Tower: Skyhawk xxx follow Baron on four mile final for 17L.
Skyhawk: Baron in sight.
a little later…
Tower: Skyhawk you’re 10 knots faster than the Baron. Slow down.
Skyhawk: Yeeha!!! (Followed by hysterical laughter.)
Tower: Right … not something you hear every day.
Short Final…
Key Takeaways:
- An air traffic controller instructed a Skyhawk pilot to slow down as they were approaching another aircraft too quickly.
- The Skyhawk pilot responded with an unprofessional and unusually enthusiastic exclamation ("Yeeha!!!") followed by hysterical laughter.
- The controller acknowledged the highly unusual and unprofessional nature of the pilot's radio transmission.
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