California  |  Aviation Law

Pilot license

Under strict new security aviation laws you are to prove citizenship with official birth cert or a current passport before you may do private pilot training. My birth cert has a different name than that I have used my whole life (father unofficially changed name, unknown reason, both parents now deceased). So, I can't provide an official birth cert (with that different name) or apply for a passport without proof of birth under my present name. How can i fix this mess? Thanks for your reply.