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 air traffic control (ATC) exchange at Lawrence coordinated two aircraft, with an ultralight voluntarily climbing out to allow another aircraft, Arrow Eight Two Xray, to land first.
- The tower cleared Arrow Eight Two Xray to land, adding a caution about "mowing in progress" on the right side of the runway.
- The Arrow Eight Two Xray pilot responded humorously, interpreting the "mowing" caution as a physical obstacle to "duck under the lawn mower."
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