EAA Airventure set to take place in July 2021; organizer say they have multiple backup plans

UNPREDICTABLETIMES..E-A-A-AIRVENTURE IS SETTO GO ON THIS JULY.NBC 26'S VALERIEJUAREZ BRINGS USTHE LATEST ASPREPARATIONS BEGINFOR THE BIG EVENT."It is a gathering ofeverything aviation.

I oftencall it aviation familyreunion"AFTER A YEAR THATCANCELED EVENTSACROSS THECOUNTRY AND HEREIN WISCONSIN..E-A-AIS PREPARING FOR ACOME BACK OF WHATTHEY DESCRIBE AS'THE WORLD'SGREATEST AVIATIONCELEBRATION'."Everybody is lookingforward to getting back, ifnot quite back to normal,at least getting into sometype of rhythm of events."FOR ONE GREEN BAYMAN- THIS EVENT ISMORE THAN JUST AGOOD TIME-IT BRINGS BACKMEMORIES OF HISGRANDFATHER-"Our dad's dad, was amechanic in the air force,staff sergeant I think so heworked on the mustangsand stuff like that.

Hewould test fly them andmake sure they weresafe."THOSE MEMORIES-ALSO WHAT BONDSSCOTT STEBBINS ANDHIS FATHERTOGETHER"I know my dad and Ireally missed on it and thisyear we're looking forwardto it.

And I can imagineeveryone who usuallycomes to it feels the sameway." -AS TICKETS ARE ONSALE NOW ANDPEOPLE AREBEGINNING TO MAKEPLANS-ORGANIZERSOF THE EVENT SAYTHEY'RE CONFIDENTTHE SHOW WILL GOON-"We have two to threedifferent plans sitting inthere that are movingforward depending what itlooks like as we move intothe rest of the winter intothe spring.

"-AS WE CONTINUE TOLIVE IN THE REALITYOF THE PANDEMICAND MONITOR COVIDDEVELOPMENTS..KNAPINSKI SAYS THEY'REREADY TO MAKEACCOMMODATIONS IFNEEDED.."One thing we tell people is'at this time this our plan.This plan will likelychange.'

Because none ofus know what will happenin the next four to sixmonths.

When we get toMay we will have a clearerpicture.

June will beclearer still and when weget to July we will havecertainly understand whatwe have and what kind ofaccommodations we willhave to make." -IN OSHKOSH, VALERIEJUAREZ NBC 26.EVENT ORGANIZERSSAY THEY HAVEMULTIPLE BACKUPPLANS IN CASE THEYDO NEED TO CHANGETHE EVENT DOWN THEROAD.