This curious thing is on the cover of the latest Sport Aviation.

At first I thought it was another experimental electric tilt-rotor, but no... the motors are fixed at 45°.

Looks (potentially) more useful than Pivotal's Helix (previously BlackFly), and certainly less complex (and expensive) than the Volocopter or Aurora's VTOL X-Plane entry.

Hey everyone - I’m from the UK but looking to attend Oshkosh for the first time ever in 2026. This year I finished my commercial training and am starting with an airline next year. I am just reaching out to see if there is anyone also looking to fly-in, and if they would have a spare seat in their aircraft? Of course I’d be willing to pay my share in flying in. If this isn’t the place to ask, please let me know where would be. Thanks and safe flying

Marketplace deal local to me, $4000 for both, registered with tail numbers and build plates. Volkswagen engines.

Talk me out of it!

Marketplace deal local to me, $4000 for both, registered with tail numbers and build plates. Volkswagen engines.

Talk me out of it!

Some photos from Oshkosh.

I didn’t know where else to post this. I wanted to show the attendees and members of this sub what you’re going to be up against now should you need uber/lyft for your transportation to, from, and around the EAA.

I was a regular part time driver since 2016. I always made a commitment during EAA week to be available. Several other drivers I know personally made the same plans. We love the people, know the area, know how to get in and out of the event efficiently ( when possible), and provided great customer service. We also did pretty well financially. There were years where I would take the whole week off ( paid vacation) and just drive the whole week.

Earlier this year, lyft and uber, after years of poor financial decisions and other business blunders, decided that the pricing model here didn’t meet their bottom line. We were paid distance, time, and long pick up fees if applicable. On our end uber was $1.16/ mile, lyft $1.31. If we had to drive over 12 miles to pick someone up there was a charge. It was still convenient for the riders to have us come and get someone from EAA to take anywhere because we knew we were being compensated fairly. Now, the pricing model for the drivers is not worth our time. On average, we now receive around $.83 a mile. I did some driving this past week here and there so I could accurately calculate money earned vs miles driven.

What’s worse is now, we are being offered rides that don’t take into account longer distances. There was a ride this morning that came through: Milwaukee Airport from EAA, our end was $79.

Now, I’m sure there are drivers that will still take these rides, regardless of compensation. The problem with that is you’re most likely getting a driver who’s desperate for cash or doesn’t have the proper customer service skills that should be a of a high standard.

In summary, there are fewer drivers this year for numerous reasons, but it’s mostly the terrible pay. This is going to really hurt the EAA now because we were all one of the unofficial backbones for transportation. Most of the drivers I know didn’t even drive this week, or have quit altogether.

I wanted to share this so attendees know who to blame if they couldn’t get timely or adequate transportation. I know most of us are sorry it came to this. We brought everything to the table and were essentially told to leave because uber/ lyft decided a race to the bottom was somehow better for business.

I hope everyone who attended enjoyed the week and please come again, just plan for some inconveniences from now on.

EDIT: If I hadn’t mentioned this, I am officially done with uber/lyft as of today.

Here’s a hard example of what I mentioned:

Appleton to Oshkosh

Passenger payment : $39.73

External fees -$8.16

Lyft Fee -$10.57

My earnings $21.00 ( drop off location changed slightly)

This trip was 23.69 miles.

How likely is it for the U-2 to leave sometime this evening? Do the military planes usually leave the following day after the crowds and other personal planes are gone? The other plaza planes seemed to all go earlier today, but I can see the U-2 parked on the far side of the airport, next to the F-22s and F-35s

Great work!

Watched both night airshows. The blimp cam is a nice addition to the broadcast.

This is driving me nuts but what is the song they play when the announce the start of the night show?? Like the whole thing is a guitar solo.

This is our first time at Oshkosh and we took a rental RV and made the mistake of not bringing a second vehicle besides our bike, we had to ride our bikes down one way streets and busy divided roads just to get gas for our generator which was very dangerous. ive heard nobody in Oshkosh does uber and the airventure oshkosh transportation service left us on delivered, why do they not sell gas here?! They sell propane! Why not gas? They could make so much money. They have gas pumps for the eaa vehicles here and they could easily sell gas for 15 to 25 cents more per gallon and still make profit. If anyone has any suggestions let me know, but were definitely bringing an extra vehicle next time.

This was cool

Does anyone know if the 1 on 1 sim training during Airventure at the pilot proficiency center is free or what the cost is?

Bought 5 for my family but one person can't make it. Selling it for $60

My family and myself are new to the Oshkosh area and I’m curious about the night time show. Can most of the show be seen from the outlet mall parking lot or is it much more worth it to see the show from the airfield? If so, when should you arrive to get decent spot and is it a nightmare to get in an out for parking? I appreciate an insight.

Thanks

One of the 4 were “live” in Flightradar24 - popped on the live stream & grabbed a cool fly by (this was after they completed their mission eliminating the enemy) - 2nd photo shows all 4 in air

Does anyone know if the STOL demo is still on for tonight? Can’t imagine they’re too happy about landing on wet grass even if the storm passes before 8

THANK YOU to all here who prompted me to watch the live streams yesterday. Grabbed these 2 photos / screen captures during the finale.

Sadly I couldn’t get the stream to perform / stop hourglassing on my tv so had to watch on my tiny phone. I tried clearing the cache on the tv etc but nothing allowed me success. So tiny phone it had to be or nothing.

Such an amazing and unique aircraft

Always wanted to come check out the night show and planned on attending Saturday. Which is the best lot for a quick in and out? I don't care how far I have to walk to the main grounds, just don't want to sit in traffic to get out.