The World Hang Gliding Association is pleased to announce its awarding over
Graeme Henderson (GH)
the
Flex-Wing Hang Glider Gold Air Award. His story joins
an elite selection of people who contributed significantly to
flexible wing hang glider technology forwarding.
GH, as with most humans, if not nearly all, has been a mixed blessing to the
flex-wing hang glider technology scene. His positive contribution has
several parts to it:
1.
GH brought out for all a rich story on one water-ski kite-glider man. That GH supports some very important untenable statements does
not keep him from shining with his positive deep work over one man.
May such energy generally finally be effective in moving others to place on the table a rich
story
for each participant in the HG community; such is possible now
with the advent of the Internet.
Even though GH bullied untenables to help the generally good FAI fail the hang gliding community
in some important texts, there is cause to celebrate GH's tenacity where
the wheat and thorny weeds rolled together. The hang gliding community
will have years of work ahead to correct for the untenables while having
one of our community better known; assuming the hang gliding community
will grow in its critical-thinking quotient, the WHGA holds to celebrating
the gift of GH in the flexible-wing sector; the untenables will test the mettle
of the hang gliding community; that test could bring positive maturity.
2.
Some effects of the GH phenomenon: a. Movement to counter the GH untenables will continue to sharpen hang glider history text for all.
b. Orgs will be invited to become sharper as they approach historical statements.
c. The HG community is invited to get clearer about how to describe innovation.
d. The developers and appreciators are invited to distinguish the generative
aspects of ornamental appearance design from the aspects of global mechanical invention.
e. The HG community is further along in its appreciation of just what global mechanical arts reside in the open-source pool of art referred to as the Public Domain. Those who would
care to add to hang glider technology are perhaps now more apt to do robust homework
over the contents of the public domain before declaring themselves global mechanical inventor
on some matter.
f. Perhaps the visibility of debaters will improve future debating. The process and its record just
might let the next generation of hang gliding participants be better at open debate.
g. The HG community is challenged more than ever to bring balance to our texts by giving
equivalent energy to support the story of each participant. One of the gifts of the GH flow
informs us about the potential stories behind each person. When a full robust display is out for each,
then balance will be restored away from the severe tilt.
3. Focus on GH will continue in a hang glider history (hgh) folder: http://www.energykitesystems.net/hgh/GHTest/GraemeHenderson/index.htmlEssays on the GH phenomenon are invited and will be hosted; there will be researchers with something to say on topic.
4.
The WHGA does not side with the GH untenables, does not side with the GH bully tactics, but does side with the positive aspects of the GH flow. Indeed the full package as "human" mix is also celebrated, as the weeding will exercise our talents and make the community stronger, sharper, fuller, and finally more able to weather storms and do positive creative works. Ultimately, the community of those interested in hang gliding will be better for having GH in its fold. Thanks for being you, GH. Morph as you might.
This topic thread in
USHawks history section invites continued exploration of the "GH" and its actual "GH Test". The above is only a brief outline of the GH sector. Explore involved issues; many issues involved are not yet even well stated; we are as infants on the growth road of hang glider history.
We trust that GH will spend his new gold to bless himself and others.
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