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AirVenture visual highlights

AOPA photographers share their best work

July 24, 2025 By AOPA ePublishing staff

AOPA Senior Photographer David Tulis and Social Media Marketer Jake Teague tirelessly crisscrossed EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in Wisconsin, capturing moments we will remember.

  • Attendees gather at The Waters during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh at Wittman Regional Airport in Wisconsin, July 22. Photo by David Tulis.
  • AOPA member services staff assist attendees at the AOPA campus. Photo by David Tulis.
  • The NextGen Eagles perform in Christen Eagle biplanes in the opening day airshow. Photo by David Tulis.
  • A Fleet 80 arrives from Canada and is directed to the show center ramp. Photo by David Tulis.
  • A Beechcraft QU-22B, a modified Bonanza with a large generator in its nose was a drone ahead of its time during the Vietnam War. Now owned by Texan David Valaer, it draws a crowd in the warbirds area. Photo by David Tulis.
  • Attendees listen to presenters at the State of Aviation Safety presentation on the AOPA campus. Photo by David Tulis.
  • 'Ask the A&Ps' podcast hosts Colleen Sterling, Mike Busch, and Paul New entertain a standing-room-only crowd on the AOPA campus. Photo by David Tulis.
  • Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy greets attendees after announcing general aviation MOSAIC rules. Photo by David Tulis.
  • FAA Deputy Administrator Chris Rocheleau, Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.), and Experimental Aircraft Association Chairman Jack Pelton listen as Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announces general aviation MOSAIC rules removing weight-based parameters in favor of performance-based rules including accommodations for four seats and night operations. Photo by David Tulis.
  • AOPA President Darren Pleasance accepts an honor from EAA CEO Jack Pelton. Photo by David Tulis.
  • AOPA President Darren Pleasance addresses a Pilot Town Hall. Photo by David Tulis.
  • Photographers find a new perspective to capture moments at AirVenture. Photo by Jake Teague.

The new rules for light sport aircraft and pilots marked a major milestone for general aviation and will be the lasting memory of the 2025 show for many. Other memories will be more personal—such as tying down in the grass to camp under the wing in the middle of the world's largest airshow.

Afternoon airshow performers fly over the nose art of the 'MacArthur Bataan' Lockheed C-121A Constellation. Photo by David Tulis. Steve Yin and his son, Karsten, from San Diego, tie down their Grumman AA-5A Cheetah after arriving at AirVenture. Photo by David Tulis. Linda Langenfield Sollars and her husband, Gordon, polish their Sling High Wing, an aircraft she built and flew from South Africa to the United States in 2022. Photo by David Tulis. A Goodyear blimp flies overhead. Photo by Jake Teague. EAA GirlVenture Camp participants with mentor and Air Race Classic competitor Lin Caywood, right, stop at the AOPA campus. The three-day aviation-centered camp is designed to “engage, inspire, and educate young women to pursue their dreams in aviation and beyond,” according to the EAA website. Photo by David Tulis. Jennifer Hortman, a California pilot and 30-year AOPA member who funded advanced ratings to improve her aviation skills, calls her husband after winning the 1958 AOPA Sweepstakes Cessna 182 aircraft presented to her by AOPA President Darren Pleasance. Photo by David Tulis. NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy joins AOPA President Darren Pleasance for the State of Aviation Safety presentation on the AOPA campus. Photo by David Tulis. AOPA members enjoy a happy hour. Photo by David Tulis.
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