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Richard Pearse. For other people with similar names, see Richard Pearce (disambiguation). Richard William Pearse (3 December 1877 – 29 July 1953) was a New Zealand farmer and inventor who performed pioneering aviation experiments.
Richard Pearse’s first patented invention, dating from 1902, was an ingenious new style of bicycle, bamboo-framed with a vertical-drive pedal action, rod-and-rack gearing system, back-pedal rim-brakes and integral tyre pumps.
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May 29, 2019 · A contemporary of the Wright brothers, Richard Pearse's innovations in aviation were ahead of their time, but also almost lost to history. He lived in New Zealand and deserves to be...
Dec 8, 2000 · Richard Pearse: “Mad Pearse”, “Bamboo Dick”, self-taught inventor, prophetic designer, trail blazing aviator and eccentric visionary. On or about 31st March 1903 a reclusive New Zealand farmer Richard Pearse climbed into a self-built monoplane and flew for about 140 metres before crashing into a gorse hedge on his Waitohi property .
Debate still rages in some circles as to whether Aotearoa New Zealand's pioneer aviator Richard Pearse beat the Wright brothers to be the first to fly.
Richard Pearse, self-taught inventor, trailblazing aviator and eccentric visionary, was about to be rediscovered. [chapter-break] In the half-light of an early autumn morning I arrived at the home of South Canterbury farmer Evan Gardiner, which rests on a spur overlooking the valley of the braided Opihi River.
