Kelch Aviation Museum

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 a featured guest at the Kelch Aviation Museum from 2022 to 2024, until it was disassembled and shipped across the country to the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in April 2024.

The Kelch Aviation Museum is an admission-free nonprofit museum in Brodhead, Wisconsin, dedicated to sharing the magic and technology of civil aviation between the world wars. Daring record-breakers, brilliant engineers, and determined dreamers: These brave souls transformed aviation from a novelty to a world-changing tool, all despite the Great Depression, extreme danger, and countless doubters. With a collection of flyable vintage airplanes, real vintage automobiles, hands-on exhibits, restoration projects, educational programming, and public events, the Kelch Aviation Museum brings this rich and riotous era to life. Learn more at www.kelchmuseum.org.

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.