The Aero Experience: EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2023: Saturday Airshow, Part 2

By Carmelo Turdo

The Aero Experience continues our coverage of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2023, sponsored by Piston Aviation, by featuring one of the most sensational aspects of the nation's largest aviation event of the year - the spectacular airshows. We previously featured a selection of airshow performers from the week in our Airshow Outtakes and New Year's celebration posts, and we continue here with our full coverage of the signature Saturday day and night airshows.

AirVenture airshows provide a wide variety of aerial entertainment, from skydivers to aerobatic champions to military jets and warbirds of all types. These performances must be felt and heard as well as seen to be properly enjoyed, so we will do our best to present the airshow as this total experience.

Vicky Benzing flies a sweeping barnstormer show in her Stearman.

During the day airshow, two special aircraft departed the airport. These short interruptions are common at AirVenture due to the schedules of the specialty aircraft on display during the week. Here we feature the departure of the Air Legends Foundation Lockheed C-121A Constellation, Bataan, once used by General Douglas MacArthur during his service in Japan and Korea. Also seen here is the American Airlines Airbus A321, Flagship Valor, used earlier in the week for the Yellow Ribbon Honor Flight to Washington, D.C. The aircraft was on display in Boeing Plaza before departing during the afternoon airshow.