The Story of Bob Reeve Glacier Pilot Author:Beth Day Glacier Pilot — In 1932, when Bob Reeve climbed off a freighter at Valdez, Alaska, he was broke, sick, and without a plane. — From those grim beginning, he built up a successful commercial airline operating in "the worst weather in the world"-along the fog-shrouded chain of the Aleutian Islands-and became known throughout the territory by many nam... more »es: "Half-Bird," the greatest rough terrain pilot of our continent and "MR. ALASKA."« less