Cream Cheese Glider

I spent some time with relatives in the DC area over Xmas ... and was
amused to find a 'sailplane' adorning the lid of Panera Cream Cheese
.... it seems like a strange connection ... anybody have a clue? Also,
the 'design' is a strange conglomeration of wood/glass pieces/parts
that don't seem exactly engineered around the CG ... maybe Mark
Maughmer would have some insight. :-)

http://sailplane-racing.org/images%20user/glider.jpg

KK

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Kochanski (KK) writes
I spent some time with relatives in the DC area over Xmas ... and was
amused to find a 'sailplane' adorning the lid of Panera Cream Cheese
... it seems like a strange connection ... anybody have a clue? Also,
the 'design' is a strange conglomeration of wood/glass pieces/parts
that don't seem exactly engineered around the CG ... maybe Mark
Maughmer would have some insight. :-)

http://sailplane-racing.org/images%20user/glider.jpg

KK

Dunno about the Cream cheese glider, but there is such a thing as a
sugar glider.

The Sugar Glider (Petaurus breviceps), sometimes called the Flying
Sugar, is a small gliding possum native to eastern and northern mainland
Australia, New Guinea, and the Bismarck Archipelago, and introduced to
Tasmania.

That came from Wikipedia.
--
Mike Lindsay

About 1 1/2 month ago, while at a local Panera Bakery, I had the same
reaction upon seing a glider on a tub of cream cheese, and I posted
on r.a.s. a thread essentially similar to that of KK. Perhaps soaring
is identified with lightness, ergo the " lite" version of the product.
Perhaps a marketing type at Panera is a soaring pilot.

Cheers, Charles

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About 1 1/2 month ago, while at a local Panera Bakery, I had the same
reaction upon seing a glider on a tub of cream cheese, and I posted
on r.a.s. a thread essentially similar to that of KK. Perhaps soaring
is identified with lightness, ergo the " lite" version of the product.
Perhaps a marketing type at Panera is a soaring pilot.

Cheers, Charles


Maybe a play on plain or sailplane ?

http://www.panerabread.com/ why not ask them !

Mal wrote:
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About 1 1/2 month ago, while at a local Panera Bakery, I had the same
reaction upon seing a glider on a tub of cream cheese, and I posted
on r.a.s. a thread essentially similar to that of KK. Perhaps soaring
is identified with lightness, ergo the " lite" version of the product.
Perhaps a marketing type at Panera is a soaring pilot.

Cheers, Charles


Maybe a play on plain or sailplane ?

http://www.panerabread.com/ why not ask them !
Probably a play on 'plain' and/or 'light' as in reduced fat as on the
label.

Frank

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Mal wrote:
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About 1 1/2 month ago, while at a local Panera Bakery, I had the same
reaction upon seing a glider on a tub of cream cheese, and I posted
on r.a.s. a thread essentially similar to that of KK. Perhaps soaring
is identified with lightness, ergo the " lite" version of the product.
Perhaps a marketing type at Panera is a soaring pilot.

Cheers, Charles


Maybe a play on plain or sailplane ?

http://www.panerabread.com/ why not ask them !
Probably a play on 'plain' and/or 'light' as in reduced fat as on the
label.

Frank

Maybe they read who moved my cheese.

http://www.amazon.com/Who-Moved-My-C.../dp/067104334X

Ken Kochanski (KK) wrote:
Also,
the 'design' is a strange conglomeration
KK

Is it a Prue UHP-1?
Jim

JS wrote:
Ken Kochanski (KK) wrote:
Also,
the 'design' is a strange conglomeration
KK

Is it a Prue UHP-1?
Jim

Jim,

wow, I think you're right ...

http://www.sailplanedirectory.com/prue.htm

KK