Lift Is Good!

"Green"... Hahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

I say that because just the other day one of the airport bums told me
that his daughter drives a "green" Tesla. He also told me that, where
she lives, all of the electricity (read that recharging her car) is
generated by burning coal. I just shake my head.

Of course, other than a gallon or two of gas (less on a ground launch)
the sailplane is pretty "green". Except that it's generally white. ;-)

On 9/29/2015 10:21 PM, Frank Whiteley wrote:
On Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at 9:02:45 PM UTC-6, pstrzel wrote:
On Monday, September 21, 2015 at 5:58:14 PM UTC-6, Greg Delp wrote:
I finished another soaring shirt design. Lift Is Good. Almost like the Life Is Good clothing line only way better because it has lift which definitely makes a glider pilot's life better than good. Lots of styles and colors available. Make sure you check out the front and back sides.

http://teespring.com/lift-is-good
Here's an idea: a silhouette of something akin to the Concordia with the words "Fly Open". ;-)
And another, kind of a double entendre. GREEN AIR for me!

Frank Whiteley

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Dan, 5J

On Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at 9:24:26 AM UTC-5, Dan Marotta wrote:
"Green"...* Hahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa



I say that because just the other day one of the airport bums told
me that his daughter drives a "green" Tesla.* He also told me that,
where she lives, all of the electricity (read that recharging her
car) is generated by burning coal.* I just shake my head.



Of course, other than a gallon or two of gas (less on a ground
launch) the sailplane is pretty "green".* Except that it's generally
white. ;-)




On 9/29/2015 10:21 PM, Frank Whiteley
wrote:



On Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at 9:02:45 PM UTC-6, pstrzel wrote:


On Monday, September 21, 2015 at 5:58:14 PM UTC-6, Greg Delp wrote:


I finished another soaring shirt design. Lift Is Good. Almost like the Life Is Good clothing line only way better because it has lift which definitely makes a glider pilot's life better than good. Lots of styles and colors available. Make sure you check out the front and back sides.

http://teespring.com/lift-is-good


Here's an idea: a silhouette of something akin to the Concordia with the words "Fly Open". ;-)


And another, kind of a double entendre. GREEN AIR for me!

Frank Whiteley





--

Dan, 5J

Dan, the model sailplane guys call thermals "green air", nothing environmentally correct about that. I know it sounds funny and I cringe every time I hear it.

On Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at 3:13:41 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at 9:24:26 AM UTC-5, Dan Marotta wrote:
"Green"...* Hahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa



I say that because just the other day one of the airport bums told
me that his daughter drives a "green" Tesla.* He also told me that,
where she lives, all of the electricity (read that recharging her
car) is generated by burning coal.* I just shake my head.



Of course, other than a gallon or two of gas (less on a ground
launch) the sailplane is pretty "green".* Except that it's generally
white. ;-)




On 9/29/2015 10:21 PM, Frank Whiteley
wrote:



On Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at 9:02:45 PM UTC-6, pstrzel wrote:


On Monday, September 21, 2015 at 5:58:14 PM UTC-6, Greg Delp wrote:


I finished another soaring shirt design. Lift Is Good. Almost like the Life Is Good clothing line only way better because it has lift which definitely makes a glider pilot's life better than good. Lots of styles and colors available. Make sure you check out the front and back sides.

http://teespring.com/lift-is-good


Here's an idea: a silhouette of something akin to the Concordia with the words "Fly Open". ;-)


And another, kind of a double entendre. GREEN AIR for me!

Frank Whiteley





--

Dan, 5J

Dan, the model sailplane guys call thermals "green air", nothing environmentally correct about that. I know it sounds funny and I cringe every time I hear it.

Green air comes from the old pellet varios that had green for up and red for down. This was all before we knew there was something called the "environment".
UH

I get it now, a nod to the past. I'm all for that!

I've got a lot of respect for RC pilots having tried it myself in the
early 70s. For me each flight ended with a complete rebuild... :-[

On 9/30/2015 1:13 PM, wrote:
On Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at 9:24:26 AM UTC-5, Dan Marotta wrote:
"Green"... Hahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa



I say that because just the other day one of the airport bums told
me that his daughter drives a "green" Tesla. He also told me that,
where she lives, all of the electricity (read that recharging her
car) is generated by burning coal. I just shake my head.



Of course, other than a gallon or two of gas (less on a ground
launch) the sailplane is pretty "green". Except that it's generally
white. ;-)




On 9/29/2015 10:21 PM, Frank Whiteley
wrote:



On Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at 9:02:45 PM UTC-6, pstrzel wrote:


On Monday, September 21, 2015 at 5:58:14 PM UTC-6, Greg Delp wrote:


I finished another soaring shirt design. Lift Is Good. Almost like the Life Is Good clothing line only way better because it has lift which definitely makes a glider pilot's life better than good. Lots of styles and colors available. Make sure you check out the front and back sides.

http://teespring.com/lift-is-good


Here's an idea: a silhouette of something akin to the Concordia with the words "Fly Open". ;-)


And another, kind of a double entendre. GREEN AIR for me!

Frank Whiteley





--

Dan, 5J
Dan, the model sailplane guys call thermals "green air", nothing environmentally correct about that. I know it sounds funny and I cringe every time I hear it.

--
Dan, 5J

Those are good. I've also thought about making one with a 25m open class ship flying over a 13m with the relative wingspans fully apparent and the tag line something like: Size Matters.

"Green Air" was a term we used in the very early days of Hang Gliding, when we were experimenting with the old Makiki pellet variometers. In lift, the green pellet would float in its tube (hence "green air") and when sinking, the red pellet would rise. I am sure a lot of oldtimers in the sailplane world also remember this.

Nice shirt.

Even Amazon has a t-shirt service, FWIW
https://developer.amazon.com/public/...anded-T-Shirts