Oshkosh Day 1 Photo Gallery

Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

  • AirVenture 2017 was a busy and diverse aviation event, showcasing a vast array of aircraft types from its earliest days.
  • The show celebrated significant anniversaries, including the 80th of Piper Aircraft with a large gathering of Piper Cubs and the 75th of the Doolittle Raid with B-25 bombers.
  • Exhibits featured a wide spectrum of aviation, including vintage planes, corporate jets, numerous warbirds (like the B-29 *FIFI* and *Doc*, B-52s, and Corsairs), homebuilts, aerobatic aircraft, and even the Blue Origin New Shepard space vehicle.
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Mustang and Corsair

An F-4U Corsair and P-51D Mustang in the Warbird area at sunset.

Photography by Jim Koepnick

Jim Koepnick is a freelance photographer specializing in aviation and sports. He is an ambassador for Sigma lenses, charter member of ISAP (International Society of Aviation Photographers), contributing photographer for the Oshkosh Convention & Visitors Bureau and the Oshkosh Herald newspaper, coffee lover and cat dad.
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