Experimental Aircraft Assoc.(EAA), Oshkosh 7/23/2025

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Photo 1: Wednesday, 07/23/2025: We drove an hour north to Witman Field in Oshkosh, WI for the annual EAA Airshow. They expect attandance for the week of approximately 686,000 people. There are over 10,000 aircraft, 2,846 aircraft on display and camping of 15,000 sites. There are nearly 6,000 volunteers.

Photo 2: In the center tarmac they featured a 747 jet. Amy is standing next to one of the four large engines.

Photo 3: An F-16 fighter. The military has it behind tape for security.

Photo 4: An F-35 fighter next to a large military transport jet.

Photo 5: Early in the show featured the International Aerobatics Club (IAC)

Photo 6: Detail of an aerobatics plane

Photo 7: Warbirds of America, with two flying side by side

Photo 8: Detail of a WWII warplane

Photo 9: Three vintage military planes flying in formation

Photo 10: Two in formation

Photo 11: Lockheed T-33 from 1948, the first US jet built after WWII

Photo 12: The P-51 Mustang. (I made this composite image)

Photo 13: The Corsair banking hard to the right

Photo 14: The P-51 and Corsair passing one another

Photo 15: The underside of the F-18 Hornet

Photo 16: The F-18 diving

Photo 17: Two warbirds passing overhead (photo by Amy)

Photo 18: Soviet era Mig-29 (photo by Amy)

Photo 19: Corsair on the ground (photo by Amy)

Photo 20: P-51 Mustang coming in for a landing (photo by Amy)

Photo 21: Fighter jet taking off (photo by Amy)

Photo 22: Explosive experts on the ground (photo by Amy)

Photo 23: Extra 330SC by Michael Goulian, diving

Photo 24: Diving again

Photo 25: Making maneuvers across the sky

Photo 26: NextGen Eagles, Christen Eagles

Photo 27: NextGen Eagles diving

Photo 28: Twin looping biplanes (photo by Amy)

Photo 29: Their flights diverge (photo by Amy)

Photo 30: The Goodyear blimp on the ground (photo by Amy)

Photo 31: A second Goodyear Blimp (photo by Amy)

Photo 32: As we left, a huge storm front chased us away (photo by Amy)

Photo 33: There are many photos of the event on Facebook, hashtaga #OSH2025, #oshkosh, #Oshkosh2025, #EAA, #eaaairventure, #AirVentureEAA. (photo by Uretsky Aviation)

Photo 34: Soviet era Mig-29 (photo by Air Show Fan)

Photo 35: Heart and Smiley Face in the sky. (photo by Air Show Fan)

Photo 36: F-18 Hornet banking hard to the right. (photo by Aviation Focus)

Photo 37: B-29 Bomber (photo by B-29 Doc)

Photo 38: F-35 Fighter (photo by Derek Diehl Photography)

Photo 39: Entrance gate (photo by Discover Oshkosh)

Photo 40: B-29 Bomber flying over all the private airplanes (photo by EAA Spirit of Aviation)

Photo 41: F-35 Fighter (photo by EAA Spirit of Aviation)

Photo 42: Formation lead by the B2 Bomber, flanked on the left by the B1 Bomber, the F-35 and the F-18, flanked on the right by the B29 Bomber and two smaller vintage fighter planes. (photo by F-22 Raptor Demo Team)

Photo 43: B35 Fighter (photo by F-22 Raptor Demo Team)

Photo 44: The two Goodyear Blimps in the air at the same time. (photo by Goodyear Blimp)

Photo 45: The paragliders open the show (photo by Love Airplanes and Stars)

Photo 46: Ghost Writer (photo by Love Airplanes and Stars)

Photo 47: NextGen Eagles crossing paths (photo by Love Airplanes and Stars)

Photo 48: The USAF transport jet (photo by Love Airplanes and Stars)

Photo 49: Canadair T-133 by Lockheed (1959) (photo by Love Airplanes and Stars)

Photo 50: Extra 330SC by Michael Goulian (photo by Love Airplanes and Stars)

Photo 51: P-51 Mustang (photo by Love Airplanes and Stars)

Photo 52: F-35 Fighter (photo by Love Airplanes and Stars)

Photo 53: Mig 29 (photo by Love Airplanes and Stars)

Photo 54: The main concorse from the air (photo by Uretsky Aviation)

Photo 55: Canadair T-133 (photo by Uretsky Aviation)

Photo 56: Far left of the airport with the Goodyear blimp in the distance (photo by Uretsky Aviation)

Photo 57: Detail of the main concourse from the air (photo by Uretsky Aviation)

Photo 58: DC-3 (photo by Uretsky Aviation)

Photo 59: Boeing 747 with the sun setting (photo by Uretsky Aviation)

Photo 60: This radar screen shows how incoming flights are lined up in a file for their landing approach. (photo by PilotFun101)

Photo 61: Internet Links

 

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