by EAA | Jul 27, 2024 | AirVenture, aviation history, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, Fighters, History, Replica, Replica Fighters, wwi, wwii
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...
by EAA | Jul 27, 2024 | AirVenture, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, EAA member, Member Stories, volunteers, Warbirds, wwii
By Jim Roberts It’s not every day you get to see and hear an aircraft engine that helped win World War II. Thanks to four dedicated volunteers, a 12-cylinder liquid-cooled Allison V-1710 engine is singing out loud near EAA Warbirds in Review. During WWII, over 69,000...
by EAA | Jul 24, 2024 | Airborne, AirVenture, Demo Team, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, History, wwii
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...
by EAA | Jul 31, 2021 | AirVenture, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, warbird, Warbirds, world war ii, wwii
Bud Anderson has legions of friends and fans at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021. Read More
by EAA | Jul 31, 2021 | AirVenture, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, EAA member, Member Stories, warbird, Warbirds, world war ii, wwii
It was a Hawker Hurricane and a Supermarine Spitfire that drew crowds at AirVenture. Read More
by EAA | Mar 26, 2021 | AirVenture, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, History, Honoring The Past, Soaring to Glory, Stories Of Oshkosh, Tuskegee, Tuskegee Airmen, Warbirds, world war ii, wwii
A young reenactor pays tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen and other veterans of color, and I was happy to be there to document it. Read...
