One night the Potomac Approach frequency was not very congested. I overheard a pilot talking with the controller about his impending arrival at an outlying airport just at the tower’s 9 p.m. close.
Pilot: “I think they’ll be closed by the time I get there.”
Potomac Approach: “I don’t know. You might just make it.”
Pilot: “I don’t think so. Not unless I put it into hyperdrive.”
Potomac Approach (responding immediately): “That’s approved.”
Sometimes the controllers have a wonderful sense of humor.
Reid Ashe
Winston‑Salem, North Carolina
