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EAA Fighting FAA ‘Extortion’
During the week of AirVenture the control tower at Oshkosh is the busiest in the world. (Matt Thurber)
During the week of AirVenture the control tower at Oshkosh is the busiest in the world. (Matt Thurber)

The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) is fighting a plan by the FAA to impose $479,000 in air traffic control fees on its annual AirVenture airshow in Oshkosh, Wis., the largest civil airshow in the U.S., attracting more than 12,000 aircraft. “They are holding us hostage,” EAA chairman Jack Pelton told AIN this morning.

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