Wednesday, August 3, 2022

Airventure 2022

Camping in Osh Kosh, WI, and attending the EAA Airventure, is a Voigts Family tradition. My first Airventure was in 2001, the first year Alex and I started dating. And over the years we have created SO many memories, as a couple before kids, with babies in tents, and now in our new camper! The camping atmosphere is hard to describe; where else do hundreds of thousands of campers set up in open acres of space!? It’s quite “cozy.”


There is always (always!) a crazy storm during Airventure. Gets the campground nice & muddy, then turns the summer weather nice & muggy!
Many of the attendees arrive in their private planes and park in the airplane campground, where there is row after row of pup tents pitched under wings!
But while the camping is unique, the best part are the hundreds of airplanes on display. Old warbirds, homebuilts, ultralights, aerial performance aircraft, rc planes and the newest technologies. With air shows every day, night shows including the BEST fireworks, helicopter rides, skywriting, and hot air balloons, the sky is alive constantly during the convention. 

World's busiest control tower (not kidding, it really is for a short time busier than ORD LAX or JFK!)
Massive crowds this year.                        Red Bull Skydivers were awesome!

James getting his first helicopter ride.         Warbirds with impeccable timing.                                                                   

WARBIRD ALLEY. God Bless America.

The pedal planes are always a hit with the kiddos. We have 3 out of 5 that can still fit (though looking at these pictures it might be the last year for LPV).


The military pilot of this helicopter did not look much older than Gavin....

This crew had a lot of fun together.

Aviore, the aviation superhero of course!

Grandpa dreaming that one of these grandkids will take up aviation as a hobby!



Night Air show:

Photo credit: EAA website

Why yes, that IS an airplane with fireworks shooting off the wings!



I wish I could recount all the years we've spent at Osh Kosh, but I haven't been blogging long enough. It's a lot. But coming back after a 3 year break...well, if felt so familiar, so right. Like coming home.