tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post382586543593726534..comments2024-03-13T09:47:40.487+00:00Comments on Cockpit Conversation: Will She Fly or Will She Sleep?Aviatrixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-71274996405157508492009-06-09T04:46:25.818+00:002009-06-09T04:46:25.818+00:00I'm no legal expert and I suspect you can chan...I'm no legal expert and I suspect you can change your name - if nothing else, you can take on a stage name (even if you're not an artist) and have it registered for your passport. But in that case you'd still retain your old name in official records. As for abandoning your former name completely I think there are a lot of things to get through to avoid people changing names to escape the authorities. <br /><br />If you have a sort of bad name (there are still people named Hitler in Germany and Austria) or with a bad conotation like Kotzebue, that process will be greatly simplyfied. <br /><br />As far as I could make out with a small search, you have to get permission from the authorities to abandon your surname or forename and they can turn you down, except for cases described above. In that case you can only go the stage name route.Sir Lukenwolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01544339905924593918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-48533898449440289312009-06-09T03:52:40.070+00:002009-06-09T03:52:40.070+00:00Sir Lukenwolf, your comment about name changing in...Sir Lukenwolf, your comment about name changing intrigues me because it implies that if your name does <i>not</i> have connotations of vomit, you wouldn't be legally allowed to change it. Anyone can legally change his or her name in Canada, without needing to give a reason. Is it different in Germany, or is it just an easier process if you have a name that the government acknowledges is embarrassing?Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-57689594817926261502009-06-09T03:27:46.763+00:002009-06-09T03:27:46.763+00:00@a squared
Yes, I knew those background info. In ...@a squared<br /><br />Yes, I knew those background info. In fact if there are really still descendants of this Kotzebue fellow in Germany today, they are legally allowed to change their name due to the conotation.<br /><br />About people who do those runs in small planes in the flight simulator, well not all people can be bush pilots. For a start we don't have any bush in Germanyland. There's no place over here that you can't reach by car or boat (for the few small islands we have). And for a second reason is me actually having a bad fear of flying while still being an aviation nut, so the sim flying is as near as I will ever get to a planes control.Sir Lukenwolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01544339905924593918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-62843217524402062342009-06-09T00:48:58.088+00:002009-06-09T00:48:58.088+00:00It's ILLINI. Which is funny, because I'm ...It's ILLINI. Which is funny, because I'm from Champaign-Urbana, I did my undergraduate work at the U of I, and I happen to be sitting on my parents' back porch at the moment -- they're professors there. Small world!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08264637694604879247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-65357718249661894202009-06-08T20:27:01.871+00:002009-06-08T20:27:01.871+00:00I wrote a blog entry once where I suggested that f...I wrote a blog entry once where I suggested that flight simmers stop every hour to do a weights workout while under a shelf not quite high enough to stand up under, in order to simulate pop and chips runs. <br /><br />(Apparently Canadian native babies don't use disposables, as we never carried those. I think the babies I saw were naked.)Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-42598303656629738092009-06-08T20:19:27.969+00:002009-06-08T20:19:27.969+00:00Kotzebue is named after a German navigator. Presu...Kotzebue is named after a German navigator. Presumably, there are still people named Kotzebue running around someplace. Sounds like an unfortunate association to have with your name. It is my destiny (as received today) to spend next month flying soda pop and disposable diapers to Kotzebue. I'm having a difficult time imagining spending my free time playing at doing that on a computer.A squarednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-1007495823506586462009-06-08T17:47:01.610+00:002009-06-08T17:47:01.610+00:00Aviatrix, you're probably the only person to m...Aviatrix, you're probably the only person to make a lengthy post about riddling a crossword and still make it sound interesting :-)<br /><br />I continued my exploration of northern north america with flights to Ancorage (Dave of Fl 390 fame's favourite hangout) and landen finally in a place called Kotzebue, Alaska. Still trying to say that with a straight face, as Kotze is a german slang word for vommit - not a very fortunate word to use in connection with air travel. Tomorrow will be Kotzebue (*giggle*) to Anadyr in Russia. I did a Simulator flight from Yellowknife to Ancorage in a Cessna 414, now I know what you're going through in a twin. 5 hours looking at a comp screen with no real danger of screwing up - you do that for real - damn, that's bloody heroic, because I was knackered by just the sheer length of it :-OSir Lukenwolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01544339905924593918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-60464606712285064412009-06-08T17:38:53.869+00:002009-06-08T17:38:53.869+00:00The post title has sent The Clash running through ...The post title has sent The Clash running through my head, which is not a bad thing.<br /><br /><i>Should I stay or should I go now?<br />Should I stay or should I go now?<br />If I go there will be trouble<br />An if I stay it will be double<br />So come on and let me know...<br /></i>Sarahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-10794685372240538222009-06-08T15:09:30.882+00:002009-06-08T15:09:30.882+00:00It's the "Fighting Illini"
cheers!It's the "Fighting Illini"<br /><br />cheers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-29518674976493962452009-06-08T03:32:30.012+00:002009-06-08T03:32:30.012+00:00Awww, widdle jet jock get awl snooty over a widdle...Awww, widdle jet jock get awl snooty over a widdle Dash 8?<br /><br />Probably too much airplane to handle during a V1 cut...<br /><br />Twerp. <br /><br />How big was his watch?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-19883559232911434312009-06-08T02:29:48.765+00:002009-06-08T02:29:48.765+00:00"...there's a possibility that half-assed..."...there's a possibility that half-assed two-crew procedures when it's legally a single-pilot operation are worse than single pilot with someone who is also qualified but is clearly not doing anything to contribute to the flight..."<br /><br />I totally agree - ask me how I know!? Er don't bother... But it's definitely better when everyone knows exactly who's doing what. Even if it's nothin'Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10357752193201032059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-26441269854146083772009-06-08T01:58:53.522+00:002009-06-08T01:58:53.522+00:00Try an "L" for the missing letter in the...Try an "L" for the missing letter in the team.<br /><br />(University of Illinois)<br /><br />What are you flying these days?Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427737417051034175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-88867544956622956942009-06-08T01:52:37.349+00:002009-06-08T01:52:37.349+00:00Have we gotten any clues as to what you're fly...Have we gotten any clues as to what you're flying lately... say, in comparison to the Weedwhacker?Jnoreply@blogger.com