Is AirVenture for me?

[CheckerBird]

There is a *HUGE* warbird presence at AirVenture. Enough of them to see to keep you busy for a very long time. True, if you simply count raw numbers of aircraft showing up, the "North 40" and other camping areas are full of spamcans.... the numbers are in the thousands whereas the number of warbirds may only be in the hundreds... still that can keep you busy for a large portion of your time visiting there.

Oshkosh/AirVenture is a gigantic event. Even if you stay all week long and camp out on the field, it's impossible to see everything. You'll still have to pick & choose what you spend your time on.

I've been going for 5 years in a row now, and this will be my 6th.

Here's a must-see video from AirVenture 2009 that'll give you a little taste of what its like to be there: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKU0uQki5Dc

[steveinindy]

I'm always amused when people say that AirVenture is not a big warbird show.

So far as the "airshow" part of AirVenture is concerned, it's probably more warbirds than anything else. The things that aren't warbirds are the odd men out so far as the lineup goes. AirVenture is warbird porn at it's finest so far as I can tell.

[PlaneBrain]

I put off going for years because I mistakenly thought it was nearly all GA and few Warbirds. I was pleasantly surprised to find otherwise on my first trip in 2008.

Here's a link to my video from last year's show. It's not very polished but is a decent representation of what you are likely to see there.

Or not, technical difficulties lol. Search youtube.com for MyPlaneCrazy if interested.

[nfdlpilot]

I am always disappointed when I invite someone, maybe a far away relative or something, and they decide to do something else instead. The average person has no idea what they are turning down. (Now I know how my high-school buddy felt 30 years ago, and boy, was I dumb) I have been going now for 18 years, and I'm still not bored. War birds are what I like most, but my tastes over the years have changed, many times. You need to come. You won't be bored. You will kick yourself for not coming earlier. Just a little aside here, I just read recently that our founder used to be the base commander at one of Wisconsin's air bases back in the day. Do you think he has a little war bird enthusiasm?