Reeve Aleutian
Airways Douglas DC-4 N91067
(c/n 10295)
In the 1950s
Reeve Aleutian began developing its freight business in a big way and,
as a result, acquired
three DC-4s.
N91067 had been built as a US Navy R5D-1 and converted to DC-4 standard
after
WW II by Douglas at
Santa Monica. It was delivered to Pennsylvania Central Airlines
(which was re-
named Capital Airlines) in 1946.
It was sold to Riddle Airlines in 1955 who converted it to all
cargo
configuration. Reeve
acquired it, as a freighter, in 1958. Photographs of early Reeve
machines are
difficult to
come by, the above rare image being from the archives of the Wisconsin
Aviation Hall of
Fame, Inc
(John and Rose Dorcey
collection).