“Pink Strong – Battling Breast Cancer” Aero L-39C

Photos by Ken Kula

Cessna C-165 Airmaster

Each year, the EAA’s AirVenture Oshkosh attracts a dizzying array of aircraft to the Whittman Regional Airport. The event is a visually exciting experience, with a wide range of aircraft color schemes on the field. The true colors of some owner’s imagination, or a military necessity, or even a lack of color can attract your attention. 

Boeing/Stearman N2S-3

Here are a few examples of some of the eye-catching color schemes seen during the 2024 fly-in.

P-51 Mustangs

WAIEX

U.S. Navy Test Pilot School T-38C special color scheme

Vicky Benzing’s purple P-51 Mustang

Lockheed 60

One of the USAF’s A-10C Thunderbolt II Demonstration Team’s jets

German-registered TBM-930

New Mexico-based USAF T-38C in commemorative colors

Warbird North American T-28C Trojan

Lockheed T-33 (actually a Canadair T-33AN Silver Star) in Texas ANG colors

Stinson V-77

Goodyear FG-1D Corsair

Pietenpol Aircamper

Connecticut ANG C-130H Hercules in commemorative squadron colors

North American T-6/SNJ/Harvard tails

Piper M700 Fury

Stampe SV-4

Aeronca LC and 65-TF

Beech/Pac Aero Tradewind

Badlands STOL “Super Bee”

RCAF CF-18 100th Anniversary of the RCAF commemorative color scheme

Italian Air Force Frecce Tricolori MB-339s

Acro Sport II

USAF 50th Anniversary of the first F-16 flight commemorative color scheme

Aero L-39C Albatross

Howard 500

SIAI Marchetti SF-260M, ex- Belgian Air Force

Aeronca 7DC

USAF A-10C in a commemorative Southeast Asia color scheme

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