Alaska Aviation Museum - Hall of Fame Member Bob Reeve

2005 Hall of Fame Inductee

1902	Robert Campbell Reeve was born March 27
1917	Joined the Army and soon thereafter paid $5 for his first airplane ride
1926	Earned his commercial pilot and aircraft mechanic certificates
1929	Arrived in South America where he mastered mountain flying and the Fairchild 71 became one of his favored aircraft
1932	Stowes away on an Alaska bound steamship, settles in Valdez and begins a bush flying business. Reeve earns his reputation for courage and skill by hauling over 1 million pounds of freight and making over 2000 glacier landings. This feat earned him the nickname "Glacier Pilot"
1942	Reeve contracts with the Alaska Communications System and becomes the only civilian pilot authorized to fly in a combat zone
1946	Bought his first DC-3 and converted it to a 21-passenger civilian aircraft
1947	Reeve Aleutian Airways is incorporated
1948	Reeve steps down as company pilot, lets his license expire and never renews it
1972	Named "Alaskan of the Year"
1975	Inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame
1980	Inducted into the International Aerospace Hall of Fame. Bob Reeve passes away

NC224M c/n 1082.

Ex Boeing Air Transport (United Air Lines). Rebuilt as an 80A-1 in 1930.
To Monterey Peninsula Airways in 1939, then via Charles H Babb to M-K.
Accident on March 21, 1943 at Anchorage, repaired with parts from NC229M.
Given to Bob Reeve in 1946, sat outside Reeve's hangar until 1960 when hauled to the Anchorage landfill.
Rescued before being buried and passed to Boeing Management Association.
Aircraft and spares flown to McChord Air Base near Seattle and stored.
Eventually restored by Pacific Northwest Aviation Historical Foundation at Auburn and displayed at the Museum of Flight, Seattle. It is the sole surviving Boeing 80.