I was asked by a TV channel to organise a landing on a sports oval, inside Sydney control zone, under the flight path for Rwy 16, and do it quickly. Luckily the Senior Terminal Area Controller (STAC) was a friend of mine, so with some begging and pleading, he said he would squeeze me in between arrivals, but I had to be right on the button, and it was going to limit how many requests I could make from him in future.
No worries, says I, and between the Jumbos, we made it into the sports ground. I expected to find some VIP, but they simply wanted to interview some football player who had a sore ankle. Grrr...