Alaska Aviation Museum - (unofficial)

Art Woodley

1906 Born in Elmira, New York
1927 Learned to fly with US Army Air Corps
1928 First trip to Alaska to visit brother
1932 Formed Woodley Airways
1945 Incorporated as Pacific Northern Airlines
1948 Moved PNA headquarters to Seattle
1956 First airline in Alaska to carry 100,000 passengers in a single year
1962 PNA takes delivery of first jet
1967 PNA merges with Western Airlines
1971 Art Woodley retires from airlines
1990 Dies at age 84
Art Woodley