EAA convention in Oshkosh canceled this year...

[Archae]

Due to the damn coronavirus.

Shit.

https://www.wbay.com/content/news/EAA-AirVenture-canceled-due-to-coronavirus-pandemic-570110291.html

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I just got an email about that.

I haven't been to EAA in years but I've flown in several times, which is an adventure itself. I was sorry to see that it was canceled, but not surprised.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

3. we did too one year...What a zoo.....

I was waving to people in other small planes as we circled the lake for over an hour to get our place in line in order to land. That was July of 1989.

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

2. Since the convention is run by over 6,000 volunteers

I applaud Jack Pelton (EAA president and CEO) and the EAA Board for making member health the number one priority for EAA and its world-wide membership in these trying times.

AirVenture normally brings over 500,000 people to Oshkosh. More than 50,000 members camp in tents three feet apart with portable toilets and communal showers. Oshkosh is a beautiful town with a grand total of 182 beds. It would have been an accident waiting to happen.

"Oshkosh," by which the event is most commonly known has been the highlight of y year for more than 35 summers. I will greatly miss this extended family reunion. But while I will miss them, I rest easier knowing I will see them alive and well next year.

Stay well. Stay safe.

And again, thanks, Jack.

[Initech]

4. This fucking virus has just decimated our way of life.

For that, it must die the horrible death it deserves.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

5. Want to bet Sturgis Bike Rally WON'T be?

These are Trump's people afterall.

[Brother Buzz]

6. I can't address the iron, but surly the people will practice Social Distancing