AirVenture Oshkosh Day 5
U. S. Air Force F-35 Lightning II begins its part of the show
By Ken Kula
The fifth day of flying at the 2025 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh saw an increasing amount of warbirds in the air; a surprise formation of five F4F/FM-2 Wildcats joined the Grumman Cat Flight and Air Force Heritage flight in large formation flights. Although Vicky Benznig’s Plum Crazy is a racer, it still is a P-51 Mustang at heart, and the Ezel (formerly Temco TT-1) Super Pinto Jet was another modified warbird flown by David Martin. Scott Yoak flew the Quicksilver P-51 and Susan Dacy’s Boeing Stearman completes the list of warbirds that flew on Friday.
The Wisconsin Air and Army National Guard offered a joint service firepower demonstration with plenty of pyrotechnics,
A fair amount of convention attendees departed, and while plenty of newcomers arrived, the crowd on the AirVenture grounds seemed to be a bit lighter than the past few days.
Here’s a look at some of the airplanes of the performers and of the attendees active at the Wittman Regional Airport:
This Mustang departing for its rendezvous with the other Heritage Flight participants
BETA’s Alia CX300 in flight
A Progressive Aerodyne Searey amphibian took part in the seaplane fly-over on Friday
Pilatus PC-6 Porter carried the parachutists who started the air show
DOC, one of only two B-29s still airworthy in the U. S.
A Pitts S-1 Special
Arriving in style, this young air show attendee arrived in a colorful Cessna C-170
Piper Comanche 400
Travel Air S6000B
Travel Air D4D
Schweitzer SGM-2-37s leave the airport on Friday
Pilatus P-3 trainer
Goodyear blimp airborne in the hazy Oshkosh skies
Grumman TBM Avenger
Fairchild 24
Goodyear FG-1D Corsair
General Motors FM-2 Wildcat, one of seven present at Oshkosh this year
North American T-6
Globe GC-1A Swift
North American T-28 Trojan
Northern Stars’ Pitts biplane
Douglas A-26 Invader
T-33 pilot waves to the crowd
Susan Dacy in her Stearman biplane
