And if you do the same search of the FAA database for Ewald Gritsch you get this result:
PRIVATE PILOT(FOREIGN BASED)
Date of Issue: 9/23/2013
Certificate: PRIVATE PILOT(FOREIGN BASED) Print
Ratings:
PRIVATE PILOT (Foreign Based)
AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND
AIRPLANE MULTIENGINE LAND
Limits:
ENGLISH PROFICIENT.
ISSUED ON BASIS OF AND VALID ONLY WHEN ACCOMPANIED BY AUSTRIA PILOT LICENSE NUMBER(S) AT.FCL.4555.
ALL LIMITATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS ON THE AUSTRIA PILOT LICENSE APPLY.
What's interesting is that both TCT and Ewald Gritsch had their FAA licences issued on the same date, and probably at the same place. Am I being cynical in coming to the conclusion that this confirms that there has been a strong overtone of "joint enterprise" throughout the planning and execution of this whole fairy tale?