Oshkosh

Rain or no rain, the show goes on.

Oshkosh visitors get a close-up look at the Dreamliner.

Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner touched down at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, on Friday morning for the composite-construction airliner’s highly anticipated public debut in North America. It spent the day parked on the EAA AirVenture display line, and was open to anyone who wanted to walk through. This was the first time the public was […]

FIFI, the worlds only airworthy B-29, made her entrance at EAA AirVenture yesterday. Check her out, along with other highlights from this year’s AirVenture, in the video below.

Can’t be at AirVenture this year? We’ll bring the show to you! There has been no shortage of news, sights and unexpected events at this year’s show. Check out the links below to get the scoop. The Best of AirVenture 2011 in Photos Pictures from AirVenture 2011 Day 1 Pictures from AirVenture 2011 Day 2 […]

Have you ever wondered why the departure procedures from Oshkosh and its surrounding airports are so brief compared to the complex arrival procedures that govern airplanes heading into the show. It’s an easy explanation. Think of airplanes as being water flowing to Oshkosh and of Oshkosh as being a big puddle of airplanes located directly […]

Another day of airplanes, airplanes and more airplanes.

There were numerous questions on the minds of many in the aviation universe about how this year’s AirVenture would play out. So far, the aviation gods are smiling upon the show. Despite widespread FAA furloughs, the threat of federal loan defaults and the specter of economic havoc, the EAA’s annual aviation extravaganza is off to […]

Diamond Aircraft, which a few months ago laid off a large number of its North America workforce, is cutting back some more. Citing the continued slow market for piston airplanes and its recent financial woes, Diamond Aircraft says that it has made the difficult decision to cancel its plans to attend the three most important […]

Minimums,” says Bob Owsley. The view isn’t encouraging. We can see the ground, or more accurately the water, but that’s about it. There is no sparkle to the gray surface of Lake Winnebago; it is a mirror of the dark clouds just 100 feet over our heads. Still, this is the most spectacular way to […]