Aviation’s “golden era” destined for Brodhead

TONY ENDS PHOTO Independent Register
Kelch Aviation Museum’s Phase I groundbreaking drew a crowd last Friday in support of the board’s lifting gold-painted shovels to preserve a “golden era of aviation” at Brodhead Airport.

By Tony Ends, Correspondent –

Several hundred people gave a very warm July welcome to Kelch Aviation Museum’s groundbreaking last Friday morning south of Brodhead.

With clear skies and temperatures soaring into the 90s, the crowd gathered round Kelch Foundation board members at the 2.5-acre site adjacent Brodhead Airport.

Armed with gold-painted shovels, the happy crew let the sand fly in unison. It was takeoff of a 12,000-square-foot building that will pay homage to a “Golden Age of Aviation.”

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