AirVenture

Among the many exciting aircraft on display on the EAA AirVenture grounds in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, a few stand out a little extra this week. Redmond, Oregon-based Stratos Aircraft brought the latest version of its light jet, the 716X, which will soon make its way to customers. This is the first time the public has a […]

It feels like forever ago that we last met up as pilots and aviation enthusiasts at the world’s largest general aviation gathering—EAA AirVenture—even though it was only two years ago. Though EAA did a fantastic job producing a virtual AirVenture last year, we all know there’s no substitute for seeing it in person. You can […]

Whether you’re planning to fly to the big show this year or not, it’s worth checking out the 2021 SimVenture flight simulation event ahead of EAA AirVenture this year. The simulation led by PilotEdge emulates the EAA AirVenture notam procedures for pilot proficiency before the airshow. We’re all a bit rusty—and the notam has seen […]

In a news release on June 1, the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company announced that one of its iconic blimps—the Wingfoot Three—will visit EAA AirVenture 2021 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, to mark the 50th anniversary of the first visit by one of the company’s earlier airships. Goodyear Aviation will also exhibit in booth number 489 at […]

With no AirVenture Oshkosh convention in 2020 due to the pandemic, officials at the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) have had well over a year to put some serious thought into ways their 2021 AirVenture Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) can better serve the thousands of pilots who fly into the show each summer. The 32-page notam […]

At this time, EAA’s AirVenture 2021 is full speed ahead according to a story published by EAA’s Warbirds magazine. However, attendees should expect the show to look a bit different from AirVenture extravaganzas of the past because of the health and safety measures in place to cope with the pandemic. EAA stresses that almost anything […]

A low spot for me on last year’s calendar—in addition to the daily chaos surrounding the pandemic—was the announcement that the world’s annual trek to Oshkosh had been postponed, the first time in EAA history. I’ve been attending this show each year since I was in high school. Recent word from Oshkosh, however, indicates EAA […]

When aviation aficionados around the world learned in May that AirVenture 2020 was cancelled, it sent an anxiety-fueled shock wave through the industry that confirmed the COVID-19 virus was going to be with us at least through the summer months. What would the tens of thousands of people who normally trek to Oshkosh do with […]

If you’ve ever flown into AirVenture, you understand well that it can be an emotional rollercoaster of excitement, fear and awe all rolled into just the leg from the Fisk reporting point until turning off the runway into the grass after landing. Each year the control tower at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh helps turn […]

Wisconsin’s summer sky has ushered magic to Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh for decades. This year, July’s sky guided stifling blue afternoons, and furious purple thunderstorms; hot, damp nights and brisk, dewy mornings—but not the magic that floats from the sky on taut fabric wings or streaks through the air like lightning, visible briefly before […]