided the EV equipment and its now available to museum visitors for a small donation.

Is this a description of our trusty Executive Director, Pat, after a busy week finalizing construction on the atrium, or a line from tonight’s movie “The High and the Mighty”? Only one way to find out: Hop on over to the Kelch Aviation Museum tonight to see John Wayne in

Modern-day witches have updated their preferred flying machines from brooms to biplanes. If you want to be cool, you’d better follow suit! Happy Halloween from your friends at the Kelch Aviation Museum! Stay safe, stay warm – and show us your aviation themed costumes in the comments!

It’s been a while since we posted a construction update. The Phase III “Welcome Atrium” is nearly finished and we expect to start building displays and hanging airplanes soon. We can’t wait to show it to everyone!

On this beautiful flying day we’re reminded of common local airport scenes from years past. See here at Curtiss-Wright Airport in Granville (Milwaukee) Wisconsin on June 16, 1951. Can name the five aircraft shown? Photo from the Leo Kohn Collection, Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame archives at the Kelch Aviation

We’re on the cover of Vintage Airplane magazine this month! The only flying Butler Blackhawk in the world lives at the Kelch Aviation Museum, owned by Kent McMakin. Check out the beautiful photos taken by Connor Madison, and read the Blackhawk’s amazing story below in an article co-written by our

Attention pilots & builders: Our annual aviation Fly Market/Swap Shop will take place from 10am to 7pm on September 8th and 9th here at the museum. Whether you’re hunting for specific pieces or just collecting antique aircraft parts, we’ve got something for you. Featuring items from the collections of Dick

The REO fire truck is just about ready for its 100th Birthday Party on May 4. Hannah and our volunteer vintage car expert Claude have been working for months to get it in top shape, and finally took it for a short drive on Friday. The work list included repairs

Thanks to everyone who came out to Vintage Aviation Movie Night on Friday, and thanks to Firebolt Stone Oven Pizza & Coffee for their sponsorship of the awesome food and dessert. Watch our events page for the summer movie schedule.