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I’ve wanted to photograph KOSH during Airventure for many years, and while I’ve gone to the event several times via commercial airlines, this was the first time I’ve had the privilege to fly-in and camp for 8 days with an incredible group of people.

To get this photo required flying the famous Fisk arrival THREE times due to the technical challenge of getting the camera lined properly and far enough from the approach, since ATC gives extremely short base to final turns.

@eaa Airventure is an event that’s hard to describe to those who haven’t experienced it. In the span of just over a week, nearly 750,000 people, 10,000+ aircraft, and 1,000+ exhibitors descend on the town of Oshkosh, Wisconsin for the world’s largest aviation celebration.

Shown here is runway 36L, measuring 8,002 x 150ft. It’s one of the two runways that serve the 15,000 plus aircraft operations during Airventure week, briefly making the control tower the busiest in the world.