Last updated: October 7, 2020
Place
Pearson Air Museum
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Quick Facts
Location:
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
Amenities
21 listed
Automated Entrance, Automated External Defibrillator (AED), Baby Changing Station, Benches/Seating, Bicycle - Rack, Elevator, Fire Extinguisher, First Aid Kit Available, Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits, Information, Information - Maps Available, Information - Ranger/Staff Member Present, Parking - Auto, Picnic Table, Recycling, Restroom, Restroom - Accessible, Theater/Auditorium, Toilet - Flush, Water - Bottle-Filling Station, Wheelchair Accessible
Pearson Air Museum, a part of Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, tells the story of Pearson Field, one of the country's oldest continuously operating airfields.
This air museum houses early planes - including a restored DH-4 Liberty Plane and a JN-4 Curtiss Jenny - and exhibits that tell the story of the "golden age" of aviation. Learn about the first aircraft to fly at the field, the Army Air Corps 321st Observation Squadron, the landing of the first transpolar flight in 1937, and the construction of a massive Spruce Mill on the site during World War I.
This air museum houses early planes - including a restored DH-4 Liberty Plane and a JN-4 Curtiss Jenny - and exhibits that tell the story of the "golden age" of aviation. Learn about the first aircraft to fly at the field, the Army Air Corps 321st Observation Squadron, the landing of the first transpolar flight in 1937, and the construction of a massive Spruce Mill on the site during World War I.