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Key Takeaways:

  • A Cessna 172 pilot requested landing clearance at Sarasota Airport.
  • When asked by air traffic control to "state your intentions," the pilot responded with his plans for dinner with his brother-in-law.
  • Despite the unconventional answer, the tower cleared the pilot to land.
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As I approached Sarasota Airport on the downwind there was a Cessna 172 ahead of me who asked the tower clearance for landing.

Tower: “State your intentions.”

The pilot said that he planned to have dinner with his brother-in-law that evening.

Tower: “Roger, cleared to land.”


Tom Wilson

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