What's the plan?

• Mission: Flying into AirVenture 2023

• Time: 22.-30.Juli 2023

• Departure Airport: Washington, DC

• Destination Airport: Oshkosh, WI [KOSH]

• Route: TBD

• Available Aircraft: C172, C182, PA28, DA40, DA42

• Distance: ~1815 nm

• Flight Time per Aircraft: ~20 hours

• Highlights: 

  • Combing the trip with the New York Hudson River VFR corridor

  • Flying into the busiest airport in the world

  • Arriving in style: flying almost 2000 miles from Washington, DC to Oshkosh, WI and back

• Challenges: 

  • Flying in the D.C. SFRA

  • Flying into the busiest airport in the world via the famous FISK arrival ;-)

What is AirVenture?

• The EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, WI is the largest and most famous air show for general aviation including major representation from OEMs, suppliers, aero clubs and every imaginable aviation celebrity

• Established in 1953 the yearly event is regular growing and reached now already from 600.000 visitors and roughly 10.000 aircraft of all types.

• Of course, the event features several hours of flight display each day of the week including a night airshow, a sea plane base and STOL competitions

• More information can be found on the webpage https://www.eaa.org/airventure