tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627322010786735293.post3847129962458135931..comments2023-10-01T09:35:35.894+02:00Comments on Antipodes: Grafton in aeronautical history booksWilliam Skyvingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10052367756561555096noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627322010786735293.post-9142410222175383812013-01-27T21:12:33.360+01:002013-01-27T21:12:33.360+01:00Thanks, William,
I just want hang gliding...Thanks, William, <br /> I just want hang gliding history to be as accurate as we all may make it; I work on thousands of hang glider invention matters; the Graftonian matter is simply one of the matters. Partial intro to me, as you asked is at http://joefaust.org My hang gliding publishing started in 1970, but my kiting publishing started in the 1960s where I operated from founded K.I.T.E.S.A., dedicated to open free exchange of kite information and technology; this followed from my interest in free flight as an Olympian high jumper where I held several kinds of flying (high jumping) world records and national records. My long-term hobby has been hang glider history. My first 218 papered editions in hang gliding periodicals had JD as a mention, but never for status undeserved. I continue daily hang glider history publishing; and JD is part of the story. Founder of Self-Soar Association, Low & Slow, HangGliderHistory site and forum, editor of UpperWindpower, founder of WorldHangGlidingAssociation, father of three, and current worker in many hang gliding forums dedicated to the entire history of hang gliders.<br /> The claim of "invention" globally smacked for the mechanical spectrum is simply an important untenable by GH for JD; and JD has been going along with such culpably; that GH pushed and yelled so hard some good story surrounding the untenable "invention" mechanicals is a core issue. It is fine for JD to have made a ski-kite, but since all the mechanicals involved at all levels of concern were solidly in public domain, then the title globally as "inventor" does injury to JD, to former inventors, and to the sport of hang gliding with respect to how future inventors will be treated. And since anyone can tap ... and did often tap .. that prior public domain, then it is a kind of crime to grab merit that is unearned from those using the public domain arts to do their own makings. GH pushed the mixed bag of tricks into texts where scrutiny was low; and now we have an important infamy wrapping JD, which is sad; he could have had a clean story, but GH grabbed too much in a way that will forever draw him and JD into infamous aviation stories. The raw story of JD is great; the untenable and false set of mechanical claims is a rhetoric trick by GH to get attention for himself and JD. The injury level is not fun. I am not against JD, but against the untenable claims. The tenable facts are fine. The facts that show the public domain space is found in my sites, not too hard to uncover, as well as in the primary sources. Examples and patents show priority; the public should not be disrespected by the "inventor" smack. Joe Fausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17689610914492594789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627322010786735293.post-4712538715872177882013-01-27T20:03:26.649+01:002013-01-27T20:03:26.649+01:00Joe, it's nice to see you still exist, and tha...Joe, it's nice to see you still exist, and that you're still sprouting your comments. You're obviously eternal, like the DNA of viruses. I feared you'd maybe disappeared in the Mayan end-of-the-world affair. Many of my younger readers have probably never heard of you. So, please be kind and supply us with a nice little autobiography that tells us all who you are, and why you've gone on a crazy crusade against the great Graftonian aviation pioneer John Dickenson.William Skyvingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10052367756561555096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627322010786735293.post-41044130491801276162013-01-27T19:47:57.379+01:002013-01-27T19:47:57.379+01:00The wing, one-point hang, and A-frame for hang gli...The wing, one-point hang, and A-frame for hang gliding was solidly in public domain BEFORE Dickenson made his personal version. So, "invented" is clearly does not apply for the JD ski-kite. Joe Fausthttp://hanggliderhistory.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627322010786735293.post-24192485872185487452007-11-09T02:01:00.000+01:002007-11-09T02:01:00.000+01:00Congratulations re "Grafton in aeronautical histor...Congratulations re "Grafton in aeronautical history books" Thanks to Graeme Henderson the true story is being told at last.History is being corrected,It is difficult for some to accept after such a long time. It must have been hard for John Dichenson to endure so long with out recognition,There were many who stand out in the long struggle to achieve the dream of "Fly like a Bird" foot launched flight,but it was The "Dickenson Wing"that finally brought low cost flight to the world.His wing was copied by manufactures around the world. Thousands were produced and it wasn't till the late seventies that his design was improved to provide higher performance.He never received any finacial reward from his invention.Reconition is overdue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com