An airplane was forced to make an emergency landing at the Fond du Lac County airport . Fond du Lac county sheriff’s captain Ryan Waldschmidt says at about 9:30pm Wednesday the dispatch center was notified of an airplane running low on fuel and attempting to land at the airport. Waldschmidt says the two men from Washington state said they encountered strong headwinds in Wisconsin forcing them to burn more fuel than anticipated. With less than five gallons left they landed in Fond du Lac. They said they had difficulty seeing the runway and controlling the aircraft in the wind and rain. They circled five times before being able to safely land the plane. They are in the area for the EAA, which starts next week.
