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Robert Campbell Reeve



Robert Campbell Reeve

Robert Campbell Reeve
ROBERT CAMPBELL REEVE
Pioneer Alaska Pilot - Airline Executive
Born in Waunakee, Wisconsin 27 March 1902. After a barnstorming career in the 1920s and establishing airmail routes through South America, moved to the Territory of Alaska in 1932. With a single Fairchild aircraft established Reeve Airways and became skilled at delivering supplies to isolated mountain top mines earning the apt title "Glacier Pilot". His recognition of the importance of air commerce in the Artic Region led him to develop a major airline -- Reeve Aleutian Airways -- which since the early days of WWII has been the lifeline to the rugged Aleutians and Bering Sea areas -- and has contributed significantly to the advance of the 49th State. Died 25 August 1980.





Elected to the International Aerospace Hall of Fame
25 October 1980