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Lockheed Model 10 Electras at EAA AirVenture (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
A Honda badged aerobatic plane performs at EAA AirVenture 2014 (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
F-86 Sabre at night (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Searey amphibious aircraft (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
One of the small Sonex planes onsite at Oshkosh 2014 (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
F-86 Sabre was used extensively in the Korean War (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Some of the 1000's of personal flying machines at EAA AirVenture 2014 (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Canadian Harvard or Texan in America (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Sleeping Albatros (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Pilots and company hanging out near the Warbirds (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
One of the permanent historic military jets onsite at Oshkosh (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
F-86 Sabre's nose gun (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Beech D-45 at night (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Remos GX control panel (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Remos GX seats (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Twin engine Discovery 201 interior (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Discovery 201 high mounted twin engines (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Discovery 201 rear cargo bay door (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Skycraft SD-1 miniplane (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Skycraft SD-1 miniplane (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Skycraft SD-1 miniplane (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
6-cylinder engine by SMA (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Mustang corp jet by Citation (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Mustang corp jet by Citation (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Mustang corp jet by Citation (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
C4 Flight Design Vision instrument display by Garmin (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Continental Motors engine on display (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Cirrus personal craft (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Aerotrek 220 on display (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
The Aerotrek 220's airy interior (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Aerotrek 220 control panel (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Aerotrek 220s (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Pilatus PC-12 NG corporate jet (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Pilatus PC-12 NG pilot working space (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Pilatus PC-12 NG turboprop (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Specially modified jet for cargo delivery or humanitarian aid (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Specially modified jet for cargo delivery or humanitarian aid (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Cirrus corp jet with top mounted engine and V-tail (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Cirrus corp jet with unconventional top mounted engine and V-tail (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Cirrus corp jet with unconventional top mounted engine and V-tail (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Cockpit of Epic turboprop aircraft (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Jet turbine cutaway model (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Radial engine cutaway (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
One of the many experimental planes on the EAA grounds (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
One of the many experimental planes on the EAA grounds (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Para-sailer ultralight flying machine (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Para-sailer ultralight flying machine (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Sky Arrow 600 sport experimental plane (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Searey Elite amphibious aircraft on display at EAA AirVenture 2014 (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Searey Elite amphibious aircraft (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Searey Elite amphibious aircraft (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Limited edition F-35 Lightning II Mustang on display as part of fund raising for the EAA's Young Eagles program (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
An experimental tri-wheeled flying device (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Embraer Phenom 100e on display (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Embraer Phenom 100e on display for a select clientele (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Limited edition F-35 Lightning II Mustang on display as part of fund raising for he EAA's Young Eagles program (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Limited edition F-35 Lightning II Mustang on display as part of fund raising the EAA's Young Eagles program (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Limited edition F-35 Lightning II Mustang on display as part of fund raising the EAA's Young Eagles program (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Limited edition F-35 Lightning II Mustang on display as part of fund raising fo the EAA's Young Eagles program (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Limited edition F-35 Lightning II Mustang on display as part of fund raising the EAA's Young Eagles program (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Limited edition F-35 Lightning II Mustang on display as part of fund raising the EAA's Young Eagles program (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Ford's ultimate driving simulator featured 360 degree rotation and three screens (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Ford's ultimate driving simulator featured 360 degree rotation and three screens (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Visitors with $500 could enjoy a flight in an original B-17 Flying Fortress (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
One of the many "pusher" aircraft to populate the field at Oshkosh (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
One of the many "pusher" aircraft to populate the field at Oshkosh (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
One of the many "pusher" aircraft to populate the field at Oshkosh (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
P-51 Mustang running maneuvers past the EAA crowd (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
P-51 Mustang in the skies over Oshkosh (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
One of the many historic planes being assisted down the runway (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
P-51 Mustang taxiing (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
P-51 Mustang taxiing (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
The Oracle aerobatic plane showed off its close quarter abilities by cutting a ribbon 50 feet off the tarmac (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
The Oracle aerobatic plane in action (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
The Oracle aerobatic plane cutting ribbon number three in the inverted position (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Two Yakovlev Yak-52TW's perform loops in front of the Oshkosh crowd (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Two Yakovlev Yak-52TW's perform loops in front of the Oshkosh crowd (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Two Yakovlev Yak-52TW's flying formation (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
US T-28 Trojans flying formation (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Herd of Harvards and Texans flying formation (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Harvards and Texans in formation (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Nanchang China CJ-6A trainers (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Beechcraft T-34s flying formation (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Yaks making a pass over the runway (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star readying for take off (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Albatros trainer in blue paint scheme (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Squadron of assorted T-33 Shooting Stars (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Albatros trainers in formation (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Albatros trainers in formation (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Planes cover the sky over Wittman Airfield (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
T-33 Shooting Star makes its landing (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
T-28 Trojan on takeoff (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
One of the many aerobatic planes on hand at EAA (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Aerobatic plane taxiing for takeoff (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
The mosquito-like Grumman OV-1 Mohawk was designed in the late 1950s and used primarily for observation and light strike targets (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
The Grumman OV-1 Mohawk, albeit more than 50 years old, still impresses with its aerial maneuvers (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Single wing aerobatic plane prepping for flight (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Aerobatic plane waiting on the edge of the tarmac (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
US Navy Corsair cockpit, with wings up (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
US Navy Corsair cockpit, with wings up (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
B-17 pilot and WWII campaign impersonator (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
An historical flyer in American Airways livery (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Old biplane from the movie "The Great Waldo Pepper" (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Classic planes line-up at Oshkkosh 2014 (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
These SkyTypers can create complex sky-writing using programmed smoke release software and select formations (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Squadron of SkyTypers waits just off the tarmac (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Historic twin prop passenger plane in vintage alley (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
An all-metallic classic relaxes on the field (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
1929 Air Travel D4D Bi-plane(Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Majority of the pilots in vintage alley slept under the wing's of their respective craft (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Tails of various vintage aircraft (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Ryan ST's were designed in the 1930s as trainers and personal sport flying machines (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
The Ryan ST's were designed primarily as trainers and personal sport flying machines (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Detail shot of the Ryan St's Kinner radial engine (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
This vintage flyer's bark is worse than its bite (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Boeing's iconic Stearman (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Boeing Stearman in a red paint scheme (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Lockheed Model 10 Electras at EAA AirVenture (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Lockheed Model 10 Electras (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Twin engined Lockheed Model 10 Electras (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Lockheed Model 10 Electra was one of the first commercial passenger planes (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Lockheed's Model 10 Electra was one of the first commercial passenger planes (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Vintage aircraft at Oshkosh 2014 (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Vintage aircraft at Oshkosh 2014 (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Vintage aircraft at Oshkosh 2014 (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Stearman open cockpit design with enough room for two (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Pilots and owners relax in the vintage section (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Vintage aircraft at Oshkosh 2014 (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Early folding wing design (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
A Stearman bi-plane waits out the storm (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
B-17 at night (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Corsair cockpit (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Gee Bee racer (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Another historical biplane in the vintage pen (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Another historical biplane in the vintage pen (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Nightfall doesn't mean you can;t still enjoy the 1000's of planes on show at Oshkosh (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Another classic at rest in the vintage section (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Radial engine on historical passenger plane at night (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Enstrom helicopter at Oshkosh 2014 (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Lockheed Electra at night (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Messerschmitt 109 on display outside Oshkosh's EAA Museum (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
The Grumman J2F Duck was a two-seat amphibious flyer used by the U.S. Navy, Marines, Army Air Forces and Coast Guard (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
The Grumman J2F Duck was used primarily for search/rescue operations and observation during WWII (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
One of the US Airforce Thunderbird demonstration team planes on display (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
A DC-3 sporting the US flag (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
A variety of rotorcraft were among the thousands of planes at EAA AirVenture this year (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Vintage Cobra attack helicopter (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Vintage Cobra attack helicopter forward cockpit (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Vintage Cobra attack helicopter carries missiles on the wings and a forward mounted Gatling gun (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
One of the more unique engine placements at the show (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
One of many experimental ultralight's at Oshkosh 2014 (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
A Russian MiG from the early days of the Cold War sits (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Russian MiG on display (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Nose cone of a MiG-21 (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
DIY village allowed visitors to try their hands at various aviation-related construction exercises (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
DIY village allowed visitors to try their hands at various aviation related-construction exercises (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
The Innovator features a blended-wing design, push engine configuration with space for two (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
The Young Eagle's promotional vehicle making its rounds (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
DIY village allowed visitors to try their hands at various aviation-related construction exercises (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
DIY village allowed visitors to try their hands at various aviation related-construction exercises (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Searey amphibious plane sporting 'gator themed graphics (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Albatros jet trainer (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Albatros trainer with seating for two (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Warbird alley (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Warbird alley (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Ryan Aeronautical ST-3KR monoplane (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
B-25 bomber sits in the background (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Harvards and other airforce trainers (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
WWI fighter plane sits in Warbird Alley (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
A Douglas AD-1 Skyraider, with wings in upright position, taxis out onto the runway at EAA this past week (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
MiG in 50 shades of grey camouflage (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Trainers readying for takeoff (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Noses of T-34s lined up on the field (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Vintage Cobra attack helicopter buzzing the airfield (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
De Havilland C-7B Caribou US Airforce rolls down the runway (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
The Gee Bee speed racer was all engine and not much body (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Red Bull stunt copter rolling out on the tarmac (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Fireworks display over the main runway (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Fireworks display over the main runway (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Fireworks display over the main runway (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Sonex flyer with shark face (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
OH-6 Cayuse Military Helicopter at night (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
Grumman OV-1 Mohawk at night in Warbird alley (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)
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The hangar doors have closed on Oshkosh EAA AirVenture for another year with over 500,000 visitors having passed through the gates. Gizmag's airshow highlights coverage earlier this week hardly scratched the surface of the 1000's of gorgeous flying machines on site, so here's a closer look at the sights on offer at one of the world's biggest aviation gatherings.

Oshkosh EAA Airventure 2014 saw visitors from 69 nations in attendance for the week long event.

"Attendance was up over 500,000 visitors this year with a total increase of five to six percent," says EAA Chairman Jack Pelton. "We had over 10,000 aircraft arriving at Wittman Regional Airport and other airports in the area."

Among those 10,000 aircraft were:

  • 2,649 showplanes in total (308 more than 2013)
  • 997 home-built aircraft
  • 1,050 vintage airplanes
  • 303 warbirds
  • 122 ultralights and light-sport aircraft
  • 91 seaplanes
  • 40 rotorcraft
  • 38 aerobatic aircraft
  • 8 hot-air balloons
  • In an effort to bring you a taste of this smorgasbord, we've complied a gallery of some of the vintage, aerobatic and military planes from the past 80 years that populated the airfield this past week. Enjoy!

    Embraer Phenom 100e on display for a select clientele (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)

    F-86 Sabre was used extensively in the Korean War (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)

    Two Yakovlev Yak-52TW's flying formation (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)

    The Oracle aerobatic plane cutting ribbon number three in the inverted position (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)

    A Stearman bi-plane waits out the storm (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)

    Albatros trainers in formation (Photo: Angus MacKenzie/Gizmag.com)

    Head through to the full gallery to see more.

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    4 comments
    oldguy
    I would like to see an airline start up that offers travel in a variety of veteran prop driven airplanes. It would be a slower but much more interesting way to travel.
    Bob809
    The Oshkosh event has to be one of the most prolific for variety. I would love to go there one day and enjoy the static and flying displays. A unique airshow.
    BigGoofyGuy
    Those are excellent photos. Some are very artistic. They are almost as good as being there.
    I think there was a small airline that used Ford Tri-Motors to ferry people to an island.
    Martin Hone
    Good pics ! Did you get any of the Fairey Gannet by any chance ?