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  Reeve Aleutian Airways - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Reeve Aleutian Airways (IATA: RV, ICAO: RVV, and Callsign: Reeve) was an airline based in the U.S. state of Alaska.
Reeve Aleutian Airways was formed soon after the end of World War II, by Bob Reeve.
Reeve Aleutian received a new wave of promotion in the 1990s when an article was published about the airline in Airliners.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Reeve_Aleutian_Airways   (234 words)

  
 Reeve Aleutian Airways   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Reeve Aleutian Airways was an airline company from Alaska.
Reeve Aleutian never expanded route beyond the Alaskan frontiers.
Despite being a regional airline, Reeve Aleutian had considerable Model airplane market presence, having companies like Schabak and PacMin make models of their airliners.
bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/r/re/reeve_aleutian_airways.html   (184 words)

  
 Robert Reeve
Robert Campbell Reeve often said, “The weather was so bad the year that I was born not one plane got off the ground.” Reeve and his twin brother, Richard, were born March 27, 1902; the Wright brothers would not fly until the next year.
Hubert Reeve, the twin’s father, was the depot agent and telegrapher for the Chicago and Northwestern railroad that passed through Waunakee, Wisconsin.
Reeve Aleutian Airways was incorporated on March 24, 1947 and that summer began its once a week run over the 1,783-mile route.
www.aviationhalloffamewisconsin.com /inductees/reeve.htm   (1516 words)

  
 Alaska Journal of Commerce Online
Reeve did the repairs and then leased the plane, cleared a cow pasture to use as an airstrip and started a charter business.
Reeve nicknamed his new bride Tilly because, he said, she reminded him of the comic strip character Tilly the Toiler.
Reeve was to land on a glacier at an altitude of 8,750 feet, more than 1,800 feet higher than had ever been accomplished with passengers and freight before, according to Cohen's book.
www.alaskajournal.com /stories/022005/hom_20050220002.shtml   (1553 words)

  
 AlaskaJournal.com -Reeve to be inducted into Alaska Aviation Hall of Fame 02/20/05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Reeve died in 1980 at the age of 78.
In 1978, son Richard Reeve took over as president and CEO of the airline company, though the elder Reeve remained chairman of the company's board.
Reeve Aleutian Airways stopped flying in 2001, after nearly 70 years.
www.alaskajournal.com /PalmPilot/stories/022005/hom_20050220002.html   (1464 words)

  
 Robert C. Reeve
Reeve moved to the territory of Alaska in 1932.
The hurried military fortifications of Alaska and the establishment of a chain of air bases in the Aleutians during World War II placed him in air operations that required the movement of heavy outsize freight in his Boeing 80.
When peace came, it was Bob Reeve whom had the experience to establish a viable air service along this storm-tossed, volcano-infested chain.
www.allstar.fiu.edu /aero/reeve.htm   (335 words)

  
 Alaska-Japan route. | Business (Regional)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
On May 23, Reeve Aleutian Airways of Anchorage announced plans to leap into international aviation with new scheduled passenger flights to an international airport serving the cities of Chitose and Sapporo in northern Japan.
Richard Reeve, president of Reeve Aleutian, says the new route will meet the travel needs of the 20,000 business and tourist passengers from the Orient who travel to Alaska each year.
Reeve plans to develop the route in a joint venture with Uchiyama International Trade, a Japanese condominium and tourist resort developer.
www.allbusiness.com /periodicals/article/253512-1.html   (490 words)

  
 About Peninsula Airways, Inc.
Peninsula Airways became a full-time subcontractor to Reeve Aleutian Airways, meeting Reeve's certificate obligations to Chignik, Perryville and Ivanoff Bay.
Two Grumman Goose aircraft were purchased from Reeve Aleutian Airways, and the sub-contract was expanded to cover all locations certificated to Reeve throughout the Alaskan Peninsula and Aleutian Islands.
Peninsula Airways was the first Alaskan air carrier to qualify for CAB Part 419 subsidy, allowing the airline to perform Essential Air Service to Atka, St. George and Kodiak Island.
www.penair.com /about.html   (533 words)

  
 AVSIM [REVIEW NAME AS IT WILL APPEAR IN BROWSER TITLE BAR]
The final group are the folks of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands served by Reeve.
I had the chance to fly preview copies of the Reeve and Eastern airplanes - and you will too; at least the Reeve, but first you have to finish reading this preview (grin) - based on my flying I can tell you the visual and flight models are outstanding.
Alaska and the Aleutian island chain provide some of the most challenging flying conditions you find anywhere in the world and this scenery is a good rendition of the rugged features found there.
www.avsim.com /pages/0699/electra/ceilo.shtml   (2041 words)

  
 Henry Tenby - Internet Ventures
Reeve Aleutian Airways of Anchorage, Alaska, was the last operator of passenger configured Lockheed Electras on the planet.
Reeve Aleutian Airways was the oldest airline in Alaska, founded by Alaskan aviation pioneer Robert C. Reeve in 1932.
Reeve’s niche operation focused service on the remote Aleutian island chain, and the Reeve fleet was comprised of two Boeing 727-100 combis, and three immaculate Lockheed L188 Electras.
www.henrytenby.com /dvds/Reevedvd.html   (286 words)

  
 Reeve Aleutian Suspends Services. | Business (Regional)
Reeve Aleutian Airways Inc., the oldest regional airline in Alaska, suspended all regularly scheduled flights in early December.
The move came, said Reeve President Dick Reeve, as a last resort in the effort to keep the airline flying.
"Reeve Aleutian Suspends Services." is an article from the Business (Regional) category.
www.allbusiness.com /periodicals/article/735726-1.html   (372 words)

  
 AeroWorldNet(tm) - Bankruptcy Hits 3 US Airlines [December 11, 2000]
Reeve Aleutian Airways, the oldest regional airline in Alaska, suspended all scheduled flights last week.
While trying to continue to fly its charter and contract flights, Reeve Aleutian also filed for protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code.
While employees are being retained to run Reeve charter flights, the company was forced to lay off 250 employees the first day of the shut down.
www.aeroworldnet.com /1ls12110.htm   (777 words)

  
 Reviews of Electra! Queen of the Aleutian Islands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The author discovers Electras in Alaska: Reeve Aleutian Airline or Airways (It was Airways when I was on Adak but I think it became Airlines later) He goes to Alaska to photograph and experience the Electra, but is captivated by the awesome beauty and terrible power of Alaska.
This documentary was filmed over a three year period with the grateful support of Reeve Aleutian Airways.
Kriss Bredehoft, Don Wahrus and James Jones of Reeve deserve special thanks, as do all the crews that shared their flight deck with me as we shot what were originally training sequences.
www.flyelectra.com /pages/5   (1130 words)

  
 MY LORAN TALES #1
I was stationed at Loran Station, Attu Island Alaska which is the last island in the Aleutian chain.
We generally had Reeve arrive three days a week with mail and some cargo depending on weather and other factors.
Tower, Reeve Aleutian 3, be advised we are on the ground, please turn on the landing lights so we can find your terminal building”.
www.jacksjoint.com /loran_tales-1.htm   (582 words)

  
 COMMERCIAL UPDATE -
Anchorage-based Reeve Aleutian Airways, the only US carrier providing regular flights between Sakhalin Island and Anchorage, announced on December 6 that it is suspending all regularly scheduled flights and plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
A smaller customer base (primarily in areas within Alaska Reeve specialized in flying to), competition, an aging fleet and rising fuel prices were given as the reasons for this action.
Reeve Aleutian provided the only direct flights from the region to Alaska, and the possibilities to fly to US are now via Seoul, South Korea, or Moscow.
www.russiancouncil.org /reports/Helldec21(3).htm   (1776 words)

  
 Amukta - Activity
The dark tephraAny type of rock fragment that is forcibly ejected from the volcano during an eruption.
George's observations were made from a 9,750 m altitude at a distance of unfortunately nearly 120 km to N. George has fortunately flown the Aleutian Islands since the 1950s, and he is well experienced at observing Aleutian volcanic eruptions.
His observations were made from 9,750 m altitude from nearly 120 km N. Wooliver has flown in the Aleutian Islands since the 1950's and is experienced at observing eruptions.
www.avo.alaska.edu /volcanoes/activity.php?eruptionid=95   (491 words)

  
 Global Volcanism Program | Akutan | Monthly Reports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The next day at about 1400, Reeve Aleutian captain Edward Livingston saw a dark vertical plume emerge from a weather cloud layer at 2.7 km altitude and rise to 4 km within ~15 seconds.
On 30 June at 1840, Reeve Aleutian Airways captain Lee Goch saw gray-fl ash emission from the active cinder cone in the caldera.
A videotape taken by Reeve Aleutian Airways personnel on 26 April showed vigorous steaming from the prominent cinder cone in the summit crater, and fresh ash on the snowfields S of the cone.
www.volcano.si.edu /world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1101-32-&volpage=var   (6212 words)

  
 McBlah.com - Geeks who love Books
One of the stories that floated around the center at that time was about an audio tape of a radio conversation between the cockpit crew of a Reeve Aleutian Airways plane and the personnel on the ground who were trying to assist them with an in-flight emergency.
The book Flying Beats Work; the Story of Reeve Aleutian Airways tells the tale in a slightly different way: According to this book, the plane had taken off from Cold Bay on a flight to Seattle.
N1968R was rebuilt by Reeve Airways, and was still used by them when I was flying to the Aleutians in the 1990s.
www.mcblah.com /XStories/Rant_31.htm   (934 words)

  
 Flight1.com - Great Aviation Products
Queen of the Aleutian Islands is a multi-media history resource that tells the story of the last passenger electras as they flew with Reeve Aleutian Airways in Alaska.
You are in the cockpit with the crews, lounging in the spacious cabin, and on-ground in spectacular locations on the Aleutian Island chain.
The bonus material on the DVD includes files for MS2002 that allow you to fly a near photo-real Reeve Aleutian Airways or Eastern Airlines Electra in the simulator...with actual digital sounds from the Electra flightdeck and a functional instrument panel.
www.flight1.com /products.asp?product=TCC-ELDVD-01   (696 words)

  
 Reeve Aleutian Airways - - Anchorage - United States - - ATI, Air Transport Intelligence - ATI — Air Transport ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Air Transport Intelligence (ATI) contains a wealth of information on airlines such as full contact details, key management, financial data and traffic statistics, detailed fleet data with listings for individual aircraft, full schedule data, details of alliances and codeshares, the airline's ownership, and details of its maintenance providers.
As part of a plan to take over services dropped by defunct Reeve Aleutian Airways, Peninsula Airways (PenAir) has added a Fairchild Metroliner and will take delivery of an additional Saab 340.
Peninsula Airways (PenAir) is looking to acquire additional aircraft to support its expansion of service to the Aleutian Islands off Alaska following the 5 December suspension of operations by rival Reeve Aleutian Airways.
www.rati.com /home/ALLANDING_987.htm   (285 words)

  
 476-A-2001 -- Cancellation - Reeve Aleutian Airways, Inc.
IN THE MATTER OF the operation of a non-scheduled international service by Reeve Aleutian Airways, Inc. - Licence No. 977357.
Under Licence No. 977357, Reeve Aleutian Airways, Inc. (hereinafter the Licensee) is authorized to operate a non-scheduled international service to transport traffic on a charter basis between points in the United States of America and points in Canada.
By letter dated August 14, 2001, the Licensee has advised the Canadian Transportation Agency (hereinafter the Agency) that it has ceased operations.
www.cta-otc.gc.ca /rulings-decisions/decisions/2001/A/476-A-2001_e.html   (154 words)

  
 Aerosite - Reeve Aleutian Airways
The abbreviation ORD for Chicago's O'Hare International Airport comes from its old name of "Orchard Field." In 1949 Orchard Field was re-named O'Hare in honor of WWII ace and Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Lt. Edward O'Hare.
Reeve Aleutian Airways was formed in 1947, concentrating on inter-Alaskan services.
The airline ceased opertions on June 12, 2000.
www.aerosite.net /content/view/1351/41   (66 words)

  
 Cheap Tickets to Reeve   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The band is completed by violinist Jenny Reeve and cellist Stacey Sievewright American Airlines American Trans Air Asiana Airlines.
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www.cheap-airfares-tickets.com /cheap-tickets_reeve.html   (445 words)

  
 Reeve Aleutian Airways by Western Models - DA.C
Reeve Aleutian Airways by Western Models - DA.C
Thought you all might like to see this photo of a Reeve Aleutian Airways Lockheed Electra 1:200 scale model made by Western Models.
It's nice to see that some people like to think of this forum as a free place to advertise.
www.diecastaircraftforum.com /showthread.php?t=46713   (163 words)

  
 Turboprops   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
N178RV (msn 2010) Reeve Aleutian Airways L-188C delivered to TEAL (Air New Zealand) in 1959 as ZK-TEB.
N1968R (msn 2007) Reeve Aleutian Airways L-188C delivered to Qantas in 1959 as VH-ECC.
N9744C (msn 1140) Reeve Aleutian Airways L-188A delivered to Western Airlines in 1961 N9744C.
www.alaska.net /~garnet/turboprops.html   (114 words)

  
 Bob Reeve: ZoomInfo Business People Information
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Bob Reeve's summary was automatically generated using 15 references found on the Internet.
GLACIER PILOT, Day, Beth, Holt, Rinehart, Winston, 1971, f/f, bio of Bob Reeve, Alaskan bush pilot, founder of Reeve Aleutian Airways, photos, 348 pgs.
www.zoominfo.com /people/reeve_bob_24016961.aspx   (137 words)

  
 Air Paradigm - Product Site Map   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Lockheed Electra L-188 in Reeve Aleutian Airways livery.
The L-188 Electra in Eastern Airlines "Fly Eastern" livery.
The Lockheed Electra L-188 Combi in Reeve Aleutian Airways livery.
www.airparadigm.com /productsitemap.aspx?categoryid=126   (108 words)

  
 Amukta - Historic eruptions
This page contains an inline frame to display a timeline of eruptive activity.
The dark tephra plume rose at least 300 m above the volcano and then drifted to NW for up to 1 km.
Normally the only activity of Amukta volcano is the very minor amount of nearly continuous steam emission from several small vents that are located just inside of the Amukta summit crater and on the very floor of the Amukta summit crater.
www.avo.alaska.edu /volcanoes/volcact.php?volcname=Amukta&eruptionid=95   (464 words)

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