74 SA Flyer MagazineThe Blue Angels Double Farvel.
Airshows
Text & Images: Justin de Reuck
Airventure 2017
Oshkosh
The numbers are incredible: almost 600,000 visitors, more than 10,000 aircraft arrivals, 5,000
volunteers, 17,223 aircraft operations (for an average of 123 takeoffs and landings per hour),
a total of 2,991 showplanes which included 1,107 homebuilt aircraft, 1,162 vintage aeroplanes,
351 warbirds, 168 ultralights and light-sport aircraft, 79 seaplanes, 54 rotorcraft, 60 aerobatic
aircraft and 10 hot air balloons. More than 11,600 camp sites were set up, there were 881
commercial exhibitors and 75,000 people attended 1,050 forums and workshops.