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Old May 21st 10, 01:20 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Andy[_1_]
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Default Disk vs Drum on Trailer

On May 20, 11:15*am, Dave Nadler wrote:

Disc brakes hadn't been invented when the Cherokee was built !


"Disc-style brakes development and use began in England in the 1890s.
The first caliper-type automobile disc brake was patented by Frederick
William Lanchester in his Birmingham, UK factory in 1902 and used
successfully on Lanchester cars."