Engineering:Alexander Eaglerock
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Short description: Biplane
The Alexander Eaglerock is a biplane produced in the United States in the 1920s by Alexander Aircraft Company of Colorado Springs, Colorado.[1]
It is a fixed-gear three-seater, and was offered in two models, one with a Hispano-Suiza "A" engine of 150 hp (110 kW), priced at US$4000, and one with a Wright J-5 Whirlwind, priced at $6500. The Eaglerock was also available fitted with a variety of other engines, of up to 270 hp (200 kW), with prices starting at $2250.[1]
Surviving aircraft
- 122 – Model 24 Long Wing on static display at the Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum in Pueblo, Colorado.[2][3] It is on loan from the Colorado Aviation Historical Society and was previously on display at the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum.[4]
- 469 – Combo-wing on static display at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Washington. It is on loan from the Museum of Flight.[5]
- 526 – Long Wing airworthy at the Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum in Hood River, Oregon.[6][7]
- 928 – A-2 on static display at the Science Spectrum in Lubbock, Texas.[8][9]
- 977 – Model A-14 is on static display in Concourse B of Denver International Airport in Denver, Colorado. It was restored over a 25-year period by the Antique Airplane Association of Colorado.[10] [11] * On static display at the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum in Denver, Colorado.[12]
Specifications (Eaglerock A-1)
Data from American Airplane Specifications[13]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Capacity: 2 passengers
- Length: 25 ft 11 in (7.90 m)
- Wingspan: 36 ft 8 in (11.18 m)
- Height: 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m)
- Wing area: 330 sq ft (31 m2)
- Empty weight: 1,705 lb (773 kg)
- Gross weight: 2,491 lb (1,130 kg)
- Fuel capacity: 67 US gal (56 imp gal; 250 L)
- Powerplant: 1 × Wright Whirlwind radial engine, 225 hp (168 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 130 mph (210 km/h, 110 kn)
- Cruise speed: 110 mph (180 km/h, 96 kn)
- Stall speed: 36 mph (58 km/h, 31 kn)
- Range: 590 mi (950 km, 510 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 17,900 ft (5,500 m)
- Rate of climb: 1,080 ft/min (5.5 m/s)
See also
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
(Partial listing, only covers most numerous types)
- American Eagle A-101
- Brunner-Winkle Bird
- Buhl-Verville CA-3 Airster
- Command-Aire 3C3
- Parks P-1
- Pitcairn Mailwing
- Spartan C3
- Stearman C2 and C3
- Swallow New Swallow
- Travel Air 2000 and 4000
- Waco 10
Related lists
References
Citations
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Payne, Stephen, ed. Canadian Wings (Douglas & McIntyre, Ltd., 2006), p.162.
- ↑ "Exhibits & Displays". 31 January 2018. http://pwam.org/exhibits-displays. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ↑ "FAA REGISTRY [N2568"]. U.S. Department of Transportation. http://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N2568. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ↑ "Alexander Eaglerock Aircraft". http://www.coloradoaviationhistoricalsociety.org/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=Eaglerock.
- ↑ "Alexander Eaglerock". http://www.museumofflight.org/aircraft/alexander-eaglerock. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ↑ "Alexander Eaglerock Longwing". https://www.waaamuseum.org/collections/airplanes/623-alexander-eaglerock-longwing. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ↑ "FAA REGISTRY [N5075"]. U.S. Department of Transportation. http://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N5075. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ↑ Via OX5 to Oshkosh, OX5 Aviation Pioneers Texas Wing, September 2010, http://ox5.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/OX5_TX_NEWSLETTER_SEPTEMBER_10_opt.pdf, retrieved 16 November 2020
- ↑ "FAA REGISTRY [N6601"]. U.S. Department of Transportation. http://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N6601. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ↑ Barth, David (14 September 2014). "Alexander Eaglerock at Denver International Airport, August 2013". http://barthworks.com/aviation/aviation_historic_artifacts/2013_08_alexander_eagle_rock/2013_08_alexander_eagle_rock.htm. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ↑ "FAA REGISTRY [N205Y"]. U.S. Department of Transportation. http://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N205Y. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ↑ "Aircraft Exhibits". http://wingsmuseum.org/museum/exhibits/aircraftexhibits.
- ↑ Aviation July 1931, pp. 426–427, 430.
Bibliography
- "Table 1: American Airplane Specifications: Passenger Planes With Seats For Fewer Than Four Persons". Aviation 30 (7): 426–427, 430. July 1931. http://archive.aviationweek.com/issue/19310701/#!&pid=426.
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