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restoration after aircraft restorer Tom Reilly discovered the complete airframe on a farm in Ohio. The XP-82 was origi- nally designed as a long-range fighter escort to accompany B-29 bombers for thousands of miles on missions over the Pacific Ocean. Fewer than 300 of the airplanes were pro- duced with the majority soon scrapped in the years that followed. AirVenture 2018 will be the aircraft’s very first public appearance.
Other Highlights
The night airshows will showcase on Wednesday and Sat- urday night (schedule to be announced). To occupy your oth- er evenings, consider taking a stroll down to the ultra-light area – they will once again hold a “twilight flight fest” on
each non-night airshow evening. There you can find STOL aircraft, drones, paragliders and others “playing” on the grass strip as dusk settles on the grounds.
For the Warbird fans, other special aircraft to look out for this year include: Grumman F8F-1 Bearcat, Douglas A-26K Invader, Boeing B-29 Superfortress “Doc,” several Curtiss P-40s, multiple Grumman F7F Tigercats, North American F-86 Sabres, Lockheed T-33 Shooting Stars, a MiG-17 and Supermarine Spitfires.
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“One of the really neat things about Oshkosh, it’s everything in flight – from the ultralight to the C-5,” said Knapinski. “It is all right here.” T&T