While coming into Grand Forks on a rather slow day, I was awaiting the freq change to tower…
Me: Approach N*** looking for tower.
Them: N*** 12 o’clock, 11 miles. It’s the tall one.
(pause)
Them: (laughing) N*** squawk VFR contact tower eighteen four have a good day.
(…Maybe they could see my expression through the radio.)
Short Final…
Key Takeaways:
- An air traffic controller humorously directed a pilot towards the tower, describing it simply as "the tall one."
- The controller found their own descriptive instruction amusing, laughing before clearing the pilot to contact the tower.
- The pilot speculated that the controller might have anticipated their reaction to the unconventional and specific direction.
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