Built in 1960, this Cessna 310D is painted as a L-27B Blue Canoe.

In the mid 60s, promoter / pilot Jack Canary arranged for new BU-133s to be built in Germany by Josef Bitz Flugzeugbau using original plans. While production of the initial five aircraft was underway, Mr. Canary was killed in a warbird crash in 1968. Only four aircraft were delivered (N4937 was the third off of the production line), but several more were completed from spare parts later on. The aircraft is pictured at AirVenture 2016 performing a perfect inverted pass.

Hegy Propellers founder Ray Hegy manufactured wooden propellers for homebuilt and ultra light aircraft. In 1950 he began design and build of a single place high performance biplane. The Hegy R.C.H.I. "El Chuparosa" (Spanish for hummingbird) first flew in 1959. It was regular at the annual EAA Fly-in at Rockford, IL 1960 - 69 before the event moved to Oshkosh, WI. The unique aircraft was donated to the EAA on August 14, 1977.

US Air Force Texan 49-3272 was active 1951 - 56. Stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, it was sold surplus in 1956 and registered N3167G.

Aeronca Aircraft returned to civilian aircraft production in 1945 with two new designs ; the 7AC Champion and 11AC Chief. The manufacturer ceased light aircraft production in 1951 and in 1954, the Champion Aircraft Corporation was formed and bought the 7AC design for production. This 1962 Champion Challenger was sold in September 2016 and was registered C-FPTR. It was involved in a mid-air collision on June 14, 2020, damaging the tail. The aircraft set down on the Ottawa River and flipped over with the pilot exiting with minor injuries. The other aircraft was able to land at Arnprior airport.

I had not seen this Trojan for forty years.

Relegated to an instructional airframe in 1987, Tutor 114058 was returned to flying status in 1985.The aircraft joined the Snowbirds in 2002. The commemorative marking on the tail in 2016 celebrated the 75th anniversary of the British Commonwealth Air Training Program (BCATP).

This Traverse City based Dolphin was one of several painted in their original colors for the US Coast Guard 100th anniversary in 2016. The helicopter is based out of Port Angeles, WA at the time of uploading.

Designed in the 30's, Howard and Joe Funk formed the Akron Aircraft Company in 1939 to produce their Funk B two seat airplane. In 1941 the company moved to Coffeyville, Kansas and was re-named the Funk Aircraft Company. This Early Funk B was built in 1940. Part of the EAA Airventure Museum collection, it has the Funk - Akron Aircraft Company logo on the tail.

Professional pilot Kent Pietsch bought his uncle's Interstate Cadet in 1974 and started flying at airshows. Taking early retirement in 2007 to devote more time to airshow flying, Mr. Pietsch soon teamed up with the Jelly Belly Candy Company to sponsor his several airshow acts. Pictured after a performance at AirVenture 2016 where he lands on a moving truck for the finale.

Originally 53-4558 with the US Air Force, this Texan was later supplied to Forcas Aereas da Armada Portugal. In the mid 80s it was registered N4269Q.

The Howard DGA-15 was a further development of earlier Howard designs with a roomy five place cabin. After the US entry into WWII, most civil DGA-15s were commandeered by the military. Hundreds of new built aircraft were also ordered for the Army and Navy (who was the largest user). The high performance antique remains popular with pilots today.

Wartime O-58B 43-26779 was registered N47175 in 1955.

Just delivered to FedEx the previous day, N138FE takes the long push to the threshold of runway 18 for departure after it's static display at EAA AirVenture 2016.

This wartime Beech 18 (42-36980 c/n 3360) was re-manufactured by Beech as C-45H 52-10885 for the USAF in 1954. Sold as N4983E in 1964, the aircraft was registered N480P in 1966.

The Pa-18-105S was a unique trainer version of the Super Cub built for the Civil Air Patrol. Added features include a different battery location, toe brakes and seats that allowed the pilots to wear parachutes. N323 is pictured CAP colors from Marana Air Base in the 1950s.

Belford Maule's first design to enter production was the M-4 and was manufactured from 1963 to 1983. This beautiful early aircraft was built in 1964.