Like any long cross-country, a flight to Oshkosh can be complicated by weather and timing.
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Key Takeaways:
An EF-3 tornado caused significant destruction in communities north of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, including Appleton, Menasha, and Neenah, though fortunately no fatalities or serious injuries were reported.
The tornado's timing was notably fortunate, striking just 24 hours after the EAA AirVenture convention concluded, thereby sparing the massive event and many parked aircraft from potential disaster.
EAA AirVenture maintains extensive emergency preparedness plans, holding a "storm ready" designation with on-site National Weather Service staff and designated community shelters for attendees.
The devastating tornado that touched down Monday in communities just north of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, has generated a lot of discussion about the timing of the event.
The tornado touched down north of Oshkosh in Appleton around noon CDT and tore a wide path of destruction through the city and the towns of Menasha and Neenah.
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Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.
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