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AirVenture Events Schedule
Daily Highlights
Aircraft Attractions
Air Shows
Evening Entertainment
Shopping
EAA Museum and Pioneer Airport
Activities, Presentations and Workshops
Youth Activities
Airplane Rides
Development Activities
Other Attractions

  

AirVenture Daily Highlights
 

  • Piper Cherokees mass arrival (1 p.m. Friday)
  • Beechcraft Bonanza mass arrival (1 p.m. Saturday)
  • Cessna mass arrival (2:30 p.m. Saturday)
  • Mooney mass arrival (4 p.m. Saturday)
  • Stinson mass arrival (9 a.m. Sunday)
  • Comanche mass arrival (11:30 a.m. Sunday)
  • AirVenture Cup racers arrive (3 p.m. Sunday)
  • "Little Wings ... Big Dreams, Sport Aviation in Miniature" exhibit dedication, AirVenture Museum (5:30 p.m. Sunday)
  • Theater in the Woods: James Melton, pilot, flight instructor, and leadership coach (7 p.m.)
  • Theater in the Woods: Capt. Brian Udell, supersonic survivor (7:30 p.m.)
  • Fly-In Theater feature film: "Island in the Sky" (1953, not rated), introduced by DC-3/C-47 veterans (8:30 p.m. Sunday)
  • Theater in the Woods: Dr. Jerry Cockrell, humorist, psychologist, and aviator (8:30 p.m.)
  • Theater in the Woods: "The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club" (9:15 p.m.)

  • Opening Day – gates open at 7 a.m.
  • Warbirds in Review featuring T-33 with Roy Ihde (10 a.m.)
  • Warbirds in Review featuring OV-1 Mohawk and O2 (Noon)
  • Scotts Warbird Alley dedication (2 p.m.)
  • Afternoon Air Show featuring the arrival of formation groups, including T-6s, T-34s, T-28s, and Yak-52s as well as CJ-6As (approx. 3 p.m.)
  • Electric aircraft demonstration flights at Ultralight area (evening)
  • Opening Day Concert featuring "Chicago" on AeroShell Square, presented by Ford Motor Company (approx. 5:30 p.m.)
  • Theater in the Woods: Bill Barber Award presentation (7:30 p.m.)
  • Theater in the Woods: Key to the City/Mayor's Welcome (8 p.m.)
  • Theater in the Woods: Greg Cayon: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Air Force One (But Had No One to Ask) (8:15 p.m.)
  • Fly-In Theater feature film: "Avatar" (2009, rated PG-13), introduced by Academy Award-winning composer and aspiring pilot James Horner
  • Theater in the Woods: "Ice Pilots" (9:15 p.m.)

  • Warbirds in Review featuring C.E. "Bud" Anderson, Jack Roush, Jim Hagedorn with two Old Crow P-51s (10 a.m.)
  • Warbirds in Review featuring D-Day paratroopers Col. Ed Shames and 1st Lt. Fred Bahlau with the C-47 Tico Belle (1 p.m.)
  • "Max Effort" Air Show featuring DC-3/C-47 formation flights and aerial displays (approx. 3 p.m.)
  • Electric aircraft demonstration flights at Ultralight area (evening)
  • Theater in the Woods: "Winnebagoland Barbershoppers" (7 p.m.)
  • Theater in the Woods: President's Awards and Freedom of Flight Award presentation (7:30 p.m.)
  • Fly-In Theater feature film: "Amelia" (2009, rated PG), introduced by Nicolas Ivanoff and Greg Herrick (8:30 p.m.)

  • Warbirds in Review featuring Christina Olds with the Collings Foundation F-4. (10 a.m.)
  • Warbirds in Review featuring the Lonestar Flight Museum B-17 (1 p.m.)
  • Afternoon Air Show featuring Warbirds from the Vietnam War era (approx. 3 p.m.)
  • Electric aircraft demonstration flights at Ultralight area (evening)
  • Theater in the Woods: EAA Concert Band (6:45 p.m.)
  • Theater in the Woods: General Aviation Awards presented by FAA Administrator Randy Babbit (7:30 p.m.)
  • Theater in the Woods: Col. Hal Weekley, B-17 pilot (8 p.m.)
  • Fly-In Theater feature film: "Brace for Impact" (2010, not rated), introduced by Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger and Jeff Skiles (8:30 p.m.)
  • Theater in the Woods: EAA's Salute to Veterans (8:45 p.m.)
  • Fly-In Theater feature film: "Gray Eagles" (2009, not rated), introduced by WWII P-51 ace Jim Brooks (following "Brace for Impact")

  • "Old Glory Honor Flight" to Washington, D.C. (departs 8 a.m., arrives 6 p.m.)
  • Warbirds in Review featuring Buck & Bill Patillo with 2 P-51s, Sweet & Lovely and Little Rebel, and USAF Thunderbird No. 7 (10 a.m.)
  • Warbirds in Review featuring Clyde East with the P-51 "Lil Margaret" (1 p.m.)
  • Afternoon Air Show featuring Classic Warbird jets (approx. 3 p.m.)
  • Electric aircraft demonstration flights at Ultralight area (evening)
  • Gathering of Eagles fundraiser for aviation youth education (5:30 p.m.)
  • Theater in the Woods: Women in Aviation (7 p.m.)
  • Theater in the Woods: 75th Anniversary of the DC-3, Ron Alexander and David Hartman (8 p.m.)
  • Fly-In Theater feature film: "The Final Countdown" (1980, rated PG), introduced by Rico Sharqawi – executive producer, "A Pilot’s Story" (8:30 p.m.)

  • World Symposium on Electric Aircraft presented by GE Aviation (all day)
  • Warbirds in Review featuring Bob Hoover with the Vintage Wings of Canada F-86 (10 a.m.)
  • WomenVenture women pilots group photo (10:30 a.m.)
  • Warbirds in Review featuring Joe Engle with the North American T-28 (1 p.m.)
  • Parade of Veterans from Scotts Warbird Alley to AeroShell Square (2 p.m.)
  • Salute to Veterans special activities group photo on AeroShell Square (immediately following Parade of Veterans)
  • Afternoon Air Show featuring the "Warbirds Spectacular" accompanied by pyrotechnics (approx. 3 p.m.)
  • Electric aircraft demonstration flights at Ultralight area (evening)
  • Theater in the Woods: "Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band" (8 p.m.)
  • Fly-In Theater feature film: "Pearl" (2010), introduced by Governor of the Chickasaw Nation and executive producer Bill Anoatubby, executive producer Robyn Elliot, producer David Rennke, and film stars Elijah DeJesus and Angela Gair.

  • The Spirit of Aviation Auction - Buy or Sell an Aircraft
  • Mass Balloon Launch at Ultralight area (approx. 6:15 a.m.)
  • EAA Runway 5K (7 a.m.)
  • Warbirds in Review featuring the FG1-D Corsair (10 a.m.)
  • Theater in the Woods: EAA Annual Meeting (10 a.m.)
  • Warbirds in Review featuring the Douglas AD-1 Skyraider (1 p.m.)
  • Afternoon Air Show featuring the "Warbirds Spectacular" accompanied by pyrotechnics (approx. 3 p.m.)
  • Electric aircraft demonstration flights at Ultralight area (evening)
  • Theater in the Woods: "Asleep At The Wheel" (6:30 p.m.)
  • Night Air Show featuring the "Wall of Fire" (approx. 8:30 p.m.)
  • Fly-In Theater feature film: "The Red Baron" (2008, rated PG-13) (8:30 p.m.)
  • Fireworks (approx. 9:30 p.m.)

  • Family Day – Students age 6-18 admitted free
  • Mass Balloon Launch at Ultralight area (approx. 6:15 a.m.)
  • Theater in the Woods: Protestant service, EAA Chaplin Ed Riddick (9:15 a.m.)
  • Warbirds in Review featuring WASP with Stearman (10 a.m.)
  • Theater in the Woods: Catholic mass, Fr. Doug LeCaptain (10:15 a.m.)
  • Warbirds in Review featuring the Japanese Nakajima A6M2 Model 21 Zero (1 p.m.)
  • Afternoon Air Show featuring “Warbird Aerobatics” (approx. 2 p.m.)
  • Presentation of EAA Aircraft Sweepstakes and Young Eagles Ford Mustang Raffle prizes (approx. 4:30 p.m.)

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