Capacity: three
Length: 25 feet 11 inches
Maximum speed: 100 mph
Cruise speed: 85 mph
Range: 500 miles
Service ceiling: 10,500 feet
The Alexander Eaglerock was a versatile three-place, open-cockpit biplane that could be fitted with a variety of engines from 90 to 260 horsepower.
The type certificate for the Eaglerock Model A-15, as powered with the 100-horsepower Kinner K-5 engine, was issued in July 1929. Some 15 or more examples of the model were built by the Alexander Aircraft Co. at Colorado Springs. Purchase price at the factory field was $4,157 complete, or $2,250 without engine and propeller.
Civil Air Patrol flew NC638W during World War II out of the Michigan Wing, making it the only Alexander Eaglerock model on the CAP wartime service roster.
Maj. Ron Finger is a freelance illustrator and member of the Minnesota Wing’s Crow Wing Composite Squadron. He’s an Air Force Art Program artist, one of a select pool of artists assigned “art missions” to document specific U.S. Air Force operations.
Among his duties as Civil Air Patrol’s national artist, Finger researches and creates art that portrays our historical emergency service. A personal goal is to complete paintings documenting every aircraft type CAP has flown.
This is the 22nd painting in Finger’s second series of depictions of vintage CAP aircraft. More of Finger’s CAP artwork can be seen at redpine.net.
Silvered Wings No. 1 — Fleetwings Sea Bird F-401Silvered Wings No. 2 — Curtiss-Wright 15-D SedanSilvered Wings No. 3 — Rearwin Sportster 7000Silvered Wings No. 4 — Cessna U-3B “Blue Canoe”Silvered Wings No. 5 — Aeronca C-3 (1932)Silvered Wings No. 6 — Rearwin Sportster 900-LSilvered Wings No. 7 —Travel Air C-4000Silvered Wings No. 8 — Kinner “Sportster B”Silvered Wings No. 9 — Boeing Model 40-A/BSilvered Wings No. 10 — Brunner-Winkle “Bird,” BK (1929)Silvered Wings No. 11 —Meyers OTW-125 “Out-To-Win”Silvered Wings No. 12 — Cessna 0-1/L-19 Bird DogSilvered Wings No. 13 —Monocoupe 90A Silvered Wings No. 14 — Silvered Wings: North American/Ryan L-17A NavionSilvered Wings No. 15 — Aeronca LBSilvered Wings No. 16 — Helio U-10D/HT-295 Super CourierSilvered Wings No. 17 — Aero Commander L-26/U-4B 55-4647Silvered Wings No. 18 — Bellanca “Cruisair” 14-12-F3 (1941)Silvered Wings No. 19 — Cessna 150D (1964)Silvered Wings No. 20 — Boeing Model 100/P-12 (1929)Silvered Wings No. 21 — Bellanca ‘Junior’ 14-9 (1940)
