{"id":16069,"date":"2020-07-23T19:45:23","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T19:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=16069"},"modified":"2020-07-23T19:45:25","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T19:45:25","slug":"the-traditions-of-airventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/the-traditions-of-airventure\/%20","title":{"rendered":"The Traditions of AirVenture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With over 600,000 people attending the World\u2019s Greatest\nAviation Celebration every year for the past 50 years, it is easy to guess that\nmany traditions have developed for everyone. Some of these traditions can be on\nthe personal level that only you and your family participate in, some can be\nunique to where you happen to camp on the grounds (the coffin in the woods\u201c\u2026.),\nand others that can include yearly activities that are put on by EAA and the companies\nthat attend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now that I think more about it, and I\u2019m sure it\u2019s like this\nfor many of us who are regular attendees, but AirVenture is basically a\nweeklong tradition with many smaller rituals that take place within. No wonder\nthe week is so special to us all. It is, of course, the Spirit of Aviation –\nthe airplanes and gathering of friends, that defines AirVenture. However, it\u2019s\nthe shared memories and, ultimately, the developed customs that occur each and\nevery year that make EAA AirVenture Oshkosh the greatest week of the year. Sorry,\nSanta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My Dad and I share many traditions over the week at AirVenture. But the one that sticks out the most is how we conclude our week. Every year we receive our weekly wristband passes that we wear for the entire week. However, at the conclusion of AirVenture, we always get out a couple of Spotted Cow beers and have a wristband cutting ceremony. We have a moment of cheers with our drinks to the success of another incredible week, talk about all the excitement we experienced, and then go through the ceremonial\u00c2\u00a0act of the cutting of the wristbands.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s just one of many traditions for us that makes the\nentire week so special.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, rather than going on about other rituals we practice\nthroughout the week, I thought it would be great to hear some of your favorite\ntraditions as well. Please share them with us either on Facebook or Twitter. If\nyou don\u2019t have accounts on either, then you can email me directly at andrew@stateaviationjournal.com<\/a>.\nWith your permission by sharing your story on Twitter, Facebook or by email, I\nwill include it in the next State Aviation Journal magazine. Plus, I will also\nretweet your stories on Twitter if you use that platform and share it that way.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, what is one of your favorite traditions that takes place\nduring AirVenture? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With over 600,000 people attending the World\u2019s Greatest Aviation Celebration every year for the past 50 years, it is easy to guess that many traditions have developed for everyone. Some of these traditions can be on the personal level that only you and your family participate in, some can be unique to where you happen […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":16070,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,3,66],"tags":[138,135],"class_list":["post-16069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-front-page-slider","category-state-news","category-wisconsin","tag-airventure","tag-eaa"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/traditionsedit-e1595462368758.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16069"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16083,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16069\/revisions\/16083"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}