Quite serious, but funny to hear it from someone so popular in the aviation world that had to go through this garbage.
Another reason why people should read before jumping the "gun". :lol:
Read it here...
http://chicagoflightsfsx.com/modules.ph ... =0&thold=0
...The registration number on our aircraft, N50545, had been previously assigned to a 1968 C150 that was stolen. According to the owner, the C150 was never found, but the FAA re-assigned the number to our C172 anyway....
...El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC) should check the FAA database before notifying agencies that a stolen aircraft in the IFR system is inbound. Plus, the notifications should distinguish between suspected drug smugglers, terrorists and aircraft thieves. It would have taken only about a minute on http://www.FAA.gov for them to search the registration number in question to learn that number had been re-assigned to a different aircraft...