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2008.5.2
Aircraft Log Book
Aircraft log book for Eaglerock Model A-1, registration G-CAUZ..
Cover page provides details and information about the aircraft including:
License No: G-CAUZ/ Type: Biplane/ Registration Marks: G-CAUZ/
Description of Aircraft: Eaglerock Model A-!, land biplane equipped with Wright J-5C engine 7351 /Date and Place of Manufacture: August 1928/ Name of Manufacturer: Alexander Aircraft Co./ Name and Place Remodeler: Colorado Springs, Colo./ Date:
Description of Reconstruction:/ Seating Capacity, Including Pilot: Three/ Weight Empty: 1704/ Gross Wt.: 2491/ Wing Area in Square Feet:/ Overall Span: 36'8"/ Overall Length: 23'10 7/8 "/ Type and Make of Propeller: Standard steel variable pitch/
Owner: Yukon Airways and Exploration Co. Ltd./ Address: Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada
The logbook is comprised of pages of forms including: Daily Inspection Report, Periodic Inspection Report and Aircraft. Only the Aircraft report has been filled out beginning September 8. The report provides details and information about the aircraft including: Date/ Time of Flight/ Tine in Air/ Miles Flown/ Mail or Express Pounds/ Passengers Carried/ Natures of Flight/ Repairs or Adjustments Made/ Signature [of pilot]/ Remarks/ Date and Place of Last Overhaul.
The entries begin in September and end on June 18. All entries made by John M. Patterson, Chief Pilot. A handwritten note by pilot John M. Patterson reads:"This aircraft has been inspected before each flight and never been flown when out was not airworthy to my knowledge. John M. Patterson Canadian AEC No. 367"
Note: There is a Canadian 2 cent postage stamp tucked inside the logbook.
Cover page provides details and information about the aircraft including:
License No: G-CAUZ/ Type: Biplane/ Registration Marks: G-CAUZ/
Description of Aircraft: Eaglerock Model A-!, land biplane equipped with Wright J-5C engine 7351 /Date and Place of Manufacture: August 1928/ Name of Manufacturer: Alexander Aircraft Co./ Name and Place Remodeler: Colorado Springs, Colo./ Date:
Description of Reconstruction:/ Seating Capacity, Including Pilot: Three/ Weight Empty: 1704/ Gross Wt.: 2491/ Wing Area in Square Feet:/ Overall Span: 36'8"/ Overall Length: 23'10 7/8 "/ Type and Make of Propeller: Standard steel variable pitch/
Owner: Yukon Airways and Exploration Co. Ltd./ Address: Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada
The logbook is comprised of pages of forms including: Daily Inspection Report, Periodic Inspection Report and Aircraft. Only the Aircraft report has been filled out beginning September 8. The report provides details and information about the aircraft including: Date/ Time of Flight/ Tine in Air/ Miles Flown/ Mail or Express Pounds/ Passengers Carried/ Natures of Flight/ Repairs or Adjustments Made/ Signature [of pilot]/ Remarks/ Date and Place of Last Overhaul.
The entries begin in September and end on June 18. All entries made by John M. Patterson, Chief Pilot. A handwritten note by pilot John M. Patterson reads:"This aircraft has been inspected before each flight and never been flown when out was not airworthy to my knowledge. John M. Patterson Canadian AEC No. 367"
Note: There is a Canadian 2 cent postage stamp tucked inside the logbook.
The G-CAUZ replaced the Queen of the Yukon which crashed May 5th, 1928 and was wrecked, as a new Ryan could not be purchased on such short notice. The Alexander Eaglerock was an open-cockpit, 3 passenger plane. Christened the "Northern Light", the aircraft lasted 13 months with Yukon Airways and Exploration Company Limited, before being wrecked in a crash at Coalmine Lake near Carmacks on November 29, 1929.
John M. Patterson joined Yukon Airways in 1928 when he ferried the "Northern Light" from Colorado to Mayo and stayed to fly the aircraft until delivery could be taken of the second Ryan.
Patterson died on November 2, 1929 in the crash of the Queen of the Yukon II at age 22. He was the first aviation fatality in the Yukon.
John M. Patterson joined Yukon Airways in 1928 when he ferried the "Northern Light" from Colorado to Mayo and stayed to fly the aircraft until delivery could be taken of the second Ryan.
Patterson died on November 2, 1929 in the crash of the Queen of the Yukon II at age 22. He was the first aviation fatality in the Yukon.