There was a lot to see at EAA AirVenture 2025—more than just airplanes and people. Some things were downright whimsical, and you just had to get a photograph.
The giant inflatable Red M&M (above), sporting a Charles Lindbergh-esque flight cap and goggles, was in position adjacent to the Theater in the Woods. Red, as he is known to the public, has been a spokes-candy for M&M’s since 1996. The anthropomorphic chocolate is usually paired with Yellow, a peanut M&M. As Yellow was nowhere to be found, we can only assume that Red, who is often bossy, sent Yellow to get a bucket of prop wash.
AirVenture is a good place to buy or sell an aircraft—or parts of one. Some visitors (above) were a little more creative than others when it came to advertising what they had to sell.
As Ernie from Sesame Street taught us, bath time can be so much fun with a rubber ducky, especially a Rosie the Riveter rubber ducky (above). Found in the warbird area, there was something about picking one up that made you want to break into song.
Photobombing takes on new meaning. One of the running gags at the encampment is the “unexploded” bomb on display (above).
This ceramic mug (above) was located in the briefing tent of the WWII living history camp. Known as a “Robin Hood Toby Mug,” this piece of crockery played a vital role in the book, movie, and later television show Twelve O’Clock High, the story of 918th Heavy Bombardment Group in England during World War II.
According to the book penned by Beirne Lay Jr., the mug was kept on the mantel in the officer’s club. When it was turned to face the wall, it was a signal to the airmen that there was a mission the next morning.
The 1949 movie begins with a former U.S. Army Air Corps officer seeing the mug in an antique shop in London. He buys it, thinking it is the very same one that he knew from his wartime experience.
