Gallery: Fireworks And Flight Demonstrations At Oshkosh 2024

An Avro Lancaster taxis to the runway ahead of a historic formation flight of iconic World War II bombers.

A T-6 Texan of the Titan Demonstration Team prepares to entertain onlookers.

One of the last remaining airworthy Avro Lancaster bombers taxis into position for static display after its evening airshow flight.

A large crowd gathers as B-29 bomber “Fifi” prepares to depart for an evening formation flight with an Avro Lancaster and fellow B-29 “Doc.”

“Doc,” a B-29 bomber, performs a low pass for the evening airshow. Doc is one of only two flying B-29s left on Earth.

“Fifi,” a B-29 Bomber, takes off to join B-29 “Doc” and the Avro Lancaster for the opening flight of the evening airshow.

Pilot Nathan Hammond flies a de Havilland Chipmunk alongside a pyrotechnic display.

The 2024 AirVenture evening show featured a 600-drone aerobatics display and dozens of fireworks. Starlight Aerial Productions, based in Michigan, brought the drone show to AirVenture. It most recently filled the night sky that celebrated the NFL Detroit Lions’ appearance at the NFC Championship game.

A giant hand, comprised of dozens of drones, throws a paper airplane into the night sky. The AirVenture drone performance included Lumenier Arora drones equipped with LED lights that can create what Starlight says is more than 4 billion color combinations and animated sequences synchronized to music. The drones are made in the U.S.

Fireworks accompany a drone display of an airplane. Starlight’s parent company, Great Lakes Drone Co., initially appeared at AirVenture in 2018, but featuring earlier technology. Today, the drones are more efficient and are capable of more complex formations, organizers say.

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor passes over the crowd with open bomb bay doors.

A U.S. Air Force F-16 performs a demonstration flight.

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor performs during the evening airshow at 2024 AirVenture.

An A-10 Warthog joined an F-16, an F-35 and an F-22 in a diamond formation during a U.S. Air Force demonstration flight.

The Titan Demonstration Team’s three T-6 Texans take off in formation for their performance flight at the 2024 AirVenture evening airshow.

Pilot Kyle Fowler flies a Rutan Model 61 Long-EZ during a pyrotechnic aerobatic display.

The Titan Demonstration Team’s T-6 Texans display their precision aerobatic flying.