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)
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)
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)
Born on the cold, barren Canadian plains of Calgary, Alberta, Angus MacKenzie couldn’t decide between marketing, automotives or an entrepreneurial path - so he chose all three. With an education in automotives and marketing, Angus has rebuilt the carburetor on his 1963 Rambler Ambassador twice, gotten a speeding ticket in an F430 once, and driven & photographed everything from Lamborghinis to Maseratis to various German and Asian designs. When not writing, Angus has for the past six years been Editor-in-Chief for elemente, an internationally recognized architecture/design magazine.
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 ?
I think there was a small airline that used Ford Tri-Motors to ferry people to an island.