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Subject: Interesting event today
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I am vacationing in Colorado and was surprised today when I got an email fro=
m flightaware indicating someone was flying my plane from Kansas to Norman O=
K.   So I looked up the number of the Norman tower and told them that someon=
e had made an error or was fraudulently using my tail number and would be la=
nding in Norman shortly.   They asked what I wanted to do.  I said I want to=
 know the real tail number on the bird and gave them my cell number.   I als=
o told them if the person was indeed answering to my tail number and they sa=
w a different tail number when he landed, if I were them I would call the po=
lice.   I knew if it was fraudulent it was the world's dumbest criminal beca=
use he was in the system as an SR-22.

After he landed I got the call from the FAA.  Per the FAA,  the guy said he h=
ad used his correct tail number when he took off and the controller got it w=
rong (our tail numbers are identical in 5 of the 6 numbers)  He corrected th=
e controller but the subsequent controller also read off my tail number upon=
 contact.  Instead of correcting him, this time the guy decided it would jus=
t be easier to start using my tail number, and he did.  He even did it once a=
fter he was on the ground in Norman with the correct tail number visible to t=
he tower.

FAA told him it was his responsibility to correct controllers when they read=
 back the wrong tail number.   So it was an innocent enough mistake but made=
 for an interesting afternoon. =20