TIRE WITH SHOULDER REINFORCEMENT

A tire and a method of manufacturing such a tire (10) is disclosed. The tire (10) is preferably an aircraft tire and comprises a carcass, a tread (14) disposed radially outward of the carcass (12), a sidewall (16) including a shoulder (18) extending toward the tread (14), and a reinforcing structure (20, 60) positioned radially between the carcass (12) and the tread (14). The reinforcing structure (20, 60) includes one, two or a plurality of belts (22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 62, 64) extending axially toward the shoulder (18) and an overlapping spirally wound strip (500) positioned at a radially outermost portion of the reinforcing structure (20, 60). The overlapping spirally wound strip (500) has a preferably uniform width and comprises groups of from 2 to 8 first cords (510) together with of from 1 to 4 second cords (520) therebetween. The material of the first cords (510) is different from the material of the second cords (520) and/or the diameter of the first cords (510) is different from the diameter of the second cords (520).