Gallery: Monday at Oshkosh '22

Skywriting displays the obvious in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. It’s time for the annual weeklong AirVenture airshow. [Photo: Thom Patterson]

The 2022 edition of EAA AirVenture is under way in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Come along as we share all the sights of opening day at the world's biggest aviation party.

Half a million visitors and thousands of aircraft make the trip to Oshkosh every year. [Photo: Stephen Yeates]

A WACO on display Sunday at the AirVenture airshow. [Photo: Thom Patterson]

Wittman Regional Airport (KOSH) is one of the busiest places in the country this week. [Photo: Thom Patterson]

Delta Air Lines brought its special Olympic Games Team USA livery Airbus A330-900neo airliner to the AirVenture airshow in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, on Monday. [Photo: Thom Patterson]

The fun meter is on-point as the week-long airshow begins. [Photo: Thom Patterson]

Cirrus shows off its G2+ Vision Jet. [Photo: Thom Patterson]

Dynamic Aviation's restored DC-3 airliner, named Miss Virginia, is at Oshkosh for all to see. [Photo: Thom Patterson]

A Cirrus SR22T draws a crowd. [Photo: Thom Patterson]

The crowds start to form at the concession stands. [Photo: Stephen Yeates]

Seats for lunch were hard to come by on a picture-perfect opening day. [Photo: Stephen Yeates]

Geeking out on a refueling boom on the tail of a Boeing KC-135R operated by the U.S. Air National Guard 128th Air Refueling Wing. [Photo: Thom Patterson]