There is a departure procedure out of MSP named after Paul Wellstone who died in a plane crash. I always thought that was morbid. Kind of like naming a ski run after Sonny Bono or a sandwich after Mama Cass.
I was riding safety pilot with a controller buddy who also flies, he explained controllers suggest departure & approach names, intersections, waypoints. Jazz1 departure, TIFUL waypoint, west of Bountiful. (I haven’t looked at the IFR maps / plates in years, but I see the same general departures out of SLC, don’t know if the names have changed)
I’m sure some of those suggestions get vetoed, as being just too much. I’m convinced every aviation professional has the alter ego of a 14 year old. (OK, not all.)
So… if you see a CROCE departure out of PHL, you’ll know there’s some demented controller behind it.
The NIL money is piling up at some of these player’s feet and it’s going to bring Alabama back to Earth. Which is fine. Alabama’s run is over. Time for the wealthier schools to run the sport.
that reminds me of a joke a heard from a dj in st louis when I was driving cross country and basically right under the Gateway arch : do you realize that if Karen Carpenter had eaten Mama Cass’s ham sandwich, they would both be alive today?
Trajan’s Bridge was an amazing feat of Roman architecture, but it collapsed many centuries ago. What interest could these fans possibly have in it today?