AirVenture 2009

[Hawkeye]

I posted up a sampling of some of the images I shot at the show on my website.

http://hawkeyes-squawkbox.com/2009/08/03/airventure-2009-scrapbook/

Here's a couple of the heritage flights that flew during the show.

[Captain Canada]

Wow...great stuff ! Looks like they had everything there ! Biggies like the C-5, A380 and the Sky Vrane ( love that pic of her coming at us, btw ). Also love the pic of the Lanc taking off....what a machine !

Where was the show ? That's one I should try to make !

[Hawkeye]

AirVenture = OSHKOSH,WI  The World's Greatest (and largest) Air Show!

2009 Stats
Attendance: 578,000
Total aircraft: More than 10,000 aircraft arriving at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh and other airports in east-central Wisconsin.

Total showplanes: 2,652 (highest total since 2005).  That figure includes 1,023 homebuilt aircraft, 1,007 vintage airplanes, 355 warbirds, 116 ultralights, 99 seaplanes, 36 aerobatic aircraft and 16 rotorcraft.

Commercial exhibitors: 750

International visitors registered: Up slightly from 2008, with 2,182 visitors registered from 75 nations, with Canada (700 visitors), South Africa (220), and Australia (208) the top three nations. (NOTE: This total includes only non-U.S. visitors who register at the International Visitors Tent, so the actual international contingent is undoubtedly
larger.)

Total estimated campers (fly-in and drive-in camping areas):  More than 41,000.

Media: 907 media representatives on-site, from five continents.

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2010:  July 26-August 1