Top 4 alexander eaglerock for sale in 2023

Author: www.museumofflight.org

Date Submitted: 07/10/2019 08:33 AM

Average star voting: 3 ⭐ ( 15879 reviews)

Summary: Alexander Industries Records at the Archives, Special Collections, Pikes Peak Library District.

Match with the search results: The Alexander Eaglerock series was one of several civilian aircraft brands that emerged after World War I. Winging away from the Denver-based Alexander ……. read more

Author: www.amazon.com

Date Submitted: 03/10/2021 10:04 AM

Average star voting: 3 ⭐ ( 62087 reviews)

Summary: After World War I, general aviation–aircraft owned by everyday civilians–really took off (no pun intended). What spurred this explosion of privately owned aircraft was the large number of war surplus aircraft that were available postwar, namely the Curtiss JN-4 Jenny. Hundreds of these aircraft were snapped up by former wartime flyers and brand new ones. By 1925, however, the Jennies and other wartime aircraft were simply worn out–spare parts were becoming scarce, and the planes had been flown to pieces. Moreover, they were obsolete: the 1920s was a time period when aviation moved forward faster than many companies could keep up.

In 1925, the Alexander Aircraft Company of Denver, Colorado stepped into the general aviation market, offering its Eaglerock as a Jenny replacement. The Eaglerock offered innovations such as a tail wheel rather than a skid, more powerful engines, and folding wings for easy storage. Customers were a little unsure about the latter, so in 1926, with sales flat, the Eaglerocks were offered without the folding wings.

With a capacity for two passengers (if cramped ones) and a variety of engines, all at an attainable price for owners, the Eaglerock proved to be hugely successful, with 893 built. For a short time in 1928-1929, Alexander was actually producing more aircraft than any other company in the world. The Depression would wipe out the company, though some of its designers eventually went on to found the Mooney Aircraft Company, but the Eaglerock is considered one of the first truly successful general aviation designs.

Though there are about 24 Eaglerocks known to be around today, this aircraft is the oldest. Built in 1926, NC2568 was one of the original types with folding wings. It was in rather bad shape when the Wings Over the Rockies acquired it in 1988, and took five years of restoration to get it back to display status. (That left the Wings Over the Rockies with two Eaglerocks; the other was donated to the Pueblo Weisbrod Museum in 2013.)

Considering I’d never even heard of the Eaglerock before this year, I can now say I’ve seen two of them!

Match with the search results: Designed from scratch by Al Mooney, just out of high school and entirely self-taught as an aviation engineer, it sold well, and after some teething issues ……. read more

Author: www.waaamuseum.org

Date Submitted: 05/25/2022 02:31 AM

Average star voting: 5 ⭐ ( 25168 reviews)

Summary: Find 63 real estate homes for sale near Alexander Park in Branson, MO. Search and filter Branson homes by price, property type, or amenities and view listing photos.

Match with the search results: Year: 1928. Acquired with funds from Bill Bremmeyer and Don Mayo. Engine: Curtiss OX-5, 90 HP. At the age of 19 Al Mooney took a job with the fledgling ……. read more

Author: wingsmuseum.org

Date Submitted: 04/26/2022 04:17 PM

Average star voting: 4 ⭐ ( 63459 reviews)

Summary: J. Don Alexander, 1885-1955

Match with the search results: The Alexander Eaglerock soon became one of the best-selling airplanes in the country, and for a few months, more airplanes were made in Colorado than anywhere ……. read more