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On a pleasant spring morning at the Ohio State University’s Don Scott airport, with many students doing the required bounce-and-goes on 27L and 27R, I was cleared to taxi to the less active 32:
C-172: Holding short 32 awaiting release.
Twr: Student C-150 departing 27L. Position and hold 32.
C-172: Position and hold 32, caution for wake turbulance
Twr: [chuckle]
After departing on 32 I heard the student setting up for another touch and go:
C-150: Cessna 150 heavy, cleared touch and go.
Twr: [bigger chuckle]
Short Final…
Key Takeaways:
- A pilot humorously warned air traffic control (ATC) about potential wake turbulence from a small Cessna 150 student aircraft.
- The air traffic controller (ATC) was amused by the pilot's comment, and even more so when the student pilot subsequently referred to their C-150 as "heavy."
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