Stewart Collection ➔ Photographic Print
Archival Item
2008.5.58 a-b
Black and white sepia toned photograph of Yukon Airways & Exploration Company Ltd. airplane Northern Light (G-CAUZ). A group of seven men are standing in front of the plane. The last two men on the PL are dressed in flight suits complete with hat and goggles. The man on the end is pilot John Patterson and the other is Clyde Wann? The plane's propellor, engine and wings are also visible.
The top of the photo is very dark - perhaps due to exposure difficulties?
Photograph has a 0.5 cm white border around it
Caption provided by donor reads:"Pictures taken on trip from factory/ J5 Eaglerock"
b) Copy of above
The top of the photo is very dark - perhaps due to exposure difficulties?
Photograph has a 0.5 cm white border around it
Caption provided by donor reads:"Pictures taken on trip from factory/ J5 Eaglerock"
b) Copy of above
See 2008.5.54-57
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.
Pilot 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.
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.
Pilot 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.