Thursday Oshkosh Day Four Gallery! U-2, a Super Rare Cessna and Much More.

Our world-class photo team came up with some gems, including a Cessna you might never have seen before.

Plane & Pilot

Updated Jul 28, 2022 5:08 PM PDT

One of the very greatest things about OSH is how surprisingly different every day is. Scratch that---how different the view gets every time you turn you head. Warbirds in formation, despite being born 75 years apart! A Cessna we are certain most of you have never seen before. The fun that everyone, from volunteer to fighter pilot, has when they come to Wittman Field in the summertime. All of this and so much more is exactly why you don't come to OSH to do something great again and again, but to do something completely differently great for the very first time! Enjoy!

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The hat-mounted windsocks aren't FAA approved but we give them big style points nonetheless. Photo by Art Eichmann

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A show goer captures the moment. Photo by Art Eichmann

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What did we ever do at airshows before the birth of the camera phone? Photo by Art Eichmann

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The big Boeing V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor prepares to launch. Photo by Art Eichmann

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It's big flaps extended, the U-2 comes in to land. Photo by Art Eichmann

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The Lockheed U-2 spy plane. Still freakin awesome even after all these years. Photo by Art Eichmann

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The exhibit halls have been busy, but probably not as busy as they would have been had the weather not been so perfect. Photo by Jim Koepnick

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Don't forget to tell the volunteers how much you appreciate what they do to make Oshkosh possible! Photo by Art Eichmann

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The weird and wonderful Black Fly by Opener flew multiple times at the show, and the crowds were wowed by its remarkable maneuverability and quiet operation. Photo by Jim Koepnick

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Cirrus was partying at OSH like it was 1999, the year the first SR20 rolled off the line in Duluth. Photo by Jim Koepnick

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The kind of mirror that pilots love. Photo by Jim Koepnick

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Photo by Art Eichmann

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A really awesome shady spot at Wittman Regional. Photo by Art Eichmann

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More F-35 beauty. Check out the heat distortion behind the F-35. Photo by Art Eichmann

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An F-35 screams by right before joining up with a flight of vintage warbirds. Photo by Art Eichmann

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And for your airshow delight, vortex trails and donuts courtesy of the Lockheed Martin F-35. Photo by Art Eichmann

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A trio of warbirds, one of them supersonic, stealth and capable of of hovering, fly in formation. Photo by Art Eichmann

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Yeah, it was that kind of night. Photo of Lockheed Martin F35 by Art Eichmann

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Greg Koontz wrings it out in his Decathlon XTreme. Photo by Art Eichmann

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There's just something magical about a V-tail Bonanza. Photo by Art Eichmann

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LIving the life. Photo by Art Eichmann

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An Oshkosh volunteer guiding a Stearman out to the taxi way. Photo by Art Eichmann

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A Cessna 165 Airmaster, the predecessor to the Cessna 195. This is one of about 25 of this model still flying. Photo by Art Eichmann

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A Van's RV-15 ... just kidding! A pretty red and bare metal Cessna taxis out for departure. Photo by Art Eichmann

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