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Key Takeaways:

  • A pilot reported sighting a large jackrabbit near the runway at Lubbock, TX, to ground control.
  • The pilot's intention was to alert authorities to prevent potential aircraft-animal contact.
  • Ground control indicated that a nearby coyote was likely to naturally resolve the jackrabbit situation.
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“I was sitting on the ramp just about to fly out of Lubbock, TX, yesterday when hopping along came the biggest jackrabbit I ever saw. I thought I would advise ground control about it so they could spare some aircraft from making contact with it on the runway…”

Me: Lubbock ground, um, there’s a big jackrabbit headed for the runway on TWY Romeo.

Me: Uh… I thought I would tell you so the people who take care of those things could do something about it.

Ground: Copy that. The coyote over there on Mike looks like he’ll take care of it.

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