by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | AirVenture, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2018, Spitfire, Supermarine Spitfire, warbird, Warbirds
Canadian Dave Hadfield flew this beautifully restored Supermarine Spitfire Mk. IX on an epic 5,000 mile flight across North America, including a weeklong stop at Oshkosh for EAA AirVenture 2018. The airplane is painted to represent one flown in 65 missions by RCAF...
by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | TBM Avenger, warbird, Warbirds
EAA Staff Photographer Connor Madison recently visited Peru, Illinois, to cover the 4th Annual TBM Avenger Reunion & Salute to Veterans for a future issue of Warbirds. Link To...
by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | C-47, Daks Over Normandy, warbird, Warbirds
Warbird Squadron 30, based at Lloyd Stearman Field (1K1), had the opportunity to host Betsy’s Biscuit Bomber and crew while it is en route to participate in the 75th anniversary of D-Day with the Daks Over Normandy event. Link To...
by Hal Bryan | Mar 20, 2021 | #AirShow, #OSH19, Air Show, AirVenture, warbird, Warbirds
The Monday afternoon air show opened with an unlikely formation, flown in honor of two members of EAA’s first family: Founder Paul Poberezny and his son Tom, former president of the organization. In the lead was EAA’s North American P-64, the only surviving example of...
by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | #Aircraft, #OSH19, AirVenture, Member Stories, warbird, Warbirds
By Kayla Floyd Johan Guyt stood along the flightline on Sunday, July 21, when an airplane in the markings of his homeland, South Africa, touched down on the runway. As the airplane drew closer, other similarities caused him to pause — the airplane, a North American...
by Christina Basken | Mar 20, 2021 | #OSH19, AirVenture, warbird, Warbirds
Capt. Eddie Kurdziel’s Fairey Firefly will be on display on Warbird Alley during AirVenture and was part of EAA’s highly anticipated Warbirds in Review program Monday afternoon. The Firefly’s first combat mission was the raid on the German battleship Tirpitz in...
