Presentations & Workshops
There’s more to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh than just seeing unique and cutting-edge aircraft. We talk about them. We learn about them. We even find out how we can build them.
EAA AirVenture is the epicenter of aviation knowledge. Complete your Oshkosh experience by interacting and getting hands-on at the hundreds of forums, workshops, and special presentations included with your admission.
Daily Workshops
Included with admission; no reservations required
Get hands-on and learn just about every skill you need to build an airplane at daily workshops.
Patterned after the highly successful EAA SportAir Workshops, these daily workshops let you experience a taste of aircraft building and cover a gamut of tasks including sheet metal construction and riveting, fabric covering, building wood truss wing ribs, oxyacetylene and TIG welding, and composite lay-up.
EAA SportAir Workshops instructors, EAA Technical Counselors, skilled volunteers, and industry experts lead you step-by-step through hands-on lessons, giving you the necessary skills and information to get started or take the next step in your homebuilding project.
Additionally, at any given time there’s an airplane under construction by volunteers at the EAA Aeroplane Factory.
Workshop topics include:
- Aeroplane Factory - located in the Workshops area where multiple projects progress here during the week. There are a variety of workshops covering restoration and construction that are taught by skilled craftsmen so stop by and learn as classic homebuilt aircraft are constructed throughout the week.
- Composite Construction
- Fabric Construction
- Gas Welding
- Homebuilders Hangar
- Sheet Metal
- TIG Welding
- Wood
- Workshop Classroom
Forums
Included with admission; no reservations required
Learn just about anything about everything to do with building, flying, restoring, maintaining aircraft, plus hear industry leaders discuss aviation’s future in daily forums held at the Forums Plaza.
Hundreds of innovators, industry leaders, authors, experts, and legends share their accumulated knowledge with engaged audiences, making the Forums Plaza the most comprehensive collection of aviation knowledge available in one location.
Learn about homebuilding, maintaining, repairing and restoring aircraft; see presentations on various aircraft types; explore cutting-edge technology; get instruction on how to fly safer, better and more proficiently; and much, much more in these interactive sessions.