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The Secret Trailer That Runs AirVenture | Milwaukee News
At EAA AirVenture, the world’s largest aviation event, the real magic happens not in the control tower but in a humble trailer six miles away. This Fisk VFR operation, using visual flight rules and a railroad track as a guide, handles 80% of incoming planes—keeping them spaced at half-mile intervals like a conga line. Controllers rely on radios and binoculars, and pilots confirm instructions with a simple wing rock. It’s a decades-old tradition, a high-stakes, low-tech marvel that’s become a career highlight for controllers—and a critical piece of the AirVenture puzzle, especially when…
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