Nathan Hammond flies a Super Chipmunk, the GhostWriter, in both daytime and nighttime airshows. This 1956 deHavilland Chipmunk was designed as a trainer for the Royal Canadian Air Force.

GhostWriter by Paul Sager, on Flickr


On the opening Monday of the 7-day EAA AirVenture 2019, the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) thanked local Oshkosh, Wisconsin residents for 50 years of support with free opening-day tickets. More than 8,700 of them attended, about 13% of the city’s population.

Joe Shetterly soloed in an airplane on his 16th Birthday. He earned his private pilot’s license at 17 and began competing in aerobatics while still a teenager.

Joe Shetterly - Vans RV-8


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Kyle Franklin, son of late air show legend Jimmy Franklin, began flying at age 8 in a Piper Super Cub, by age 14 he performed his first wing walk, and at 17 he was wing-walking professionally for his father. Kyle started his own piloting career performing in air shows at age 21.

Kyle Franklin - Dracula


At the completion of the 2019 season, the Challenger III is being donated to the National Air and Space Museum.

Sean D. Tucker - Oracle Challenger III


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Steve Bergevin is an airline pilot in his day job. He built the Giles G-202 from the carbon fiber composite monoplane 'kit' designed by AkroTech Aviation of Troutdale, Oregon.

Steve Bergevin - Giles G-202 by Paul Sager, on Flickr


The Zivko Edge 540 is a highly aerobatic aircraft and is manufactured by Zivko Aeronautics of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Bill Stein


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We are like 5 weeks away from Christmas but it all seems to indicate to me that my wife is in an early Christmas spirit. She already began to hang some of her favorite Christmas ornaments and placed the little Santa outside the door that illuminates beautifully at night.
Inside the home she has a small Christmas tree with LED illumination, quite a departure from those times when we had a tree with all kind of ornaments hanged in it.

This would have been a good occasion to use that early Christmas spirit if I I had been in need of photographic gear.
Merry Christmas to all.

Olympus Om-D10 Mk II
Zuiko 12-40 f2.8 Pro lens.