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Aerial Wheel Syndicate

The Aerial Wheel Syndicate Ltd


History

The Aerial Wheel Syndicate Ltd., of Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire entered the most unorthodox aircraft for the 1912 Military Trials. Designed by Ralph Platts and George Sturgess and built in Birmingham, pilots refused to fly the unusual machine and it was abandoned unflown.

Company References
  1. British Aircraft Before The Great War, Michael H. Goodall and Albert E. Tagg (Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2001)




Project Data top

Project No
Type No
Name
Alternative Name(s)
Year
Spec (Requirement)
Status
Qty
Description
References
     Monoplane    1912    Pro(n)  1  2S, 1E monoplane  1,2,3

Project References
  1. British Aircraft Before The Great War, Michael H. Goodall and Albert E. Tagg (Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2001)
  2. British Aircraft 1809-1914, Peter Lewis (Putnam, 1962
  3. Aeroplanes of the Royal Flying Corps, The, J.M. Bruce (Putnam, 1982



Production Data

   Total Aerial Wheel Syndicate Production     1   

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