VH-UGK  Alexander Eaglerock  A-2          (c/n 298)

                           

                               Here are two rare shots of an Eaglerock.  Above, from the Civil Aviation Historical Society (CAHS)
                               archives, as VH-UGK and below, from the E.A. Crome collection, courtesy of the National Library of
                               Australia, as G-AUGK.   The Alexander Aircraft Co of Colorado Springs, Colorado (some 60 miles
                               south of Denver) was issued a type certificate for the A-2 model in August of 1928 and many hundreds
                               of these 3-seat (two in the front) biplanes were built.  The standard color scheme for the A-2 was silver
                               and blue.  It was very popular among flying schools.  Geoff Goodall provides the following information
                               regarding VH-UGK:
                                "One of the few American light aircraft imported into Australia before the ban on their importation
                                  in preference to British aeroplanes. Imported by Air Travel Ltd of Mascot, Sydney, in 1928 it was
                                  powered by a Curtiss OX-5 engine and was used extensively for joyriding at Mascot and NSW
                                  country towns. It met its end in an accident whilst giving joyrides at Greenwell Point, NSW, on
                                  7 October 1935."