Company Profile
Advanced Lock & Safe provides 23 hour mobile lock and safe services that includes emergency opening of homes, businesses, most foreign and domestic automobiles, safes, vaults or just about anything that has any kind of locking device on it. We can generate new keys if keys are lost, rekey locks and change the combination of almost any safe or vault. We design, install and service multi-level masterkey systems for most brands of lock including Assa high security locks. We install and maintain mechanical and electronic access control devices, door closers and openers.
Victor (Vic) Szilard is the owner/operator of Advanced Lock & Safe. He's been a full-time locksmith since March 1988. After completing his training he opened his first business, Advanced Locksmith in May 1988 and provided shop and mobile locksmith services in the high desert of southern California. In May 1992 he moved his family to Arizona, the Grand Canyon State, and has been operating out of Fort Mohave ever since. Fort Mohave is just south of Bullhead City limits on the east side of the Colorado River, near the California, Nevada and Arizona borders.
Personal Interests
Flying
In 1980, at the age of 17, Vic earned his private pilot's license in a single-engine Piper Warrior II. By age 21 he had achieved his commercial pilot's license for both single and multi-engine land aircraft. And at age 23, Vic completed the licensing requirements for an Airframe and Powerplant mechanics license while managing a small airport in Southern California. His love for flying continues to this day. Victor has logged over 1200 hours of flight time in 24 different types of aircraft. As a Commercial Pilot, he has piloted scenic flights, performed aerial banner towing operations and maintenance flights of repaired or restored aircraft.
Computer/Internet
Vic has been working with computers since he took his first computer class in 1981. He was on the Internet (originally ARPANET) and frequenting bulletin-boards and University web sites before anyone knew there was an Internet. He also builds and maintains all of his own computers boasting to have one networked in every room of his home and office. In 1995 Vic became the manager and Hostmaster of a local web hosting company and works this company (AZRiver.com) on the side.
Sports & Hobbies
Vic was a competitive swimmer for over ten years and worked as a lifeguard and swimming instructor for the Los Angeles Unified School District while attending high school in Van Nuys, graduating from Birmingham High School in 1981. He then went on to play a season of Water Polo at the Los Angeles Valley College, also located in Van Nuys, CA. Although no longer a competitive swimmer, outdoor water activites are still a big part of his life. Living within a mile or two of the Colorado River he regularly goes boating, fishing and swimming in the river and also rides his beloved Kawasaki 650JS stand-up Jet Ski. Before moving his family to Arizona, he participated in desert Hare Scramble motorcycle races in the high desert of California, until a terrible accident left him almost paralyzed. It was during recovery from spinal surgery that he decided to study to become a locksmith. His other hobbies include ammunition reloading (handloading), pistol & rifle shooting, hiking, off-road 4X4 travel, camping, survival, video and still photography.
Public Service
Vic spent over eight years as a volunteer with the Mohave County Sheriff's Office as an officer in the Bullhead City Search & Rescue unit.
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