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Key Takeaways:

  • A C-172 pilot humorously requested wake turbulence caution for a departing C-150, an extremely light aircraft.
  • The C-150 pilot later continued the joke by identifying their small plane as "Cessna 150 heavy" for a touch-and-go.
  • These lighthearted radio exchanges elicited chuckles from the air traffic controller.
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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]

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