The Idiot without the NOTAM

I sent this email to the two FBO's at Latrobe airport:

You may have a customer in a Cessna 172 N9553A who recently flew into
Oshkosh for the EAA convention. He has been the subject of significant
debate on the internet regarding his lack of preparation or knowledge of the
appropriate notams and approach procedures.

The newsgroup rec.aviation.piloting has most of the thread. The N number as
well as the corporate owner of the plane have been identifed on the web as
well.

Here is some of the recorded communication for his interest:
http://tinyurl.com/lu6uu

He may be interested in listening to this as well as reading the thread

Hopefully we will all have learned from this experience.

Viperdoc wrote:

Here is some of the recorded communication for his interest:
http://tinyurl.com/lu6uu

Keep in mind that Spread-It.com, the site I initially chose to host that
clip and the link to which the TinyURL link above resolves, only offers the
file for download two weeks from the initial day it was uploaded (in this
case, the last week of July).

If you need a more permeant location, we would need to find a better home
for the clip. I have webspace I could use, if needed.



--
Peter

"Peter R." wrote:

If you need a more permeant location,

Uh, that would be "permanent," nor "permeant."

--
Peter

The owner's name may be found using Google. If you do a Google search
on the street address from the registration name, a PDF file is found
that contains a statement the guy made during some airport commision
meeting. He describes himself as owning a number of aircraft and being
in aviation for 25 years so he may very well be the owner but not the
operator.

His initials are V.S.

Marco




Peter R. wrote:
"Peter R." wrote:

If you need a more permeant location,

Uh, that would be "permanent," nor "permeant."

--
Peter

For those without access to FlightAware...N9553A did not fly on an
IFR flight plan between June 28 and July 25.
There was another month of no IFR between May 27 and June 22.

Blanche Cohen wrote:
For those without access to FlightAware...N9553A did not fly on an
IFR flight plan between June 28 and July 25.
There was another month of no IFR between May 27 and June 22.

Here's a link to the audio.

http://oshawapilot.ca/audio/oshkosh.mp3

I have had the unfortunate experience of dealing with this nut.
He has threatened legal action against one of my clients for NOT selling him her aircraft. He would not meet her price and conditions so we moved on.

He didnt.

He has gone behind my back and is now sending her harassing emails.

I started to investigate this nut and found this thread.
I listen to it an it sure sounds like ole Vince to me.

Its is amazing that you all have accurately summed him up with only this tape to go on! This guy doesnt listen to anything you say and believes you aggree with everything he says.

I have been dealing with him since early March 2012 and you would not believe the emails we have received from him! So many I can hardly keep track of all of them!

ViperDoc wrote the following chilling assessment of this guy:
On the other hand he sounded like someone who was used to always having his own way, and that the "rules" couldn't possibly apply to someone as great as he thought he was.

So true. I could tell you tales!
And check out his email signature. Notice the credentials.

Vincent H. Smith ATP,CFI-I, CFAI, AGI, FAASTeam Eastern Region.
Cessna Sr. Training Pilot / Aircraft Pre-Buy Consultant
145 Beale Road
Sarver, PA 16055-9411
Airviewinc at juno.com 1st. OFFICE...724-295-9464(Wing) Cell 412-496-2248

The FAASTeam Eastern Region was added to only one email to my client when he was trying to convince her that he knew more about her plane than she did. It disappeared from all subsequent emails leading me to question its authenticity so I went to the FAAST site to search and he is not listed as a member.

Strange. Guess I just dont know how to search for stuff.

Ive been in this business for over 35 years and I have NEVER met anyone like this.
And threatening a woman!
What a punk.
And an idiot too since she happens to be an attorney!