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Old 27th May 2014, 10:08
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Its interesting that the Wright's were slow to fit wheels to their aircarft considering they made a living as bicycle manufacturers.
This is all the more intriguing when its realised that the tensioned wire spoked wheel (universally known these days as a bicycle wheel) was the invention of Sir George Cayley who had realised that a light weight wheel was needed for his flying machines.
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