100 million dollars has been pumped into our local WI economy this past week by a festival called EAA held in Oshkosh. That’s a lot of dough! But why?
EAA is the yearly gathering for airplane enthusiasts. People who fly or build their own planes flock to Oshkosh the last week of July every year to get tips & tricks from one another. Oh yeah. And then there’s the celebrities (Harrison Ford pops up each year, Richard Branson brings interesting planes, and ‘Captain Sully’ spoke). And for all those who are merely spectators, there’s the 2-foot-away gawking at military experimental aircraft, vintage planes, and the biggest planes in the world that make for an excited day out of the house.
Sometimes really exciting things happen at the festival – like planes finding creative runways…
This week’s Question of the Week asks if you have ever pictured yourself doing what thousands of people in Oshkosh this week have done:
“Have you ever wanted to learn to fly or build a plane?”
Tags: plane landing on runway