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Clark County teens join summer aviation program at Pearson Field Education Center

July 31, 2024, 6:07am Clark County News

Youth across Clark County are soaring to new heights through a program aimed at educating underserved communities about the world of aviation. Read story

Flying Together: Federal funding brings runway light, electrical system overhaul to Vancouver’s Pearson Field Airport

July 9, 2024, 6:07am Business

Vancouver’s Pearson Field Airport has operated for more than a century. Over the past five years, Guy Lennon has worked to cement its future. Read story

This week in Clark County history, Aug. 30

August 30, 2024, 6:02am Clark County Life

A weekly look back compiled by the Clark County Historical Museum from The Columbian archives available at columbian.newspapers.com or at the museum. Read story

Hazel Ying Lee&rsquo;s 1933 photo for her immigration application to travel to China.

“American Flygirl”: Camas author details Asian American aviator’s refusal to take no for an answer

Hazel Ying Lee&rsquo;s 1933 photo for her immigration application to travel to China.

May 30, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

Perhaps the limitless possibilities of America inspired her Chinese-immigrant mother to include Ying, meaning “hero,” in Hazel Ying Lee’s name. Or perhaps it was the certainty that her child would have to fight hard against racial and sex discrimination in order to achieve her dreams. Read story

A monument to the first transpolar flight stands at Pearson Field Airport in Vancouver, where a Soviet crew landed successfully in 1937.

Clark County History: How a Vancouver monument helped thaw the Cold War

A monument to the first transpolar flight stands at Pearson Field Airport in Vancouver, where a Soviet crew landed successfully in 1937.

April 13, 2024, 6:07am Clark County Life

When the Cold War ended in 1991, few considered the thaw had started in Vancouver 16 years earlier. In 1975, Russian delegates came to Pearson Field to dedicate the monument to the 1937 Chkalov Transpolar landing. Read story