Good morning.
Tuesday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 89. Sunrise is 5:39 AM and sunset 8:22 PM for 14h 42m 57s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 47% of its visible disk illuminated.
On this day in 1897, author Jack London embarks on a sailing trip to take part in the Klondike’s gold rush, from which he wrote his first successful stories
It’s fitting that the nation that invented the airplane has the most-attended airshow and convention on Earth. Joe Schulz reports ‘This is our Super Bowl’: Half a million visitors expected in Wisconsin for EAA AirVenture (‘The Experimental Aircraft Association celebrates 70 years of fostering enthusiasm for aviation’):
This week, the control tower at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh will be the busiest in the world, as it’s set to welcome 10,000 flyers for the Experimental Aircraft Association’s annual AirVenture.
The event is billed as the world’s largest air show and fly-in convention, and is expected to draw over half a million visitors to the Fox Valley. The week-long festivities include daily air shows, pyrotechnics, feature films at a fly-in theater, forums, workshops, demonstrations and more.
Beyond celebrating aviation, AirVenture has grown to become a major economic development tool for Oshkosh and surrounding communities. A 2017 UW-Oshkosh study found the event’s economic impact was $170 million spread across Winnebago, Fond du Lac, Outagamie, Brown and Calumet counties. Adjusted for inflation, that number is now north of $200 million.
Intense lightning flashes illuminate night sky in Slovenia: