Formation of more than 100 Bonanzas takes off from La Crosse headed for Oshkosh
More than 100 Bonanza aircraft gathered Saturday at La Crosse Regional Airport for their annual formation flight to EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh. The aircraft group holds a world record for largest civilian aircraft formation ever flown.
Kari Seppanen prepares for departure Saturday in his plane during the Bonanzas to Oshkosh event at the La Crosse Regional Airport. Each year, about 100 Bonanza aircraft fly in formation to attend the annual Oshkosh air show.
Onlookers watch the Bonanza to Oshkosh takeoff Saturday at the La Crosse Regional Airport.
Vera Martinovich climbs into her and her husband's Bonanza Beechcraft on Saturday just minutes before departure. The pair travels from Washington each year to attend the event.
Elizabeth Lyman, 17, sits on the wing of her dad's plane before the departure to Oshkosh. Lyman hopes to get her pilot's license one day.
Pilots and passengers wait for their departure cue Saturday at the Bonanza to Oshkosh event.
A pilot readies for taxi during the 2023 Bonanza to Oshkosh event in La Crosse.
Anita and Mike Watson pose in their Bonanza Beechcraft at the Bonanza to Oshkosh event in La Crosse.
Planes head for the taxiway at the La Crosse Airport, where they will take off for Oshkosh in formations of three.
Kari Seppanen prepares for departure Saturday in his during the Bonanzas to Oshkosh event at the La Crosse Airport. Each year, approximately 100 Bonanza Beechcraft fly in formation to attend the Oshkosh annual air show.
Vera Martinovich (left) and Kari Seppanen prepare for departure Saturday at the Bonanza to Oshkosh event. They got married at the Oshkosh annual airshow, which draws over 10,000 planes each year.
Planes line up on the tarmac at La Crosse Regional airport Saturday for the 33rd annual Bonanza to Oshkosh flight.
Spectators wave to the last few departing planes during the annual Bonanza to Oshkosh event.
Syd Smith sits in the cockpit of his original 1979 Bonanza Beechcraft at the La Crosse Regional Airport. Smith is a commercial airline pilot who flies his beechcraft as a hobby.
Planes line up on the tarmac at the La Crosse airport on Saturday for the 33rd annual Bonanza to Oshkosh flight.
Mike Lyman stands by his Beechcraft Bonanza plane stocked with camping gear on Saturday. Him and his daughter Elizabeth travel from Oregon to attend the event every year, and camp in Oshkosh along with other attendees.
Saskia Hatvany
Visual Journalist
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