Eaa Oshkosh: The Best Airventure Photography

by James P. Busha, Hal Bryan

You're invited to EAA AirVenture - a weeklong airshow so packed with aircraft that for one week Oshkosh's control tower is the busiest in the world. Every year the skies over Oshkosh, Wisconsin, rumble with the sound of aircraft engines. It's the annual EAA AirVenture, a gathering of aviation enthusiasts like no other. The weeklong airshow is sponsored by the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) - an international organization based in Oshkosh - and is the largest of its kind anywhere in the world. EAA Oshkosh showcases the many types of aircraft that have appeared there and even offers a glimpse of the lively crowds and campgrounds. At EAA AirVenture, hundreds of thousands of aircraft enthusiasts flock to the Wittman Regional Airport to gawk at an amazing collection of all things airborne. From handsome old canvas-covered biplanes to brawny warbirds to home-built models to massive jetliners, the traffic in the air and on the runway make the Wittman's control tower in tiny Oshkosh the busiest in the world. It's an adventure to be sure, and the highlights are all here. Organized according to aircraft types, EAA Oshkosh features: - Warbirds - Vintage aircraft - Home-built aircraft - Seaplanes - Ultralights - EAA firsts (i.e., the F-35, all of Burt Rutan, the SR-71, etc.) Drawing on the EAA's photo archive dating back to 1953, EAA Oshkosh brims with fascinating stories, history, and photography. Paging through it is the next best thing to actually attending the show!

224 pages, ebook

Published July 1, 2016

About the author

Jim Busha has been writing historical WWII genre articles and books for over 20 years. Utilizing over 350 personal interviews with WWII veterans from both Allied and Axis nations, Jim has written over 320 aviation articles that have been published in 16 different magazines both here in the United States, Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy, and Japan, including Smithsonian Air and Space, Flight Journal, Fly Past, Combat Aircraft, Flieger Magazine, LeFana, Klassiker, EAA Sport Aviation, Warbirds, Vintage, and others. In 2006, Jim coauthored a bookend titled The High Battleground. In 2007, Jim was presented with the Flying Magazine Bax Seat Award, given to a writer who perpetuates the Gordon Baxter tradition of communicating the excitement and romance of grassroots aviation.

After retiring from 30 years in law enforcement, Jim was hired full time at EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association), located in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, in 2014, where he is a vice president overseeing publications, membership, retail,social media, and marketing. Jim is also a private pilot, having flown for over 33 years, and currently owns and operates a 1943 Stinson L-5 in WWII livery (the aircraft type flown by Major Carpenter).

Reviews

[Russell Howen · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a wonderful book! Pictures to delight the eye for any aircraft-minded person! I would have read it in a beginning to end sitting, had I not been called upon to do more important matters than just my personal enjoyment. I recommend it whole-heartedly.