In July 1997 I was invited to spend a week in Alaska doing some extensive flying on the route network of Reeve Aleutian Airways and to sample life onboard Reeve legendary fleet of props and jets, a chance never to be missed. The following days will be filled with pure flying heaven from early morning hours until after midnight, getting to know what flying life is alike alongside the Aleutian islands of Alaska and Unalaska, onboard vintage and piston engine aircraft.

This is a video diary of the following days in the air.

Day #5 : Tuesday, July 15, 1997
Flight : RV 723
Aircraft : Boeing 727022C
Registration : N832RV
Name : Tilly
Former registrations :
N7410U (United Airlines)
N496WC (Wien Air Alaska Airlines, UPS, Flying Tigers)
Later registration :
S9BAR (Air Gemini, United Nations)
Built : 1966
From : Anchorage (ANC)
To : Bethel (BET)
Take off : 17.24 h (0124 UTC)
Touch down : 18.21 h (0221 UTC)
Flying time : 57 minutes
Flying distance : 641 km
Altitude : 31.000 ft
Flight Captain : Russell, Wayne
First Officer : Wooliver, Steve
Flight Engineer : Petersen, Warren
Cabin Crew : Von Pahl, Le Ann