Talk:Robert Campbell Reeve

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Article issues
First off, methinks the importance level for WP:ALASKA needs reassessment, if not the existing assessment of the article in general. Second, the article doesn't do justice to his later life. Overall, it's as if this were written by someone who is such a fanatical aviation buff, that they fail to realize that there's usually more than one dimension to any given subject.

The reference to Reeve's political career is somewhat misleading. The territorial governor was appointed by the president of the United States, not an elected position. Reeve did challenge Bob Bartlett for the position of congressional delegate, which was an elected position. This may also have been in 1952, but I don't have those sources handy right now. I do know that in their debates, Bartlett took Reeve to task for the anti-government stances he took, contending that Reeve built RAA predominately on government contracts.

Only somewhat related to politics is the fact that one of his earliest pilots from back in the Valdez days was Bill Egan. Egan would later describe himself as "the world's worst pilot." This particular career didn't last very long. In the late 1930's, Egan's new girlfriend, Neva McKittrick, would convince him to give up flying.

In spite of things such as that, it wouldn't take much additional effort for this to become a GA or something close.RadioKAOS (talk) 07:21, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

I see a parallel between this article and the biography article of Linious "Mac" McGee. Both articles dwell so much on only one dimension (aviation), and treat the remainder of their lives as so much of an afterthought, that it's very much borderline undue weight. Here's another endeavor of Reeve's: he served as the vice-president of Aleutian Gardens. I haven't looked up Aleutian Gardens that extensively, but it was an enterprise run by Keith Capper. From what I can tell, it started out as a nightclub at the corner of Fourth Avenue and B Street. When Anchorage began booming during the 1940s, it greatly expanded its activities. Before too many years, Capper attempted to make it into a miniature version of the Washington Athletic Club. I'm guessing that it was in business for around a decade, certainly no more than two decades, and could possibly have been put out of business by the 1964 earthquake. Shortly after the end of World War II, Capper applied for a broadcasting license, intending to launch radio station KCAP. Once again, not a whole lot of information is available, including whether or not Reeve was involved. This station could very possibly have wound up becoming KBYR. The site americanradiohistory.com may have resources which could answer all of this, but I haven't looked up anything on there in many, many months.
 * (Postscript: Found an old photo in the book Alaska Then and Now, which confirms that KCAP did in fact become KBYR. Whether or not Reeve was actually involved in any way with this radio station remains to be resolved by further research, which I haven't had the time for as of yet.) RadioKAOS  –&#32; Talk to me, Billy  19:52, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

Also, I was in Anchorage last week. On my list of photos to take was one of Reeve's longtime home, just outside of downtown. I injured my ankle rather badly, which limited my mobility and ability to do everything I wished to do. The house is at 209 East 11th Avenue, if anyone else gets the opportunity. I know I've walked past it hundreds of times over the years. Google Street View shows that it's not hard to find, either.RadioKAOS (talk) 23:10, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Now I'm really beginning to suspect that more work is needed. In, Reeve was one of the participants involved in roasting Merle K. "Mudhole" Smith at the Elks Club in Cordova in 1973.  In the photo of the assembled group (including such aviation legends as Jack Jefford, Ray Petersen, John Cross and Sig and Noel Wien), Reeve is shown to have only one eye.  No mention of that in the article, either. RadioKAOS  –&#32; Talk to me, Billy  19:16, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

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Distance from Fairbanks to Northway
The text says Northway is 100 miles east of Fairbanks, Alaska. In fact, it is about 200 miles southeast of Fairbanks. 69.178.24.98 (talk) 05:15, 25 June 2024 (UTC)