AirVenture

“We are ready to accommodate anyone who flies to Oshkosh,” EAA director of communications Dick Knapinski told AVweb Friday, following a Thursday storm that flooded parts of Milwaukee but largely missed Oshkosh. Milwaukee’s International Airport was closed Thursday into Friday by roughly seven inches of rain that swamped the runways there. But north of MKE […]

Looking for coverage of EAA AirVenture 2009? Here’s where to find it:

Here they are, all in one place – seven daily galleries of photos from EAA AirVenture 2009, one bonus gallery (filled with pictures we didn’t share during our show coverage), three galleries of photos from the Seaplane Base, and seven incredible zoomable panoramas. (All links open in new windows/tabs.) EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2009 Photo Galleries: […]

Yes, we’re tired and anxious to get some sleep and all that – but we’re also back home now and have a few more must-be-shared photos on our camera cards. Who’s up for a bonus gallery of AirVenture pics? CLICK FOR LARGER INDIVIDUAL IMAGES EACH IMAGE WILL OPEN IN A NEW WINDOW A380 leaves OSH. […]

Shortly before this year’s EAA AirVenture, contributing photographer Mariano Rosales got his daddy rating – but even with a new baby, he managed to make it to Oshkosh and take a bevy of great photos. Faced with the challenged of capturing the event for those who couldn’t make it, Mariano’s stitched them together into seven […]

EAA AirVenture is the world’s largest gathering of general aviation aircraft. It is held each July at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wis. Of the approximate 12,000 aircraft that fly in to the southeastern Wisconsin airport, hundreds are vintage and modern warbirds flown in from all over the world by EAA members. Included are bombers […]

It’s been a long, tiring – but ultimately thrilling – week for the AVweb team at EAA AirVenture. Intern Adam should be home by the time you read this, and the remnants of our on-site team and cleaning up and putting the finishing touches on stories for Monday’s regular edition of our AVwebFlash newsletter. Thanks […]

Alan Klapmeier will be replaced as chairman of the board of Cirrus Aircraft by the end of August and it will be up to the board to decide if he continues as a board member. In a wide-ranging podcast interview Saturday, Cirrus Aircraft CEO Brent Wouters told AVweb that Klapmeier has known for “several months” […]

The Kodiak was purpose-built in consultation with mission organizations (supported this year at AirVenture through EAA’s Fly4Life program) to provide a remote area a reliable long-range, short-field, heavy hauler for backcountry operations and this year is beginning to making good on its promise. Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) took delivery of a Quest Aircraft turbine- powered […]

On Thursday, we sent Aviation Safety editor-in-chief Jeb Burnside out to the Seaplane Base at EAA AirVenture. In exchange for his freedom, we demanded pictures – and Jeb brought back three galleries’ worth of awesome snapshots. This is the final of Jeb’s three galleries. CLICK FOR LARGER INDIVIDUAL IMAGES EACH IMAGE WILL OPEN IN A […]