EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2018: Exhibitors - Around the Grounds and Major Attractions

By Fred Harl

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2018 exhibitors included a wide variety of aviation and related industry businesses, large and small. Some exhibits were fairly extravagant, while others were part of the large hangar exhibit areas we are sure to visit each year. We include here some of the larger exhibits, including the Brown Arch, Spirit of St. Louis replica at the EAA Museum, EAA Forums and Education Center, EAA Young Eagles, EAA Canada, EAA Museum jet fighter display and AOPA tent. We will continue with our coverage of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2018 exhibitors in the coming week.

Tennessee Museum of Aviation Exhibits Airworthy Warbirds, Cold War Aircraft

By Fred Harl

The Aero Experience visited the Tennessee Museum of Aviation during a recent spring road trip through this scenic region. The museum is known for its airworthy warbirds collection, including two P-47 Thunderbolts, Douglas Skyraider, and T-28 Trojan among others. Other displays include uniforms and artifacts, Beech 18 mockup used in movies, wrecked P-47 engine, other engine displays and even additional aircraft under restoration. Here are some views of this great museum, and additional coverage can be found in our 2014 visit post here: http://aeroexperience.blogspot.com/2014/12/views-from-recent-travels-aviation.html.

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013: Cold War Jets

Fred Harl and Carmelo Turdo

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013 provided a wide variety of aircraft displays, and we continue with the theme from the previous McDonnell Banshee post: Cold War Jets.  The MiG-15 and MiG-21 were on display, along with several North American F-86s, FJ-4B Fury and a T-37 Dragonfly.  We also have archived photos of the L-29 Delfin and Temco Pinto to add to the Cold War Jets collection.  These aircraft were part of the history of military jet aviation during the growth period from the late 1940s to the early 1960s, we are grateful that civilian owners have invested the time and resources to keep these aircraft flying for the current generation to appreciate.