Now hiring · AirVenture 2026 field crew
Spend a week at the world's greatest airshow. Get paid to do it.
Tropiq is building a small field crew for EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh this July. We'll photograph thousands of arriving aircraft and hand each pilot a printed photo of their own arrival — sixty seconds after they shut down. Come help us pull it off.
What we're doing
The most memorable sixty seconds of a pilot's AirVenture.
Every pilot remembers the flight into Oshkosh. We're going to capture it for them — and put a print in their hands before they've even tied down. It's free for the pilot, it's pure aviation joy, and it takes a sharp crew on the field to make it happen.
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We capture every arrival
Photographers stationed runway-side shoot each aircraft from short final through rollout — thousands of airplanes over the week.
We identify it instantly
Our system auto-matches each aircraft to its pilot from ADS-B and GPS within seconds — no searching, no tail-number lookup.
We hand them the print
A runner walks up at the prop and hands the pilot a photo of their own arrival — sixty seconds after they shut down.
T-6 Texans in formation
Heritage flight over the field
C-47 D-Day reenactment
Warbird formation
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Aircraft arrive
Thousands of one-of-a-kind arrivals to shoot
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People on the field
Aviation’s biggest week, anywhere on earth
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Days of show
Wittman Field becomes the world’s busiest tower
July 20–26, 2026
Show week — about 7 days
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Wittman Field · local hires
Paid day rate
Competitive, paid for the week
You’re on the field
Inside the world’s biggest fly-in
The crew
Open roles
Short-term, paid, and mostly local. Find the one that fits and tell us about yourself — applying takes a couple of minutes.
Capture Photographer
5 openings
Shoot every arriving aircraft on short final, touchdown, and rollout from a runway-side vantage at the world’s biggest fly-in.
What you'd do
- Work a fixed runway-side station with a long lens on a monopod, capturing aircraft from short final through rollout
- Shoot continuously through the morning and afternoon arrival peaks — thousands of airplanes over the week
- Keep your gear dialed in: burst settings, auto-upload, sensor and lens care between waves
- No pilot interaction — just you, your station, and the steady stream of arrivals coming to you
Who we're looking for
- A background in aviation, sports, or event photography — you can nail a fast-moving subject
- Comfortable with a mirrorless body in continuous burst (we standardize on Sony α7 IV; BYO or shoot ours)
- Patient and reliable — happy to hold a vantage through long, hot outdoor shifts
- Local to the Oshkosh / Fond du Lac / Appleton area
Print Runner
3 openings
Hand a pilot a printed photo of their own arrival at the prop, sixty seconds after they shut down. The best job at the show.
What you'd do
- Roam the GA parking areas with an iPad and a portable photo printer
- Receive auto-dispatched print jobs as aircraft are identified, then walk to the pilot’s spot
- Print the photo and hand it over at the prop with a short, friendly intro
- Keep the kit running — swap paper and batteries, clear the occasional jam
Who we're looking for
- A customer-service or hospitality background — warm and confident walking up to strangers
- Basic tech comfort: operate an iPad, swap a battery, clear a printer jam
- On your feet and energetic through the arrival peaks
- Local to the Oshkosh / Fond du Lac / Appleton area — aviation interest a plus, not required
Ops Trailer Lead
1 opening
Run on-site command — the live dashboard, the network, the gear, and the crew dispatch that keeps the whole operation moving.
What you'd do
- Run the trailer: monitor the live ops dashboard and keep capture, dispatch, and uploads healthy
- Troubleshoot connectivity (Starlink, cellular, MiFi) and swap from the spare-gear pool
- Dispatch runners to high-priority parking zones based on arrival density
- Lead the morning briefing and the end-of-day debrief; coordinate with the dev on-call on any system issues
Who we're looking for
- A technical generalist — comfortable with basic networking, SSH, reading logs
- Calm under pressure, organized, and good at directing a small field crew
- Understands a system end to end and can keep it running in the field
- Available for the full show window plus a couple of setup days
Departures · Wittman Field
A day on the field
What a show day looks like
Crew briefing
Coffee, weather, yesterday’s numbers, and zone assignments at the ops trailer.
Morning arrival peak
The airplanes start pouring in. Photographers shoot; runners work the parking rows.
Midday reset
The afternoon airshow slows arrivals. Refuel, swap batteries, restock paper, grab lunch.
Afternoon peak
A second wave of arrivals through the golden-hour light until sunset.
Debrief
Back to the trailer — what worked, what to tune, gear check, and home for the night.
This is for you if…
You live near Oshkosh, Fond du Lac, or Appleton; you want a paid, high-energy week at the biggest event in aviation; and you take pride in doing your part of a tight operation well. Photographers, you'll bring an eye for a moving subject. Runners, you'll bring warmth and reliability. You don't have to be a pilot — but you'll leave loving airplanes a little more than when you started.
Who you'd be working for
Tropiq is a real, funded company building a cross-platform Electronic Flight Bag — the app thousands of general-aviation pilots use to plan and fly. We'll be on the field at AirVenture with a booth and a full crew. This is a genuine paid contract role: a real person reads every application, and our founder runs the first conversation.
Want to see what we're about? Learn about Tropiq or see the product pilots fly with.
Questions, answered
Tropiq is an equal-opportunity employer. We welcome applicants of every background and are committed to a hiring process free from discrimination. We use the information you share only to evaluate your application.
Ready to work the show?
Pick a role and tell us about yourself — it only takes a couple of minutes.