Thirty-Four Vintage Aircraft on the AirVenture Fields in 2025
1929 CURTISS ROBIN
Photos and story by Ken Kula
The above photo is of a restored 1929 Curtiss Robin, one of the oldest aircraft on the 2025 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh grounds. There were plenty of fifty-plus year-old aircraft in attendance, in fact the first four photos in this scrapbook are of aircraft built in 1929 – that’s ninety-six years ago! Some of the classic airplanes were museum pieces, part of the EAA’s Air Museum located in Oshkosh. Many others flew in on their own engines’ power.
If you spend just part of a day in Oshkosh during the Convention, you can absorb quite an aviation history lesson by just roaming about the assembled vintage and antique aircraft. How well do you know your types? Here are 34 different models shown oldest to youngest, plus a bonus manufacturer’s signature scrapbook at the end. Good luck with your IDs… we’ll label them for you in case you need to brush up.
1929 FAIRCHILD 71
1929 FORD TRIMOTOR
1929 NEW STANDARD D-25
1930 FAIRCHILD KR-21
1930 LINCOLN PT-K
1934 WACO CJC
1934 WACO S3HD
1937 WACO YKS-7
1940 REARWIN 8135 CLOUDSTER
1941 DOUGLAS DC-3
1941 WACO VKS-7F
1942 GRUMMAN G-44 WIDGEON
1942 MEYERS OTW
1943 BEECHCRAFT D17S STAGGERWING
1944 STINSON VULTEE V-77
1946 CESSNA 120
1946 GLOBE GC-1B SWIFT
1947 REPUBLIC RC-3 SEABEE
1948 ALLIED TJ
1949 CESSNA 195
1949 RYAN NAVION
1954 BEECHCRAFT B50 TWIN BONANZA
1954 BEECHCRAFT E18S
1954 DEHAVILLAND CANADA DHC-2 BEAVER
1954 MEYERS MAC-145
1956 PIPER PA-23-150 APACHE
1957 PIPER PA-22-150 TRIPACER
1958 CESSNA 182A SKYLANE
1959 BELLANCA 14-19-3
1960 BEECHCRAFT BE65 QUEENAIIR
1963 CHAMPION LANCER 402
1966 AERO COMMANDER 200D
1968 BEECHCRAFT E95 TRAVEL AIR
