Reeve Aleutian Airways
 

I've been expanding the article on Reeve Aleutian Airways on Wikipedia. The main problem is a lack of photographs of Reeve aircraft to use in the article. There are quite a lot of photos on the web, but these aren't useable due to copyright issues. :rolleyes: To use a photo on Wikipedia it needs to br freely useable, either under a free of copyright licence, or one that allows free use as long as the author is credited.

Does anyone have photos of any aircraft in Reeve Aleutian livery that they are willing to release into the public domain so they can be used to illustrate the article? Anyone willing to contribute to the article is quite welcome to do so. :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reeve_Aleutian_Airways

Do you know who owns the copyright to the photo's?
I'v heard of photo's in a similar situation being posted on Wik' with the owners permission.

Yes, it is possible to use copyright photos in a very few circumstances under what is called "fair use", but these photos are very heavily vetted and often deleted. Hence the plea for free use pictures.

You can use these three...

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0434914/L/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0434915/L/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0434916/L/

I have a lot more. Sometime (sometime!) I'll get around to scanning a few more - I should have pics of all the L188s, 727s and YSs.

Note you said in the RAA item that they equired two 727-223QCs - the 727s were short body a/c, not -200s

Andy

I've added those pictures into the article, and hopefully got the copyright and fair use bit correct too. Just have to hope the Wikipedia Picture Police don't delete them now! :rolleyes:

their used t be a reeve aleuiation aircraft at coventry airport, think its still their i dont look out the window very much when im at work,

That is Electra c/n 2010 ex N178RV, now G-LOFI as far as I can discover. Used as spares source by Atlantic.

The 2 Reeve Electras were parked at Coventry for some time, I believe both are still on the airfield, being parted out to keep the Atlantic fleet flying.

Correct, they are both still there. They never carried their British registrations but were re-registered at N4HG and N2RK. You may still hear the latter calling on the radio as it is used as a non flying engine test bed for overhauled engines.

Leofric, what is the c/n or previous identity of the other aircraft please?

I thought I had a dim recollection that a Reeve Aleutian Electra up in Alaska once had a serious powerplant malfunction in the cruise and shed prop blades which knifed into the fuselage sufficiently that, although they managed to land it, it was beyond repair.

But these references make no mention of this. Wrong airline ? Wrong type ? Can anyone guide me ?

N851U (Universal Air Lines) suffered a prop seperation on landing on 19/03/72 resulting in a major fire

One of the Atlantic Airlines Electras at Coventry has been re-named 'Reeve Illusion'

That reg rings a bell I thought. Indeed, checking the flight log, an ANC-SNP(St Paul's, Pribilov Islands)-ANC trip on the F/D of N9744C back in June 1989. Total of 4:44 hours flying. Memories :)

Reeve Aleutian Airways
 

Hey AVMAN

Yep, what a trip ANC to St Paul, 720 miles west of ANC in the Bering Sea! Also on N9744C.

The first schedued day we orbited over St Paul awaiting the overcast to clear but in the end diverted to Cold Bay and then back to ANC - made the red dust runway the next day!

Happy memories of the flights, Northern Fur Seal rookeries, spider crabs and the cliffs plastered with nesting seabirds.

That trip was a catalyst for much more in my life....

BEST
Rod.

Reeve Aleutian Airways
 

Further;

An excellent paperback "Flying Beats Work: The Story of Reeve Aleutian Airways was written by Stan B. Cohen. Friend's I made there back in 1979 send me a copy.

Just looked on Amazon and staggered to see only two copies available and the cheapest at £35+ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Rod.

Super VC-10,

According to the FAA website, N4HG is c/n 1140.

Reeve Aleutiam Airlines
 

WHBM, Hi!

You are correct - a L-188 of Reeve did indeed shed a prop, somewhere in the Aleutians if my memory servs me correctly. Seem to remember was not long after my visit to the area so I took a very keen interest. Remember that it was escorted by a USN herkybird.

At present am animal homesitting in Gloucs but when get back to UK base will look out the dets and post, that is if nobody else does first!

Looking forward to going back to Aleyeska from my new home on Quadra Island, BC in the not too distant future...

BEST
Rod.

Reeve Aleutian Airlines
 

Further,
Remember now that due the prop impact damage the hydraulic's were shot - it however made a successful landing at ANC but then ran oft the edge of the runway...

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Rod.

Hi everyone. Have you all looked at the Wikipedia article? The Electra that sheda prop was:-

June 8 1983. Lockheed L-188 Electra N1968R accident at Anchorage, Alaska - According to FBW.

Reeve Aleutian Airlines
 

Ooops yes Super VC10
I now see from your forst post that you have been "expanding" rather than writing the article - apologies!

I remember now too, that it was 1968R that brought me back from St Paul. I have a few slides in my lecture carousel at home and when I get back will see if any would be helpful...

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Rod.

Back in 1968 Reeve Aleutian acquired an Electra (possibly their first) from Air New Zealand where it had been registered as ZK-CLX. It was ferried to Alaska by ANZ who sent a maintenance engineer to assist them for a few months to gain experience with the type. It had originally been owned by Qantas where the registration was VH-ECC I think.

It's that aircraft again! :)

N1968R c/n 2007. Ex ZK-CLX of California Airmotive. Purchased February 1968. Leased out from November 1988. Sold to Air Spray for conversion to a fire bomber, becoming C-GHZI

N1968R (ex-QF and NZ Electra)
 

This aircraft was delivered to Qantas as VH-ECC "Pacific Endeavour". It was then sold to Air New Zealand and re-registered as ZK-CLX "Akoroa" as a replacement for ZK-TEC which was written off in a training accident.

ZK-CLX was inducted into the Air NZ fleet at a time when the airline was renaming itself from TEAL to Air New Zealand, and CLX was one of the first aircraft in the new livery.

ZK-CLX was onsold in February 1968. The sale of the aircraft by Air NZ was historic in that the broker was none other than Steve Udvar-Hazy, the founder of ILFC. This was his first aircraft deal. Coincidentally the 40th anniversary of this deal is February 16, which Air NZ will be recognising in conjunction with Mr Hazy.

N1968R (ex-QF and NZ Electra)
 

This aircraft was delivered to Qantas as VH-ECC "Pacific Endeavour". It was then sold to Air New Zealand and re-registered as ZK-CLX "Akoroa" as a replacement for ZK-TEC which was written off in a training accident.

ZK-CLX was inducted into the Air NZ fleet at a time when the airline was renaming itself from TEAL to Air New Zealand, and CLX was one of the first aircraft in the new livery.

ZK-CLX was onsold in February 1968. The sale of the aircraft by Air NZ was historic in that the broker was none other than Steve Udvar-Hazy, the founder of ILFC. This was his first aircraft deal. Coincidentally the 40th anniversary of this deal is February 16, which Air NZ will be recognising in conjunction with Mr Hazy.

Reeve in Action!!
 

This is a link to a video of the Reeve Electra taking of from Bethel AK.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRvy_78fO7c

I spent my entire childhood flying on this aircraft from St. Paul to Anchorage and there was never a dull moment :)