US Air Force Photo No. 154129. Verso: “154129 A.C.-Bush Pilots use float planes in Summer along distant early warning (dew) line net. Float planes are a means of ready access during “open” months.”
Title taken from verso. Group of people waiting in Anchorage International Airport, Anchorage, Alaska, with portraits of pioneer bush pilots by Harvey Goodale on wall in background. Also from verso: "Int[ernationa]l Airport, Anc[horage]." Negative...
The George King Collection describes in photographs and manuscript material early aviation in Alaska. There are two series in this collection. The first series consists of five photograph albums and two folders of loose photographs. The second...
(Audio, 3 min 31 sec) Stanton Patty is interviewed by William Schneider in Vancouver, Washington, on April 30, 2012. The interview includes memories of growing up in Fairbanks between World War I and World War II, employment in mining industry,...
Title taken from caption "Crew landed in Valdez. left to right: Charlie White, Arland Hagima, Bob Reeve, Bill Eger, Mike Knowles, Jack Hoare." View of five crewmembers of the Ruff & Tuff Mine and Bob Reeve standing under the wing of the plane that...
Photo caption "Bob taking motor wing covers off #71". View of Bob Reeve, owner/founder/pilot of Reeve Airways, later Reeve Aleutian Airways, working on one of his planes.
Title taken from caption. View of Bob Reeve in front of his plane on the snowfield used as the airfield for Big 4 Mine. Along the side of the plane it reads "Reeve Airways". Written on the photo are the captions "Pilot Reeve Landed at Mine","Alt...
Title taken from caption. View of Bob Reeve standing by the door of his plane with four miners of the Big 4 Mine next to him. The barrels are most likely fuel for the plane. The writing on the side of the plane reads "Reeve Airways". Bob Reeve...
Title taken from caption. View of Jim Dieringer standing in front of his plane. The plane bears the logo "Dieringer Bros. Valdez". Location is not noted but it is likely to be Valdez as several photos in the series are from Valdez.
Bob Reeve, owner/founder/pilot of Reeve Airways, later Reeve Aleutian Airways, lying on the snow, using a blow torch to melt the ice off the bottom of the plane skis. Original photograph size: 4" x 6".
Photograph shows Bob and Jan Reeve, dressed in heavy winter coats with fur ruffs, standing on the snow in front of an airplane. Bob Reeve is smoking a cigarette. Robert Reeve was the owner/founder/pilot of Reeve Airways, later Reeve Aleutian...
Al Parmenter, Bob Reeve, and Owen Meals (left to right) standing on snow beside an airplane. Bob Reeve (standing on the skid of the plane) is owner/founder/pilot of Reeve Airways, later Reeve Aleutian Airways. The rotary engine of the plane is...
Title taken from verso. View of pilot Noel Wien standing next to Stinson Detroiter at Candle, Alaska, with snow packed onto engine from wind storm. Also from verso: "The motor cover had just been removed. 35 mph wind blew snow under & through...