Gallery: Fireworks and Flight Demonstrations at Oshkosh 2024
Brett Schauf July 26, 2024![Avro Lancaster](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2024-07/osh24_avro-lancaster_bp9_0681_brett-schauf.jpg?itok=M4luNrqu)
An Avro Lancaster taxis to the runway ahead of a historic formation flight of iconic World War II bombers.
![Titan Demonstration Team T-6 Texan](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2024-07/osh24_at-6_bp9_3167_brett-schauf.jpg?itok=018vR42m)
A T-6 Texan of the Titan Demonstration Team prepares to entertain onlookers.
![Avro Lancaster](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2024-07/osh24_avro-lancaster_z72_0997_brett-schauf.jpg?itok=kfb-tInl)
One of the last remaining airworthy Avro Lancaster bombers taxis into position for static display after its evening airshow flight.
![B-29 bomber](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2024-07/osh24_b-29_bp9_0493_brett-schauf.jpg?itok=bjZLVzeo)
A large crowd gathers as B-29 bomber “Fifi” prepares to depart for an evening formation flight with an Avro Lancaster and fellow B-29 “Doc.”
![B-29 bomber](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2024-07/osh24_b-29_bp9_1627_brett-schauf.jpg?itok=kEPqPG0E)
“Doc,” a B-29 bomber, performs a low pass for the evening airshow. Doc is one of only two flying B-29s left on Earth.
![B-29 bomber](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2024-07/osh24_b-29_bp9_0947_brett-schauf.jpg?itok=k1TgLtrn)
“Fifi,” a B-29 Bomber, takes off to join B-29 “Doc” and the Avro Lancaster for the opening flight of the evening airshow.
![De Havilland Chipmunk](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2024-07/osh24_dhc-chipmunk_tj5_5835_brett-schauf.jpg?itok=aGyRs6wZ)
Pilot Nathan Hammond flies a de Havilland Chipmunk alongside a pyrotechnic display.
![Evening drone display](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2024-07/osh24_drones_bp9_4217_brett-schauf.jpg?itok=4JtvKSqQ)
The 2024 AirVenture evening show featured a 600-drone aerobatics display and dozens of fireworks. Starlight Aerial Productions, based in Michigan, brought the drone show to AirVenture. It most recently filled the night sky that celebrated the NFL Detroit Lions’ appearance at the NFC Championship game.
![Evening drone display](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2024-07/osh24_drones_bp9_4318_brett-schauf.jpg?itok=hJcSReLg)
A giant hand, comprised of dozens of drones, throws a paper airplane into the night sky. The AirVenture drone performance included Lumenier Arora drones equipped with LED lights that can create what Starlight says is more than 4 billion color combinations and animated sequences synchronized to music. The drones are made in the U.S.
![Evening drone display](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2024-07/osh24_drones_bp9_4393_brett-schauf.jpg?itok=S20l4w6u)
Fireworks accompany a drone display of an airplane. Starlight’s parent company, Great Lakes Drone Co., initially appeared at AirVenture in 2018, but featuring earlier technology. Today, the drones are more efficient and are capable of more complex formations, organizers say.
![U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2024-07/osh24_f-22_bp9_2796_brett-schauf.jpg?itok=cQQD7UqH)
A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor passes over the crowd with open bomb bay doors.
![U.S. Air Force F-16](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2024-07/osh24_f-16_bp9_9268_brett-schauf.jpg?itok=G7srsGdf)
A U.S. Air Force F-16 performs a demonstration flight.
![U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2024-07/osh24_f-22_bp9_2948_brett-schauf.jpg?itok=Ss64MGu_)
A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor performs during the evening airshow at 2024 AirVenture.
![U.S. Air Force A-10 Warthog, F-35 Lightning, F-22 Raptor, F-16 Falcon](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2024-07/osh24_f-25_f-22_a-10_f-16_bp9_0293_brett-schauf.jpg?itok=YTsvwVk0)
An A-10 Warthog joined an F-16, an F-35 and an F-22 in a diamond formation during a U.S. Air Force demonstration flight.
![Titan Demonstration Team T-6 Texan](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2024-07/osh24_t-6_bp9_3799_brett-schauf.jpg?itok=3wDIuSjn)
The Titan Demonstration Team’s three T-6 Texans take off in formation for their performance flight at the 2024 AirVenture evening airshow.
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Pilot Kyle Fowler flies a Rutan Model 61 Long-EZ during a pyrotechnic aerobatic display.
![Titan Demonstration Team T-6 Texan](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2024-07/osh24_t-6_bp9_3920_brett_schauf.jpg?itok=D1eGqpP9)
The Titan Demonstration Team’s T-6 Texans display their precision aerobatic flying.
The evening airshow at Oshkosh 2024 featured a World War II bomber formation, modern demonstration flights, and a pyrotechnic drone show.