![The moment of totality as viewed from Alaska Airlines Great American Eclipse Flight out of Portland, Oregon on August 21, 2017.](https://news.alaskaair.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/totality-crop.jpg?w=1024)
Threading the celestial needle: Catching the Great American Eclipse at 35,000 feet
There’s nothing Alaska Airlines pilots like more than a challenge. As a company that started out flying between remote airfields deep in the Alaskan “bush,” safely navigating where other airlines can’t is in Alaska’s blood. So, for Alaska, putting a flight in the path of the Great American Eclipse wasn’t really a question of if,…
![This is a photo of an Alaska Airlines winglet, taken while flying above the clouds. A total solar eclipse is happening in the distance.](https://news.alaskaair.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/15_eclipse.jpg?w=800)
Calling all eclipse chasers: Enter to win and prepare for the “Great American Eclipse”
Not since 1918 has a total eclipse of the sun crossed the continental United States. But on August 21, 2017 history will again be made when a total solar eclipse is set to travel coast-to-coast for the first time in nearly 100 years. An estimated 12 million people live in the path of totality, with…