The Largest Gathering of Aircraft & Aviation Enthusiasts
July 21 – 27, 2025 Oshkosh, WI
Booth 310 – Main Aircraft
At EAA AirVenture 2024, KipAero representatives will be onsite to discuss your early aero project. From Sopwith aeroplane kits, Gnome rotary engines, special artifacts, to custom products, KipAero’s team is here to help you reach your early aviation goal.
Come and see an authentic reproduction of the first engine-powered machine that successfully flew in 1896, Langley’s Aerodrome #5 at the KipAero booth.
Look for the green army tent at Main Aircraft, Booth 310.
Rotary Engine Runs
Come and see, smell, and feel the roar of the powerful torque-driven, castor oil-gulping WW1 era rotary engine daily, at Vintage-In-Review near the Red Barn. Please be sure to hold onto your hat!
Click here for a video preview of Classic Aero Machining Services’ Gnome Monosoupape rotary engine.
Check the daily EAA schedule for times.
Presentations
To enhance your WW1 knowledge, attend one of the presentations Kip Lankenau will be giving about early aeroplanes:
Flying Early Aeroplanes
Get ready to turn back the clock and learn what flying was like long ago. With their unique flying characteristics and operating requirements, combined with the challenge of period engines and equipment, there is nothing like flying an early aeroplane.
This is by far the crowd favorite at EAA.
Monday, July 21 2:30 pm – 3:45 pm
EAA Museum – Hilton Theater
Langley and Mechanical Flight
His name forever tied to the very public failure of his man-carrying Aerodrome, Samuel Pierpont Langley’s earlier groundbreaking studies of aerodynamics and successful experiments in mechanical flight inspired many others, including the Wright brothers.
Langley proved on May 6, 1986, that mechanical flight was possible with his steam-powered Aerodrome #5, paving the way for future manned flight.
Tuesday, July 22, 2:30 pm – 3:45 pm
EAA Museum – Hilton Theater
Aircraft Engines before WWI
Achieving successful flight required lightweight engines of sufficient power. Early aero engines were primitive and relied on advances in automobile and industrial technology to achieve adequate and dependable units. Come and see the evolution of early aero engines.
Wednesday, July 23, 2:30 pm – 3:45 pm
EAA Museum – Hilton Theater
Flying at Sea: The Royal Naval Air Service in WW1
By the end of the First World War, Britain’s Royal Naval Air Service was conducting aircraft operations from many types of warships. Come and learn about the birth of the aircraft carrier.
Thursday, July 24, 11:30 am – 12:45 pm
EAA Museum – Hilton Theater
Flying Early Aeroplanes
Get ready to turn back the clock and learn what flying was like long ago. With their unique flying characteristics and operating requirements, combined with the challenge of period engines and equipment, there is nothing like flying an early aeroplane.
Friday, July 25, 2:30 pm – 3:45 pm
EAA Museum – Hilton Theater
