Delta: 100 Years and Climbing

I was genuinely surprised by how much ground this book covers—from the 1925 crop-dusting origins all the way to modern transatlantic routes, it's packed with stories I'd never heard. The archival photography alone is worth the price, and the hardcover feels solid enough to keep on the coffee table f

The vintage crop-duster photos from the 1920s are worth it alone, and the captions actually explain what you're looking at. I read the whole centennial section in one sitting.

I picked this up before a long-haul flight and ended up finishing most of it at cruising altitude. The way it traces the airline's arc from 1925 to today, with the archival material woven in, kept me turning pages. A solid coffee-table book for anyone who likes aviation history.