Plane ID help requested

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Hi All, My friend thinks this might be his grandfather piloting this airplane. Anyone know what kind of plane it is?
(Anyone else expect Pilawt has the factory brochure for it?)
Thank you!

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Why is the tail coming back to a Sopwith?
 
Hmmm, nearly four minutes for an answer... Well, it is the weekend!
Thanks, Pilawt and SkyDog58!
 
A friend just reminded me ... there is an Alexander Eaglerock on display in the terminal at Denver. This one has a smaller, lighter engine, so it's mounted further forward than the J-5 in the OP.

Note the logo on the tail. There's an eagle ... and a rock. o_O

And if you look carefully at the OP's photo, you can see the name "EAGLEROCK" in big block letters on the underside of the fuselage, kinda like what Emirates does with their airplanes these days.

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Pilawt said:
A friend just reminded me ... there is an Alexander Eaglerock on display in the terminal at Denver. This one has a smaller, lighter engine, so it's mounted further forward than the J-5 in the OP.

Note the logo on the tail. There's an eagle ... and a rock. o_O

And if you look carefully at the OP's photo, you can see the name "EAGLEROCK" in big block letters on the underside of the fuselage, kinda like what Emirates does with their airplanes these days.

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That's just a pretty plane.
 
I don't see a tail wheel in the OP's picture. Is that to slow the plane after the tail settles?
 
AKBill said:
I don't see a tail wheel in the OP's picture. Is that to slow the plane after the tail settles?
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Yes, at one time skids were common - brakes were not - but this would have been near the end of that era, I believe.
 
Read Richard Bach’s book “Biplane”. It’s a great read on Biplanes of this era.
 
G-Man said:
Hi All, My friend thinks this might be his grandfather piloting this airplane. Anyone know what kind of plane it is?
(Anyone else expect Pilawt has the factory brochure for it?)
Thank you!

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Awesome picture!

I'm buying a new house, and I'm going to make an office also an "aviation room". I'd love to have a HD copy of that to print out and put on the wall...hint hint lol.
 
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