AirVenture 2020 IS officially cancelled

[Airmutt]

Ron I think you give EAA too much credit. Wisconsin is still not allowing public gatherings greater than 25. I haven’t seen anything to collaborate but I’ve been told Oshkosh is seeing a big uptick. That could be due to more people going back to work and getting tested. Virtually all major events in the area have been canx’ed.
The weather has gone from rainy every day to brutally hot and humid. It hit 92 on my unofficial and uncalibrated weather station. The RH is about 30% but the winds have gone flat. Predicted to remain unchanged for about the next 10 days. So much for coming north to escape the southern heat

[robert l]

So much for coming north to escape the southern heat.
I have spent all of my 73 years, (except when working in other states for a few months at a time) in the South, but in 2011 on my first trip to Airventure, I got sun poisoning. Go figure !
Bob, you call this hot?! Well, yeah !

[Jeff Point]

Ron I think you give EAA too much credit. Wisconsin is still not allowing public gatherings greater than 25.

Actually there are no statewide restrictions in WI. Our Supreme Court shot that down in early May. Of course EAA had no way to predict that when they made the decision and they went with the best info they had at the time.

The statewide case numbers are seeing an uptick but both deaths and hospitalizations are steadily decreasing. Those numbers are a better barometer then cases, which are subject to the vagaries of testing.

[steve]

I received an email notice today that the Triple Tree group has cancelled every event for the rest of 2020. TT Aerodrome is in South Carolina. As of today, the Reno air races is still a go. Any wagers on that happening?

[Kyle Boatright]

I received an email notice today that the Triple Tree group has cancelled every event for the rest of 2020. TT Aerodrome is in South Carolina. As of today, the Reno air races is still a go. Any wagers on that happening?

I thought Reno announced its cancellation a day or two ago?

[Eric Page]

Yes, Reno was cancelled several days ago.

[Airmutt]

Kinda mis-spoke. The shutdown and shelter in place edict was still in effect when EAA cancelled. The overturning of Evers’ policy didn’t occur until later. I seriously doubt EAA saw that coming; even if they did it was too late to help.

The SC decision, however, did not impact counties, municipalities and individual business practices. Banks didn’t open their lobbies until mid June. Summer camps for kids, at least in my area, are not happening. There are even a few local business that don’t allow public access. I can’t speak to Winnebago County policies.

[rwanttaja]

Kinda mis-spoke. The shutdown and shelter in place edict was still in effect when EAA cancelled. The overturning of Evers’ policy didn’t occur until later. I seriously doubt EAA saw that coming; even if they did it was too late to help.

The SC decision, however, did not impact counties, municipalities and individual business practices. Banks didn’t open their lobbies until mid June. Summer camps for kids, at least in my area, are not happening. There are even a few local business that don’t allow public access. I can’t speak to Winnebago County policies.

Winnebago county politicians might not have been too happy with tens of thousands of folks showing up from Covid hot spots like Florida, Arizona, Texas, and California. They might have closed down Airventure for those reasons alone, and it would have been a LOT messier if EAA had planned and prepared for it, only to have the county or the state cancel it at the last moment.

Ron Wanttaja