A beautiful hard bound coffee table book celebrating Alaska Airlines, with an extensive look at the airline s rugged ancestors, variety of aircraft, colorful printed materials, unusual memorabilia and inspiring people. More than 500 images and illustrations show the airline from its humble beginning as McGee Airways in 1932, a one-plane airline in the Territory of Alaska, through more than eighty years of adventures, mergers, acquisitions and purchases as it became one of today s most successful, vibrant and respected airlines.