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If anybody needs more excitement at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, ask one determined Illinois youngster who will be on the flightline this week. She not only survived a medical emergency on Sunday evening, but returned to AirVenture on Monday morning. She and her family shared their unexpected hospital trip with AirVenture Today while riding the […]

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By Robbie Culver In my dreams, I fly a World War I Sopwith Camel. I’m wearing a leather flying coat emblazoned with my squadron’s emblem, a leather helmet, and goggles, with a white scarf flowing in the airstream. The sun streams in layered bands and reflects off my fabric wings. I twist and soar in […]

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Snowbirds Crowd Line — Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, July 26-28 Attendees, volunteers, and pilots should be aware that the Snowbirds performances require a larger aerobatic box, necessitating a slight move of the crowd line to the west during the afternoon air shows on those days. Only essential, authorized air show personnel are permitted inside the […]

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Thank goodness for bad weather in Canada. Without it, Markus Schloter, of Rheinberg, Germany, might not have changed his plans and diverted to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. “I had planned to fly to the United States because it has always been a dream of mine to cross the North Atlantic,” he said. “I had planned four […]

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By Barbara A. Schmitz Hundreds gathered around Old Crow Tuesday to learn about the man who once flew the P-51 and pay tribute to one of America’s greatest heroes, even though Brig. Gen. Bud Anderson never considered himself a hero. Bud died in his sleep this past May. He was 102 years old. He was […]

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By Abigail Oleniczak The excitement of KidVenture began 25 years ago when then EAA Chairman Tom Poberezny and Vice President Greg Anderson asked EAA Director Dan Majka to create somewhere for kids to be involved with aviation on the EAA grounds. Dan said he wanted a venue that would attract the whole family. KidVenture started […]

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By Robbie Culver In April 2024, the Ray Aviation Scholarship Fund reached a milestone of 500 completed Ray scholars who have earned their pilot certificate through the program. A corn roast in the EAA Chapters Pavilion was held on Monday, July 22, to celebrate the milestone. James Ray served in World War II and flew […]

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By Robbie Culver Kevin Conner is part of the WWII Airborne Demonstration Team based in Frederick, Oklahoma, that operates two World War II-era Douglas aircraft, the C-47 Boogie Baby and the C-49 Wild Kat. The group is at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Kevin said the group jumps in full […]

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By Barbara A. Schmitz Their name and paint job may be new, but their crowd-pleasing show will remain the same as the TITAN Aerobatic Team in its AT-6 Texans takes center stage for both day and twilight air shows this week at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. “The routine was developed over years of flying,” said Steve […]

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