The EAA (initially Experimental Plane Affiliation) celebrated its seventieth anniversary in fashion at this yr’s EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2023 fly-in, which noticed 677,000 plane lovers attend to see their favourite planes in individual. This attendance topped the earlier yr’s file of 650,000 attendees.
They received to take a look at 10,000 plane, a fleet that makes the Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh the world’s busiest airport yearly for this occasion. It carried out a mean of 148 takeoffs or landings per hour when it was open throughout the occasion’s 11-day run, ending July 30.
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Of the ten,000 planes that attended the occasion, 3,365 had been present planes for show. This included a file 1,497 registered in classic plane parking, 1,067 homebuilt plane, 380 warbirds, 194 ultralights, 134 seaplanes and amphibians, 52 aerobatic plane, and 41 rotorcraft.
“We had record-setting totals of campers, exhibitors, volunteers, and extra,” famous EAA CEO and Chairman Jack Pelton. “It was additionally a difficult yr at instances with climate, logistics, and different components, which makes me much more happy with the efforts by our volunteers and employees to prepare an impressive occasion.”
The occasion raised greater than $2 million for the affiliation’s mission of rising participation in aviation. Click on by means of the picture gallery for a have a look at a few of the planes in attendance.
