EAA AirVenture
Oshkosh 2006 Photo Gallery
Welcome to the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
photo gallery, where you'll find images of each day's highlights -
and more than a few things you didn't know about - as they unfold.
Every day features a whole new set of photos that help paint a
picture of the events, people, and aircraft that comprise the
World's Greatest Aviation Celebration!
July 23
| July 24 | July 25 | July
26 | July 27 | July 28 |
July 29 | July 30 | MORE
Canon Dawn Patrol July 27 | Canon Dawn Patrol
July 28 | Canon Dawn Patrol July 29
Homebuilt Aircraft | Visitor-submitted
photos
Setup photos - 1 | Setup photos 2 | Setup
photos 3
(Each photo is a link to a larger
view) |
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The Lancaster Bomber, one of the world's only two flying Lancaster
bombers from the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum. Photos by Phil High
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The shade provided by a
high-winged amphibious aircraft supplies shade to show
watchers. Photo by Phil Weston
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Back
Yard Flyer for grassroots aviating. A new design flying down
on The Farm–the Ultralight area of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh–is
the Back Yard Flyer, a FAR 103-legal ultralight sporting a
new-design V-2 powerplant. Photo by Dave Higdon |
Welcome
to Fond du Lac. A sign in the South 40 Aircraft Camping area
hints at the distance it takes to go from the south end of
Runway 36 to the last row, #159. Photo by Dave Higdon |
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Nico Tschanz, a 4-year-old from
Switzerland, pulls back on the controls of a helicopter in
KidVenture. Photo by Phil Weston
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Hannah
Garner, a 12-year-old from Tennessee, staples up a kite at
KidVenture. Photo by Phil Weston |
Cameron
Roy, an 11-year-old from England, works on a creation at
KidVenture. Photo by Phil Weston |
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Old Glory waves beneath a member
of the Liberty Parachute Team making the traditional flag jump
that opens the air show at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2006.
Photo by Dave Higdon
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Speed
trap! The self-contained radar speed monitor outside the
Mooney Aircraft booth offers graphic evidence that air show
crowds move slower when passing fast airplanes. Photo by
Dave Higdon |
Chutes
like ladders. This powered parachute climbs smartly away
from The Farm’s grass strip early Tuesday morning during a
flying period reserved for the most wind sensitive of the
ultralights and light planes flying at EAA AirVenture
Oshkosh 2006. Photo by Dave Higdon |
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Frederick Carsted does a mock
inspection of some Canadian Air Academy cadets who were
visiting the Royal Air Force part of the WWII reenactment
area. During AirVenture some 45 Canadian cadets are expected. Photo by Phil Weston
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Mark
Simon brooms down a decal with his fellow "West Ramp
Rats" on AeroShell Square. Photo by Phil Weston |
Rapid
and red, a sleek T-33 Shooting Star performed in Tuesday’s
air show. The T-33’s history dates back to the Cold War
1940s; construction at Lockheed continued into the
mid-1950s. Photo by Frederick Johnsen |
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Wingin’ it, trike style! A trike,
one of ultralight aviation’s most distinct configurations,
flies above the runway down on The Farm during the morning
open-flying period that starts everyday at EAA AirVenture
Oshkosh 2006. Photo by Dave Higdon
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AirVenture
Cup racers arrive in Oshkosh. Photo by Chris Miller |
Dave
Dacy and Tony Kazian perform in the afternoon air show.
Photo by Aaron Luth |
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Jet LongEZ. Photo by Dan Luft
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Eclipse
Jets. Photo by |
P-51
at sunset. Photo by Brett Brock |
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Aerostar Festival. Photo by
Spencer Thornton
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JIHLAVAN
Airplanes KP-5 Kappa. Photo by Spencer Thornton |
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T11 Sky Scooter. Photo by Spencer
Thornton
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TWA Lockheed Jr. Photo by Spencer
Thornton
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Andrew (7) and Natalie (5) Wilson of Thunder Bay, Ontario discuss aircraft performance with Jim
LeRoy. Photo by Chris Miller |
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Harrison Ford introduces 'Air
Force One' at the Fly-In Theater on Wednesday evening, before
presenting the Young Eagles awards at Theater in the Woods.
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Jim Leroy flies in the daily
afternoon air show in his Pitts S2S, Bulldog.
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With the smoke turned on, Jim
Leroy flies above the tree tops near air show central. Photo
by Steve Schulte
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Photos by: Brett Brock, H.G. Frautschy, Dave Higdon,
Phil High, Jack
Hodgson, Fred Johnsen,
Jim Koepnick, Bonnie Kratz,
Jim Labre, Hilary Lawrence, Cindy Luft, Dan Luft, Aaron Lurth, Jeff Miller
Chris Miller, David Sakrison, DeKevin Thornton, Spencer Thornton, Phil Weston, Craig VanderKolk
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