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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 C-172 pilot humorously requested caution for wake turbulence after a small C-150 aircraft departed, eliciting a chuckle from Air Traffic Control (ATC).
- The ATC controller responded with amusement to the C-172 pilot's joke.
- The C-150 student pilot then continued the jest by identifying as "Cessna 150 heavy" for their next maneuver, leading to a bigger chuckle from ATC.
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