Loraine an ambaci shi da Oxford English Dictionary don yin amfani da kalmar "joystick" a cikin littafinsa a 1909 lokacin da ya tafi Pau don koyon tashi a makarantar Bleriot. George ya kasance matukin jirgi ne na farko wanda tare da abokin aikinsa Jobling suka gina kuma suka tashi a biplane a Newcastle a Ingila a 1910. An yi zargin cewa ya kirkiro "George Stick" wanda ya zama sananne da sunan joystick. George da shafi na sarrafa jirgin sama suna cikin tarin Gidan Tarihi na Discovery a Newcastle upon Tyne, Ingila. Tambaya: Menene aikin George?
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