Vintage Events At AirVenture

Monday, July 20

6:30 AM – 10:00 AM – Breakfast at Tall Pines Café

8:00 AM – 12:00 PM – Metal Shaping Demonstrations

Location: Vintage Hangar
Presented by Dave Wenglarz and Maxwell Wenglarz

See metal shaping of aircraft cowlings and other compound surfaces performed by experts, Dave and Maxwell Wenglarz of Wings Metal Works. If you are looking to discover how they bend those fancy curves for vintage aircraft, or if you are plagued with a problem reverse compound curve for your project, stop by the metal workshop inside the Vintage Hangar. They will be available the entire week to demonstrate use of the English Wheel and other equipment. Watch closely and you may be given a chance to try your hand at it. Enter the workshop from the outside of Vintage Hangar on the south side – look for the signs!

8:15 AM – Morning Coffee with Vintage Town Hall Meeting

Location: Charles W. Harris Youth Aviation Center
Presented by John Hofmann, VAA President

Vintage President John Hofmann will bring you up to date on goings on at Vintage and answer questions. Join us for a cup of coffee and a fresh Tall Pines donut while supplies last!

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM – Paul’s Vintage Hands-On Workshop

Location: Vintage Hangar
Presented by Jim Hamilton and Don Bartlet

Come get your hands dirty and learn some tips and tricks at Paul’s Vintage Workshop, which takes place in the northeast corner of the Vintage Hangar. A&P’s Jim Hamilton and Don Bartlet will demonstrate welding and fabric covering, and you’ll have the opportunity to give these skills a try in this hands-on workshop.

9:00 AM – American Navion Society Forum

Location: Vintage Hangar
Presented by Rusty Herrington

Come to hear everything Navion. Presented by the American Navion Society, this forum will cover the Navion in all its variants: canopy, L-17, Rangemaster, D-16 and Camair twins. Whether you are an owner, potential owner, enthusiast or just want to hear about this marvelous aircraft, we encourage you to attend this forum!

10:00 AM – A Ghost Story: Recovering Wreckage with the NTSB

Location: Vintage Hangar
Presented by David Case

On December 15, 1944, big band leader Glenn Miller took off from England on his way to France into a dark and cloudy night and disappeared over the English channel. No wreckage was ever found. On December 15, 2022, precisely 79 years later, an airplane took off from Maui on its way to the Big Island into a dark and cloudy night and disappeared over the Alenuihāhā Channel. The wreckage was recovered. NTSB vehicle recorder specialist David Case will give a talk about recovering wreckage from a mile deep in the ocean, the data found from a camera recovered from the wreck, spatial disorientation, and Glenn Miller. Case is a Computer Engineer with the Office of Research and Engineering for the National Transportation Safety Board. This forum is available for FAA WINGS credit.

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM – Hand Propping Demonstrations

Location: Rose Memorial Plaza
Presented by Dion & Mary Carr

Prop it right and save a life! Dion Carr, A&P/AI assisted by his wife, Mary Carr, will demonstrate the safe way to hand prop an aircraft engine. Many vintage aircraft must be started by hand propping since they have no electric starter. We have taught over a thousand visitors how to safely hand prop engines here at Oshkosh over the years, so come on out and get some tips on hand propping!

11:00 AM – Flying with Pets

Location: Vintage Hangar
Presented by Dr. Rosemarie Williams and Eric Jones

Pilots are often animal lovers and if they are not, they have a friend or family member who is. Whether you have an interest in rescue flying or fly with your pets, this session is for you! Presented by Dr. Rosemarie Williams, DVM, who is a cat specialist and has a PhD in neuropathology, and Eric Jones who is a dog lover, school teacher, and bus transportation professional. Dr. Williams has transported thousands of cats, as well as sea turtles and even a day-old foal, and Eric is a fanatical dog rescue flyer who has transported hundreds of dogs for Pilots & Paws. They join their skills and experiences to offer you the unique needs and planning for safety and comfort of both pilots and animals. Both will discuss ways to help animals be happy and unstressed in flight, how to work with shelters (including the pre-flight question list to avoid unpleasant in-flight surprises), and how to load them (i.e. crate management). Dr. Williams will discuss the physiology, psychology, and neuro-cognitive sides of animals in transport, including effects of altitude and CO toxicity in various animals. Eric will briefly discuss tax deduction implications of use of your plane or a rental plane, and various non-profits including his regular beneficiary, Pilots & Paws. Brought to you by the Comanche Type Club! This forum is available for FAA WINGS credit. 

12:00 PM – 5:00 PM – Type Clubs

Location: Vintage Hangar
Presented by Charlie Waterhouse

Come visit the Type Club Area located in the Vintage Hangar to learn more about Aeroncas, Cessnas, Stinsons, Wacos, and everything in-between! Type Clubs representing various types of vintage aircraft have tables set up from 12:00 to 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday, to display information, meet visitors, and answer questions. Type Clubs can help save you money, keep you from making mistakes others have already made, show you how to restore, maintain and fly your airplane – in short, they can provide the equivalent of many years of hard won experience at a very low cost!

12:30 PM – 2:30 PM – Vintage Children’s Hands-On Workshop

Location: Charles W. Harris Youth Aviation Center
Presented by AC & Sue Hutson

Drop in any time during the above hours for fun hands-on activities for kids ages 6 – 12! This workshop includes various stations that allow kids to practice the proper use of basic hand tools, such as hammers and pliers. There will even be some more advanced, aviation-related stations such as safety wiring and cable swaging. Parents are encouraged to attend and watch their kids progress.

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM – Who You Gonna Call?

Location: Charles W. Harris Youth Aviation Center
Presented by Susan Dusenbury and a panel of maintainers and restorers of Vintage Airplanes

Are you restoring or maybe maintaining your vintage airplane? Are you looking for information on acceptable maintenance practices, parts substitution, owner manufactured parts, wood, glue? The list is almost endless! Join us for a forum on informational resources for vintage aircraft. There will be door prizes!