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Photography from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024

July 23, 2024 By AOPA ePublishing staff

Pilots and aviation enthusiasts from around the world meet in Wisconsin each summer for EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, and fair weather greeted the early arrivals for the 2024 edition of the long-running rite of summer.

  • The sun rises above the vintage camping area during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in Wisconsin on July 19. Photo by David Tulis.
  • Ercoupes arrive to the vintage aircraft area. Photo by David Tulis.
  • Radial-engine Stinsons line up. Photo by David Tulis.
  • Mike Lionudakis, of California, polishes a 1963 Cessna 172 modified with a Lycoming O-360 engine and a beefed-up tail structure. Photo by David Tulis.
  • Van’s Aircraft RV-8 pilot, builder, and AirVenture Cup race participant Jeremy Heidinger honors his friend and GripLockTies inventor Creighton King, who died in a 2023 aircraft accident. Photo by David Tulis.
  • A Canadair T-33 owned by Chris Rounds and named 'The Red Knight' is on display in the Vintage area. Photo by David Tulis.
  • ComancheTown member Patrick Lee of Wisconsin plants a flag over his Piper Comanche 260, which has been in the family for several decades, in the vintage camping area. Photo by David Tulis.
  • Members of the Metro Warbirds get together in the vintage camping area. Photo by David Tulis.
  • Members of the Metro Warbirds get together in the vintage camping area. Photo by David Tulis.
  • A 1965 Beechcraft Bonanza. Photo by David Tulis.
  • An AOPA media panel giving attendees an inside look at how our magazines, videos, and online stories are made included Editor in Chief Kollin Stagnito, content producers Alicia Herron and Niki Britton, 'AOPA Pilot' Editor at Large Dave Hirschman, and AOPA Video Production Manager Josh Cochran. Photo by David Tulis.
  • EAA Chairman Jack Pelton and AOPA President Mark Baker share greetings over a cup of coffee. Photo by David Tulis.
  • Attendees document one of the many educational forums. Photo by David Tulis.
  • AOPA Air Safety Institute Senior Vice President Mike Ginter facilitates a warbird seminar on the AOPA campus. Photo by David Tulis.
  • Attendees gathered near Runway 27 look to the sky during the Mooney mass arrival (rear) at EAA AirVenture at Wittman Regional Airport. Photo by David Tulis.
  • Attendees watch Beechcraft singles arrive during the annual Beechcraft mass arrival July 20. Photo by David Tulis.

EAA AirVenture is a family affair, both in the sense of families related by blood who gather in campsites, and the larger family of general aviation. The massive event, expected to draw more than 500,000 visitors, is an aircraft spotter's paradise, and AOPA Senior Photographer David Tulis found no shortage of happy people, and sights to share.

Click on the images below to enlarge and view captions.

Lucas and Brian Oliver of Colorado fly gliders as they wait for the show to begin. Photo by David Tulis. A Cessna 185 arrives. Photo by David Tulis. An attendee tries virtual reality goggles at the Redbird Flight Simulations display. Photo by David Tulis. The North 40 camping area is crowded with pilots and aircraft as an American Champion Aircraft Decathlon takes off on July 21. Photo by David Tulis.
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