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AirVenture 2018 to Highlight WWI Era

Liberty aircraft in early days of the rebuild. Jim Busha/EAA
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Key Takeaways:

  • EAA AirVenture will feature a special tribute to 1918, the final year of World War I, and the 100th anniversary of the Royal Air Force.
  • The commemoration includes WWI re-enactors, static engine runs, forums with historians, and vintage aircraft displays, including a rare 1915 Bleriot replica.
  • A significant highlight will be the first public display of a newly restored DH4 Liberty biplane, believed to be the only flying example, painstakingly rebuilt by EAA members and high school students.
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With only 112 days left until opening day at this year’s AirVenture in Oshkosh, the EAA just released details of a special tribute coming up focused on both the warbirds and the pilots of an often-overlooked time in history, 1918, the final year of the “War to End All Wars.”

Rob Mark

Rob Mark is an award-winning journalist, business jet pilot, flight instructor, and blogger.

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