September 01, 2020 | 281 Views
If you’re an aviation geek, there’s a good chance you can recognize airplanes just by their sound. Here’s your opportunity to do just that, with some of the more distinct sounds of AirVenture through the years.
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If you’re an aviation geek, there’s a good chance you can recognize airplanes just by their sound. Here’s your opportunity to do just that, with some of the more distinct sounds of AirVenture through the years.
Hear from EAA board member Norm DeWitt about his aviation journey flying aerobatics, managing the US National Aerobatic Team, and building multiple airplanes.
Hear from IAC board member and competition aerobatic pilot Jim Bourke about how he got into aerobatics and how his passion turned into more than just a hobby.
Since EAA’s beginning in 1953, members had the foresight to record and archive more than 80 percent of the events that occurred at the annual fly-in. This is the comprehensive story of the first 50 years of EAA fly-ins.
Consisting of Tom Poberezny, Gene Soucy, and Charlie Hillard, the Eagles Aerobatic Flight Team was one of the premier air show acts of its day. Watch the Theater in the Woods presentation at EAA Oshkosh 1995 celebrating the trio here.
After 40 year careers in the air show business, Julie Clark and Matt Chapman are hanging up their air show uniforms at the conclusion of their 2019 seasons. AirVenture Oshkosh 2019 marked each performers’ last Oshkosh performance.
When you look at his airplane, you’d think that Bill Smith, EAA 496718, was obsessed with those classic Cox U-control model airplanes that so many of us played with as kids. After all, his immaculate Pitts S-1C is painted just like one.
Chuck Aaron is one of only a few who fly helicopter aerobatics. He has served as a rescue pilot for NASA and helped the military design guidance and weapon systems. But his true passion is making helicopters do things many believe are not possible.
Bob Hoover is an aviation legend. During his long aviation career he has been a fighter pilot, test pilot, and world-reknowned aerobatic performer. In this interview Bob talks about learning to fly and joining the service during World War II.
Learn more about the career of legendary military aviator, test pilot, and air show performer Bob Hoover, who’s widely regarded as one of the best pilots to ever live.
Three-time U.S. National Aerobatic Champion and longtime air show pilot Patty Wagstaff spoke at the EAA Aviation Museum in November 2018.
When Sergei Yakovlev, son of legendary Soviet aircraft designer Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, was working on the aerobatic Yak-55 back in 1980, he probably never imagined anything like this.