Aircraft wheel with a removable rim flange

An aircraft wheel rim, comprising a main portion and a removable portion, the main portion comprising a hub, a disk extending between the hub, and an annular outer portion configured to receive a tire and having a flange at a first side, a second side of the annular outer portion being shaped to receive the removable portion, the removable portion forming a removable flange configured to be fitted onto the annular outer portion after a tire has been put into place, the rim including a blocking element shaped to block movement in rotation of the removable flange relative to the rim, wherein the blocking element comprises at least one key having a head engaged in a matching notch in the removable portion, the matching notch being configured to link in rotation the removable flange to the head of the key, and a root fastened by at least one steel peg that is shrink fitted in the main portion and that extends parallel to an axis of rotation of the wheel in order to project from the rim and receive the root of the key, wherein the peg is engaged in an orifice in the rim that extends parallel to an axis of rotation of the rim, the rim further comprising a plurality of bars configured to drive rotation of brake rotor disks, each bar having an end finger engaged in one of the orifices receiving one of the pegs.