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2008.5.7
Journey and Aircraft Log Book
Journey and Aircraft log book for Alexander Eaglerock , registration number G-CAUZ provides details and information about the aircraft and flight including:
Flying Machine: Nationality: British; Registration Marks: G-CAUZ; Certificate of Airworthiness No: 526 dated 22nd October 1928; Certificate of Registration No: 526 dated 22nd October 1928; Category of aircraft: Commercial; Owner: Yukon Airways & Exploration Co. Ltd.; Address: Whitehorse, Y.T.; Nationality: British
Description of the Aircraft: Builder: Alexander Aircraft Co.; Type of aircraft: Eaglerock Model A-1 Land Biplane; Series No: 647; Span: 36' 8"; Length: 23' 10 7/8"; Height: 9'10"; Lifting Surface: 323.82 sq. ft; Approximate weight empty: 1705 lbs ; Weight laden: 2491 lbs ; Carrying capacity: 146 lbs; Maximum total weight authorized: 2491 lbs; Compulsary crew: Pilot only; Number of Seats for Passengers: two; Capacity of petrol tanks: 74 gallons; Oil: 3.5 gallons; Flying hours with full power close to ground; Marks and types of engines: Wright Whirlwind; Normal revolutions: 1800; Total horse power: 200; Propellers: 2 Blade Tractor; Apparatus for landing by land and sea: Land only; License for wireless issued: Type of wireless apparatus; Done at Ottawa this 14th day of February 1929.
Contains signature and the seal of Controller of Civil Aviation, Department of National Defense, Canada.
This log book is bilingual.
Front cover has "G-CAUZ" handwritten in ink.
First entry in the journey log is June 18, 1929. Journey from Whitehorse to Mayo. Last entry is November 29, 1929. Journey from Whitehorse to Carmacks. Pilot listed as P.H. Nelson, with C.J. Wann as passenger. Listed under the "Incidents" column: "Engine stopped and had forced landing 5 miles east of Carmacks. Planes landing gear and engine damaged."
Flying Machine: Nationality: British; Registration Marks: G-CAUZ; Certificate of Airworthiness No: 526 dated 22nd October 1928; Certificate of Registration No: 526 dated 22nd October 1928; Category of aircraft: Commercial; Owner: Yukon Airways & Exploration Co. Ltd.; Address: Whitehorse, Y.T.; Nationality: British
Description of the Aircraft: Builder: Alexander Aircraft Co.; Type of aircraft: Eaglerock Model A-1 Land Biplane; Series No: 647; Span: 36' 8"; Length: 23' 10 7/8"; Height: 9'10"; Lifting Surface: 323.82 sq. ft; Approximate weight empty: 1705 lbs ; Weight laden: 2491 lbs ; Carrying capacity: 146 lbs; Maximum total weight authorized: 2491 lbs; Compulsary crew: Pilot only; Number of Seats for Passengers: two; Capacity of petrol tanks: 74 gallons; Oil: 3.5 gallons; Flying hours with full power close to ground; Marks and types of engines: Wright Whirlwind; Normal revolutions: 1800; Total horse power: 200; Propellers: 2 Blade Tractor; Apparatus for landing by land and sea: Land only; License for wireless issued: Type of wireless apparatus; Done at Ottawa this 14th day of February 1929.
Contains signature and the seal of Controller of Civil Aviation, Department of National Defense, Canada.
This log book is bilingual.
Front cover has "G-CAUZ" handwritten in ink.
First entry in the journey log is June 18, 1929. Journey from Whitehorse to Mayo. Last entry is November 29, 1929. Journey from Whitehorse to Carmacks. Pilot listed as P.H. Nelson, with C.J. Wann as passenger. Listed under the "Incidents" column: "Engine stopped and had forced landing 5 miles east of Carmacks. Planes landing gear and engine damaged."
The G-CAUZ replaced the Queen of the Yukon 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.
The log book was to be presented on demand to officials of the Department of National Defense or to representatives of the public authority.
The log book was to be presented on demand to officials of the Department of National Defense or to representatives of the public authority.