Build Your Own Oshkosh at Home With EAA’s Hot Wings Deal

Limited-time offer gives organization members an extra discount on detailed die-cast aircraft and airport playsets.

Meg Godlewski

Thursday, December 04, 2025 at 02:00 PM ET

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The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) is offering Hot Wings playsets based on AirVenture for a limited time. [Credit: EAA]

Key Takeaways:

The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) is offering special Hot Wings playsets, which are highly detailed die-cast aircraft and spacecraft models.
These playsets include connectible runway pieces, allowing aviation enthusiasts to build miniature airports, such as Wittman Regional Airport (KOSH).
For a limited time, the EAA AirVenture collection, comprising aircraft and accessories, is available at a significant discount (25% off plus an additional 10% for EAA members) until December 5.

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It’s not unusual for an aviation enthusiast to have a few aircraft Christmas ornaments on their tree. Now the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) is providing a chance to take it to the next level by offering Hot Wings playsets at a reduced cost for organization members for a limited time.

Hot Wings are extremely detailed die-cast airplanes and spacecraft that arrived on the aviation scene in 2002. The models range from the space shuttle to the Wright Flyer and run the type gamut from training aircraft, such as the Cessna 172 and Cherokee, to modern military designs. You can also find jets and helicopters and World War II favorites like the B-17 and P-38.

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Each model comes with a slab of foam rubber painted to resemble a stretch of runway. The slabs are connectible, so with enough toys you can build an airport. Put down some colored dots and you have yourself Wittman Regional Airport (KOSH) in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, in mid-July.

The EAA AirVenture collection comes with an accessories bundle that include hangars, control tower, and runway sections ($303). Throw in some aircraft ($250), and you can have Oshkosh in your living room.

For a limited time, the whole setup is available at 25 percent off, and EAA members receive an additional 10 percent discount. The sale price is valid through Friday, December 5, at 11:59 p.m. CST.

EAA Hot Wings control tower [Credit: EAA]

Christian Marchant, EAA’s hard goods buyer, came up with the idea of the airport set.

“[Marchant] was trying to display the set in the ‘Wearhouse’ at AirVenture to show customers what the whole set would look like assembled,” said Scott Powers, director of retail operations for EAA. “After AirVenture, he decided to feature the whole airport as a set versus the various individual aircraft accessories, and the customer ‘land-on-the-dot’ runway pieces sold separately.”

EAA worked with Just Think Toys, the parent company of Hot Wings, to make the endeavor possible.