第一架滑翔机并进行了试飞。他的研究成果启发了如奥托·李林塔尔、莱特兄弟等后来进行航空研究的人士。他还发明了现代自行车车轮所用的钢丝轮(英语:Wirewheel)。 *Sir George Cayley. Flyingmachines.org. [26 July 2009]. (原始内容存档于2018-10-18)
of load transmission is analogous to that of a cycle wheel where the hub hangs by the steel wire spokes from the top of the rim, which is loaded at the