Feature: Oshkosh Airshow 1988

Every summer [see note below], the Experimental Aircraft Association sponsors a fly-in at Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Over the years it has grown to enormity. I covered it in 1988, and this is some of what I saw. NOTE: This year, the Federal Aviation Administration withdrew air traffic control from the event unless organizers came up with $450,000 to pay them, even though the cost is already included in their purchase of aviation fuel. The refusal to provide the controllers came as the emperor -- oops, president -- headed out on a vacation that would end up costing several million dollars.

Every summer [see note below], the Experimental Aircraft Association sponsors a fly-in at Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Over the years it has grown to enormity. I covered it in 1988, and this is some of what I saw. NOTE: This year, the Federal Aviation Administration withdrew air traffic control from the event unless organizers came up with $450,000 to pay them, even though the cost is already included in t…  (read more)

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