Gallery: AirVenture 2025 Day One

An American Champion 8-KCAB Super Decathlon flies inverted at airshow center on the opening day of AirVenture 2025 in Oshkosh.

Between 1928-1930 769 Curtiss Robins were built, making it the most produced U.S. aircraft in the period between World War I and World War II.

Airbus is showcasing this modified Beechcraft King Air at its EAA AirVenture exhibit. The aircraft is used as a flight lab to develop autonomous flight systems for future commercial aircraft.

Airbus has modified this King Air with sensors and cameras to allow for rapid data collection and the testing of machine learning and artificial intelligence in order to develop capabilities such as autonomous landing.

Nextgen Eagles Aerobatic Team pass in an opposing knife edge formation.

One of the NextGen Eagles Aerobatic Team's aircraft with its pilot still in the cockpit sits at Wittman Field following its performance in the first-day airshow.

A Goodyear blimp, the surface of the semi-rigid aircraft wrapped in the livery of the original 1925 livery, passes the world's busiest control tower on Day 1 of AirVenture 2025.

A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster from Charleston AFB, South Carolina, lands in front of the opening day crowd at EAA Airventure, creating a cloud of smoke as its tires touch the runway.

The Lockheed C-121A Constellation operated by Lewis Air Legends is parked prominently on Boeing Plaza on opening day EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2025.

This Boeing 747SP owned and operated by Pratt & Whitney as a flying test bed for engine development was manufactured in February 1981 and is powered by four Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7J engines creating 48,650 lb. of thrust per engine.

This testing station on Pratt & Whitney's Boeing 747SP is used to monitor experimental engines with up to 20,000 lb. of thrust that are mounted on the side pylon behind the aircraft's cockpit.

The Friends of Vintage Flight acquired this Curtiss Robin in 2021. The Curtiss-Robertson Airplane Manufacturing Co. in Anglum, Missouri, built the aircraft that has a top speed of 120 mph.