This year marks my 27th or 28th Oshkosh tour—I can't exactly remember which for sure. I would characterize the week as busy and moderately consequential. By consequential, I mean I saw things that made me believe they'll have legs in the market and have some impact on sales and development of new aircraft. One was new—the Rotax 9l5 iS—and the other two were what I consider validations.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/air-shows-events/airventure-wrap-some-final-thoughts