� Celebrate 100 Years of Flight at Pearson Field!
Sunday, September 21, 2025
Fly in, walk in or ride your bike - All are welcome! Fuel your morning with EAA's Chapter 782 Pancake Breakfast by the Pearson Field Education Center. Get there early starts at 7:30am! $10 for adults, $5 for kids (cash only). Then, spend the day exploring!
Main event starts 10AM – 3PM for a day packed with aviation history.
� Event Highlights:
Vintage Static Aircraft – Get up close to historic planes that shaped aviation history!
Food Trucks
Live Music
Paper Airplane Competitions– Test your folding and flying skills at 12pm
Talks & Tour – Learn from experts and explore the airfield’s rich history
Booths– Local vendors and aviation organizations
Schedule:
7:30am - EAA Pancake Breakfast - Outside Pearson Field Education Center, cash only
8-9:30am - Aircraft arrivals
9:45am - Band Plays opening song - Adjacent to historic Pearson Field Hangar, music plays throughout day.
10am – Public Welcoming - Outside historic Pearson Field Hangar
10-3pm - Free CTRAN Shuttle every 30 mins from Parking Lot A
11am - Spruce Mill Walking Tour - Meet at pedestrian opening of fence adjacent to Headquarters Building (SW corner)
12pm - Paper airplane contest - Historic Hangar
1pm - FAASTeam Safety Seminar - Pilots lounge, TOPIC: Non-Towered Operations in the Portland Area
1pm - Martin Middlewood Guest Lecture - Tex Rankin Theater
3pm - Aircraft Departure & End
� Co-Partners in Celebration: Fort Vancouver • City of Vancouver • National Historic Site • Friends of Fort Vancouver • Civil Air Patrol
Honoring the past, soaring for the future! Join us to honor a century of flight at one of America’s oldest continually operating airfields.
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