Everyone’s getting into the spirit of AirVenture. Today we sent Adam down to the afternoon airshow and around the grounds to get a few shots worth sharing with our readers who can’t be here.



An Aerostar retrofitted with jet engines.

The controllers work hard up in the new tower.

A polished Lockheed Electra couldn’t be more gorgeous.

A Velocity taxis out.

Who knows – ?

A Japanese Zero. One of only three airworthy in the world.

An Antarctic bush plane. Think you might need an engine heater?

Certainly interesting, to say the least. We like it.

A Beech Staggerwing basks in its glory.

A gorgeous 140 parked in the vintage area.

The Blue Angles get to have fun. This is just the take-off.

The Farmer’s Airship makes its rounds over EAA AirVenture.

Julie Clark flies her T-34 to “God Bless America.”

Kent Pietsch flying his Interstate Cadet.

The Aeroshell team perform in their T-6s.

Four legendary aircraft are flown in a tribute to the legendary Bob Hoover.

Part of that tribute was the Shrike flying aerobatics.

A P-51 Mustang taxis out.