This is the story of Bob Reeve, Alaska's first, most daring and most accomplished bush pilot. In 1932 he arrived in Valdez with no money, no plane and ill health. He soon made a career of doing the kind of flying that no one else wanted to do and earned the description of the the greatest rough-terrain pilot of our continent. He developed a successful commercial airline operating in the worst weather in the world along the fog-shrouded Aleutian chain, perfected the art of landing on glaciers, and engineered special devices ...
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This is the story of Bob Reeve, Alaska's first, most daring and most accomplished bush pilot. In 1932 he arrived in Valdez with no money, no plane and ill health. He soon made a career of doing the kind of flying that no one else wanted to do and earned the description of the the greatest rough-terrain pilot of our continent. He developed a successful commercial airline operating in the worst weather in the world along the fog-shrouded Aleutian chain, perfected the art of landing on glaciers, and engineered special devices for his plane that enabled him to achieve unheard-of performance at high altitudes.
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Add this copy of Glacier Pilot to cart. $11.90, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1976 by Comstock Publishing.
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Add this copy of Glacier-Pilot to cart. $25.24, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published by Holt, Rinehart, and Winston.
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Add this copy of Glacier Pilot. the Story of Bob Reeve and the Flyers to cart. $40.00, very good condition, Sold by Arapiles Mountain Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Castlemaine, VIC, AUSTRALIA, published 1965 by Holt, Rinehart and Winston Limited.
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VG+ in VG jacket. Signed by Subject. VG+/VG. 8vo. original grey cloth backed boards (a few spots to top edge, endpapers lightly offset) in dustwrapper (a little rubbed); pp. 348, with illustrations. A very good copy. Lengthy inscription to half-title by Bob Reeve, dated 17/7/1968.
Add this copy of Glacier Pilot: the Story of Bob Reeve and the Flyers to cart. $41.44, very good condition, Sold by MagicCarpetBooks rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Carson City, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1971 by Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Later printing. 348 pages. Gift inscription to previous owner. Price-clipped dust jacket has chips and tears. Contents clean and tight.
Add this copy of Glacier-Pilot to cart. $47.00, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Baltimore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Halethorpe, MD, UNITED STATES, published by Holt, Rinehart, and Winston.
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Good. SIGNED and inscribed by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Binding and pages are intact. All pages are free from any markings. Light scuffing and bumping visible to boards. Minor cuts on top and bottom of dust jacket but is wrapped in protective mylar. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
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Very Good. 1968 5th printing, Fine-minus/Very Good DJ in Mylar, price-clipped dustjacket has a small piece missing at bottom edge, rub at top edge of spine, crease on flap, in Mylar, firm corners, sound binding, no markings found.
