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Vicki Van Meter

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Aviator

The Resume

    (March 13, 1982-March 15, 2008)
    Born in Meadville, Pennsylvania
    Flew across the continental US at age 11
    Flew across the Atlantic Ocean at age 12
    Became an insurance investigator after graduating college
    Died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound

Why she might be annoying:

    Her parents spent her college fund on her flying lessons.
    She suffered airsickness from turbulence during her cross-country trip and dizziness from the altitude during her Atlantic crossing.
    She battled depression but refused to take medication for it.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She spent two years with the Peace Corps in Moldova.
    She commented, 'When I started flying, I never even thought I would go up to Erie, 30 miles north of us.'
    She said of her trans-Atlantic flight, 'I always thought it would be real hard and it was.'
    Her mother said, 'She had more guts than any of us could ever imagine.'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 92.31% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 21 Votes: 52.38% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 7 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 10 Votes: 90.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 19 Votes: 63.16% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 28 Votes: 60.71% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 157 Votes: 57.32% Annoying