Heard at Lawrence, Massachusetts:
Tower: “Arrow Eight Two Xray, slowest possible speed. Traffic ahead is an ultralight on a half-mile final.”
Ultralight: “Tower, we’ll climb out so he can land.”
Tower: “Roger, climb and maintain 1700, runway heading. Arrow Eight Two Xray, cleared to land, caution, mowing in progress, right side of runwav.”
Arrow: “Roger, duck under the lawn mower ahead and avoid the one on the ground, cleared to land, Arrow Eight Two Xray.”
Short Final
Key Takeaways:
- An ultralight on final approach at Lawrence, MA, proactively climbed out to allow an incoming Arrow aircraft to land.
- The Tower subsequently cleared the Arrow to land, cautioning them about "mowing in progress" on the runway.
- The Arrow pilot responded humorously, combining the departing ultralight and the ground maintenance equipment into a single witty readback.
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