NUMBERS by G. Goodall Wambianna Station, Trangie, NSW. Hodder’s association with the Eagle was by no means over however as he was to buy it back in October, 1949, when he was based at Casino, NSW. The following year he returned to Sydney, then two years later he established an aircraft maintenance operation in one of the old hangars on Parkes aerodrome in central NSW. Hodder and his Eagle became well known identities in the district for the next two decades. There was however a brief break in their associa­ tion when ACN was sold to Mr. B. K. Larkings of Inverleith Station near Tottenham, NSW, but it returned to Hodder after only five brief months to once again take up residence at Parkes. The final break came in early 1970 when Hodder sold the Eagle to Mr C. Monk of Sydney. The Aircraft was based at Camden Aerodrome for the next three years until obtained by Mr B.A. EAGLE VH-ACN Cliff Douglas of Tallebudgera, who is estabhshing T*'® Klemm Aeroplane Co. Ltd Eagle was brought on to the Australian Register Coast VH-ACN^wTs finaUy^trucrofnhe Cwfl ^ build designs based on the German senes of for charter work. On 29 December that year, the 1974 it was stored in a hangar at Coolansatta Klemm light aeroplanes. A factory was undercarriage was damaged when the air^aft Airport unti Ser i 97^^^^^^ estabhshed at Hanworth Aeordrome, Middlesex, struck a spot of soft sand when landing at To Mr Do^s’ P^perty at’xaUeLdge^was movedawait- mitiaUy producing the Swallow which was based Mascot. During its CofA renewal inspection in ing completion of his museum proiect on the Klemm L.25 and then the Eagle, based February 1941, the logged airframe time had P J • superficially on the Klemm L.32. The Eagle jumped to 445 hours, showing a good utilisation REFERENCES was a sleek, low-wing retractable undercarriage, of some 158 hours in its first year in AustraUa. 1. DCA Aircraft Files Australian Archives ^bin monoplane of wooden c»„stoction with Hodder Dew the Eagle from Mascot to ’ Me borne «ats for two passengers behind the pilot, and Melbourne on 12 April, 1942, when he took up 2 Civil Aircraft Register Denart US excellent performance made it popular for ^ position as a ground engineer with Ansett ’ Sansport - .me o all racmg and tourmg alike. Airways at Essendon. The aircraft, now painted . .1, o ® “mpany changed its name jn camouflage to comply with wartime regu- Jackson, A. J. British Civil Aircraft to the British Aircraft Manufacturing Co. Ltd anions, was based at Coode Island Aerodrome, ^ince 1919. - London,. Putnam, and announced a new deluxe version of the Eagle tut did little flying due to the severe petrol . w t n p p h-. .r -r u , to be known as the B. A. Eagle 2 A total of 37 rationing. It was maintained air airworthy S?No‘7 Technology of the new model was built, includmg a solitary condition throughout the war however and 1945 “"‘Jcrcarriage version for Mr. Hector saw it once again based at Mascot Aerodrome - Brisbane. (Queensland Museum) O. Hamilton of London. This unique aircraft, Sydney. On 27 August the undercarriage was 5. Tyrrell, M. The Lady Southern Cross constructor s number 138, first flew at Hanworth once again damaged in a landing accident after a Journal of the Aviation Historical Society ^ ^ British C of A joyflight, but the Eagle was quickly repaired and of Australia. - October 1965 on 6 August, as G--AFAX Later on the 28th of sold on 1 February, 1946, to Sydney Austin of that month, as “No. 14”, it took part in the Folkestone Trophy Race, its neatly spatted fixed undercarriage causing some interest. ■11 Mr. Hamilton kept his Eagle based at Shoreham until June 1939 when it was sold to Mr. John D. Hodder who flew it to Kanbauk in Lower Burma. Jack Hodder was an Australian mining engineer who had caused headlines around the world in August, 1937, when he made an extensive search of Aye Island off the coast of Burma following the discovery of some aircraft undercarriage parts by local fishermen. These parts were subsequently identified by Lockheed as being from an Altair and Hodder’s search located more wreckage at a cliff face on the island, confirming the fate of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and VH-USB, Lady Southern •Cross. Shortly after obtaining the Eagle, Hodder returned to his home in Sydney, flying G-AFAX through Malaya and the East Indies to the West Australian coast and following the coast south to Perth. He left Perth for Sydney on 17 November, 1939, finally reaching Mascot Aerodrome, Sydney, later that month. G-AFAX was inspected by a DCA aircraft surveyor on 16 February, 1940, and found to be in good condition with a total logged airframe time of only 286 hours 50 minutes since built. The Heading photo: VH-ACN soon after receiving its Australian registration (J. Hopton). Right fop;'ACN at Parkes, NSW, circa 1960 (J. Hop- ton). Right: 'ACN as it is today at Tallebudgera (F. Harris). ll II ■ ■11■ iilll lit iimm ig I. VOLUME 18, NUMBER 3 JULY/SEPTEMBER, 1977 llli■■ AHSA 1 ■ ■llliHI iiiii cMtenis ■llliiliB PAGE It; AHSA ADDRESS P.O. BOX 212 -ACN 50 ll EDITORIAL ADDRESS 46 SPRING STREET, QUEENSLAND AIRLINES......... ... .52 THOIVIASTOWN,“V lC. 3074,,,. ii: .........62 ■IHI ........... ■III HIRD LEVEL AIRLINES........... .66 IIIII 111 'llli ili ■ 70 iii QUEENSLAND.AIR NAVIGATI VICE PRESIDENT (PROMOTION) iSiHllB 111 BEN DANNECKER PHOTO PAGE............. : ll ,72 HONORARY SECRETARY • -•i- '■ • ^ * I ii BILL DONOVAN iii \ ■Iii I TREASURER ■I .... I IAN-McArthur "^1 ■1 Ii SUBSCRIPTIONS SECRETARY MIKE MADDEN emme lii|i Colour Prints of Aircraft. IMP ■ A new service from tht Society is on a three months trial. 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