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Author: Ami Eckard-Lee

Ami Eckard-Lee is the Creative Development Director at the Kelch Aviation Museum in Brodhead, Wisconsin, where her duties include making videos, working on airplanes, giving tours, and sending out a lot of emails. As a history lover and student pilot, Ami is proud to have conducted the majority of her flight training in a 1931 Curtiss Junior using a Gosport Tube. A trained performer and 1920s jazz aficionado, Ami has performed both solo and with her vaudeville band on stage, on screen, and in the circus, and she is the host of the upcoming “Course Correction” series on PBS Wisconsin Education. You can reach Ami at ami@kelchmuseum.org.

Parrakeet Perch: Or, how many mechanics does it take to hang an airplane?

Posted on March 30, 2025March 30, 2025 by Ami Eckard-Lee

A year ago, the Kelch Aviation Museum crew hung the Rose Parrakeet biplane from the ceiling of the Wagner Welcome Atrium. We thought it might be easy… It took three…

Kelch Aviation Museum

Posted on January 30, 2025February 2, 2025 by Ami Eckard-Lee

Join Ami Eckard-Lee of the Kelch Aviation Museum on an in-depth, hands-on adventure with the 1929 Brunner-Winkle Bird Biplane that Anne Morrow Lindbergh learned to fly in. The Bird was…

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