A few years back (OK, 42 years to be precise) I flew a Cessna 150 in formation with a Tiger Moth into Melbourne's International Airport.
The TM was to be used in a photo shoot with a Qantas 747. As the TM only had a very short range radio, the radio-equipped escort was needed to safely navigate controlled airspace.
We got a bit of a chuckle out of being advised that we were "number 2 behind the 727 and to maintain separation". There was no way we could have closed the gap, even at Vne.
Then the TM pilot came on with a request to "land on the grass". This was initially granted but then quickly overridden by another controller, with the admonishment that "we don't do that here".
The reason for the request became very clear once the tail skid touched the runway, with sparks going in all directions. The sparking continued throughout the taxi to the terminal, where the TM was parked with significantly less tail skid that it had enjoyed prior to the landing.
Fortunately, Qantas engineers came to the party and welded on a double thickness plate to get us on our way again.