Reporter Tom Snow shares some highlights from his reporter’s notebook from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021.
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Michigan pilot tops 2,400 Young Eagles flights
Douglas Conciatu, who has been flying Young Eagles for 30 years, won this year’s Phillips 66 Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Young Eagles Leadership Award.
Video: AirVenture Air Show
All the highlights from the Saturday air show at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021 are captured in this new video from Fred Johnsen.
AirVenture returns with a roar
While the weather threw sunshine, humidity, and storms, it didn’t stop the fun at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021.
The thrill of flying low and slow
“I enjoy the scenery while I’m flying low and slow, and watching the farmhouses go by,” he says. “If you didn’t like it, you wouldn’t do it.”
Video: Oshkosh 2021 Day Four
“The pick of the day is a four-ship Navy heritage formation with two F4U Corsairs and two EA-18 Growlers. The Air Force Viper F-16 demonstration flight is seen, as well as an F-16 formation with a P-38 and P-51. Air Force special ops flew a scenario with simulated AC-130 gunship ops and MC-130 landing, plus CV-22 Osprey action.”
Award-winning fun
“Here I am getting the granddaddy of aviation awards just for having fun flying,” says Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award Winner Tom Shipp.
Couldn’t make it to Oshkosh?
Weren’t able to make it to Oshkosh this year? Check out some highlights from Day 2 of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in this new video.
Giving wings to history
Putting the wings on an impeccably restored TravelAir 4000 is a huge responsibility when you realize Charles Lindbergh once flew this airplane.