What would be best wishes for a glider pilot?

[Irina Stiles]

I would like to write a card to a glider pilot. What would be best wishes for someone who flies gliders? Maybe there are some idiomatic expressions that a non-pilot wouldn't know?

 

[Tantalum]

Two that I have liked are

"I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things", that's from St. Exupery. The other one is "if God wanted us to stay on the ground he would have given us roots"

I don't know any glider or sailplane specific ones though, I feel like those probably vary from region to region and club to club. Google may your best option if you don't like either of the two above

 

[Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe]

happy thermals.

 

[airdale]

May you always land out in fields of flowers.

 

[mscard88]

This. He'll love it.

 

[X3 Skier]

May your towline never break, may the thermals always be near and when you land out, may the recovery crew arrive quickly.

Cheers

 

[Irina Stiles]

All of these are wonderful. Thank you!

 

[Greg Bockelman]

May your towline never break, may the thermals always be near and when you land out, may the recovery crew arrive quickly.

Cheers

This works.

 

[paflyer]

How about, "Some day you ought to buy a motor for that thing!"

 

[saddletramp]

Although powered aircraft may express the language of flight, soaring is it's eloquence.

-Richard Miller 1967

 

[Skyrys62]

It's what I told my kids when they were wound up.

Silence...it's the sound of awesome.

 

[Shepherd]

"I hope you never run out of vertical before you run out of horizontal."

 

[SkyDog58]

Glider pilots lack tach.

 

[PilotRPI]

May your backup field be free of boulders

 

[wilkersk]

"May the winds be always in your favor!"

 

[Bill Watson]

May Cu’s dot the sky from horizon to horizon and cloud streets form along your path.


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[saddletramp]

May Cu’s dot the sky from horizon to horizon and cloud streets form along your path.

Spoken like a true glider pilot.

 

[Lance F]

May Cu’s dot the sky from horizon to horizon and cloud streets form along your path.

............at 17,500' "

 

[tinerj]

May you not run out of air.

Years ago that was the equivalent to "Happy flying."

 

[vontresc]

May you not get involved in winter R.A.S discussions ;-)

 

[MajTbird]

The video posted by paflyer above of the glider scene from "The Thomas Crown Affair" (1968) -- what a gorgeous Schweizer 1-23! Saw one recently at Chilhowee at a Vintage Sailplane Association gathering. Just a beautiful glider--and quite a performer for its time.