Plane ID help requested

[G-Man]

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!

 

[Pilawt]

Alexander Eaglerock A-1, produced in Englewood, Colorado. 220 hp Wright J-5, same engine as powered the Spirit of St. Louis. Type certificate issued August 1928; the company shut down in 1931.

 

[SkyDog58]

Alexander Eaglerock

 

[SkyDog58]

Beat by mere seconds.

 

[Unit74]

Why is the tail coming back to a Sopwith?

 

[G-Man]

Hmmm, nearly four minutes for an answer... Well, it is the weekend!
Thanks, Pilawt and SkyDog58!

 

[Pilawt]

 

[Pilawt]

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.

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.

 

[BrianNC]

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.

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.

 

[AKBill]

I don't see a tail wheel in the OP's picture. Is that to slow the plane after the tail settles?

 

[SkyDog58]

I believe there’s one hanging at Sea-Tac as well. It must really inspire folks to fly.

 

[Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe]

I don't see a tail wheel in the OP's picture. Is that to slow the plane after the tail settles?

Yes, at one time skids were common - brakes were not - but this would have been near the end of that era, I believe.

 

[Brad Smith]

Read Richard Bach’s book “Biplane”. It’s a great read on Biplanes of this era.

 

[tawood]

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.