AirVenture Award Winners

WARBIRDS AWARDS Preservation Award Craig & Hanne Ekberg, Rolling Hills, California Nanchang CJ6A, N556TR Taylor Stevenson, Addison, Texas Stinson L-5G Sentinel, N489TS Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation, Farmingdale, New Jersey Douglas C-54E Skymaster, N500EJ Rich Wallin, Lancaster, Pennsylvania Aeronca L-16A Grasshopper, N9325H CAF Wisconsin Wing, Waukesha, Wisconsin Fairchild PT-26 Cornell, N103JC..Read More

WARBIRDS AWARDS Preservation Award  Mark Murphy, Amsterdam, New York  North American SNJ-5C, N518WW Thomas J. McCormick, San Jose, New Mexico  Aero Vodochody L-39 Albatros, NX455TM Steve Buchelt, Crown Point, Indiana  de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk, N26JH Mike & Andrew Porter, East Liverpool, Ohio  Boeing/Stearman PT-17, N59293 Don Miller, Edmond, Oklahoma ..Read More

WARBIRDS AWARDS Preservation Award Randy Maiville, Onondaga, Michigan Cessna O-1G Bird Dog, N16886 Preservation Award Carey Hardin, Starkville, Mississippi Boeing Stearman PT-17 Kaydet, N95DA Preservation Award Joseph Miller, York, Pennsylvania Aeronca L-3B Grasshopper, N39563 Preservation Award Pat Devine, Jim Johnson & Bob Vasquez, St. Charles, Missouri Aeronca L-16A Grasshopper, N1143V..Read More

WARBIRDS AWARDS Preservation Award CAF B-29/B-24 Squadron Addison, Texas Consolidated B-24A Liberator, N24927 Preservation Award Donald Miller Edmond, Oklahoma Consolidated-Vultee BT-13A Valiant, NX818DM  Preservation Award Pat Devine, Jim Johnson, Bob Vasquez & Charlie Grott Weldon Spring, Missouri Aeronca L-16A Grasshopper, N1143V Preservation Award Steve Buchelt/Jim Read Crown Point, Indiana de..Read More

WARBIRD   Preservation Award Billy Copeland Arthur City, Texas Cessna L-19 Bird Dog, N9019V Charles Greenhill Lake Zurich, Illinois North American P-51D Mustang, N5500S Steve Buchelt & Jim Read Crown Point, Indiana de Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk, N26JH Tom Bullion Memphis, Tennessee Stinson AT-19 Reliant, N60058 Mike Porter & Andy Porter..Read More

Preservation Award  N59901  Boeing Stearman N2S-4 “Kaydet”  Carey Hardin  Starkville, MS Preservation Award  N96071  Cessna TL-19A “Bird Dog”  Mike Weinfurter  Rhinelander, WI Preservation Award  N9279H  Farichild PT-26A “Cornell”  Mark Howard  Edmond, OK Preservation Award  N245Z  Beechcraft T-34 “Mentor”  Craig Sommerfeld  Kelley, IA Preservation Award  N60058  Stinson-Vultee AT-19  Tom Bullion  Memphis,..Read More

WARBIRD   Preservation Award N9325H Aeronca L-16A Richard P. Wallin Lancaster, PA N1143V Aeronca L-16A Pat Devine, Jim Johnson, Bob Vasquez, Charles Grott St. Charles, MO N47727 Taylorcraft L-2B Mike LeTrello St. Charles, MO N59293 Boeing PT-17 “Stearman” Michael Porter E. Liverpool, OH N343ZM Beechcraft T-34 “Mentor” Greg Scileppi Denver,..Read More

WARBIRD   Preservation Awards Randy Maiville Onondaga, Michigan Cessna O-1G Bird Dog, N16886   Rod Lewis San Antonio, Texas North American B-25J Mitchell, N747AF   Michael Porter East Liverpool, Ohio Boeing PT-17 Kaydet, N59293   Craig Ekberg Rolling Hills, California Nanchang CJ-6, N556TR   Judges’ Choice: P-63 CAF Dixie Wing..Read More

WARBIRD   Preservation Award Danny Linkous Mooresville, North Carolina de Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk, N5UK Mark Howard Edmond, Oklahoma Fairchild PT-26A Cornell, N9279H Kevin Miller Addison, Texas Cessna L-19 Bird Dog, N3946K Jimmy Hayes Sarasota, Florida North American SNJ-4, N495MK Doc’s Friends Wichita, Kansas Boeing B-29 Superfortress, N69972 Bill Finney Muncie,..Read More

WARBIRD Preservation Award Kevin Miller Addison, Texas Cessna O-1E/L-19 Bird Dog, N3946K Steve Buchelt & Jim Reed Crown Point, Indiana de Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk, N26JH Lou Feldvary Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia North American T-6D Texan, N757LF Barry Hammerback River Falls, Wisconsin Bell UH-1H Huey, N145D Mike Reirdon El Cajon, California..Read More

Preservation Awards John Schaefer Waterloo, Illinois Cessna O-1A Bird Dog, N413PG Pete Bales Janesville, Wisconsin Hughes OH-6A Cayuse, N67PB Lou Feldvary Hardy, Virginia North American T-6D Texan, N757LF Blake Bosley Richmond, Texas Cessna L-19 Bird Dog, N60591 Judges’ Choice: Military Transport United States Air Force Pittsburg, Pennsylvania Boeing C-17A Globemaster..Read More

Hundreds of gorgeous, striking airplanes arrive at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh each and every year in hopes of winning a Lindy Award. Few aircraft, in comparison to the field, come away with any sort of award. Fewer still come away with a Lindy. Awards are given out across six categories: Homebuilts,..Read More

Warbirds Award Wrench Name Location Aircraft Registration Preservation Awards               Mike Reirdon El Cajon, CA Beechcraft T-34 Mentor N4982N     Peter Bales Janesville, WI Hughes OH-6A Loach N67PB     Jesse Schneider Jenks, OK Sikorsky UH-34 Choctaw N855BA Preservation/Perseverance Award   Bill Finney..Read More