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The Pearson Field Education Center〔http://www.fortvan.org/aviationeducation.〕 (PFEC) delivers experiential aviation based science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs for young people ages kindergarten through 12th grade (K-12) on historic〔Alley, Bill. (2006). ''Pearson Field, Pioneering Aviation in Vancouver and Portland''. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-3129-8.〕 Pearson Field, Vancouver, Washington. Knowledge and experience gained at PFEC provides a foundation for young people’s further education and careers in STEM based fields, including aviation, while instilling an appreciation for those that have gone before them and the history of Pearson Field. PFEC's mission is to "Educate, inspire and promote the golden age of aviation at Pearson Field." ==History== PFEC began in the spring of 2013 as a program of the Fort Vancouver National Trust〔http://www.fortvan.org.〕 (FVNT), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit since 1998, with roots that include two decades of work by the Pearson Field Historical Society, FVNT, and their supporters. Recipient of the 2014 Washington Aviation Association〔http://www.washington-aviation.org/WAAmembers.html.〕 Northwest Spirit Award, PFEC builds on 110 years of rich aviation and cultural history〔Pearson Field, Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. (n.d.). National Park Service. Retrieved March 14, 2015 (http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/aviation/pea.htm).〕 at Pearson Field and the surrounding Historic Reserve.〔PL 104-333 Section 502. (November 12, 1996). U.S. Government Publishing Office. Retrieved March 15, 2015 (http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-104publ333/pdf/PLAW-104publ333.pdf).〕〔RCW 27.34.390 Vancouver National Historic Reserve. (2007). State of Washington. Retrieved March 14, 2015 (http://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=27.34.390).〕 Pearson Field is the oldest continuously operating airfield in the Pacific Northwest and one of the two oldest continuously operating airfields in the United States, receiving recognition on September 8, 2012〔AIAA Historic Aero Space Site Ceremony. (September 14, 2012). City of Vancouver, WA. Retrieved March 14, 2015 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCG250MBYBk).〕 as an American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics historic aerospace site.〔Springer, Emily. (n.d.). AIAA Historic Aerospace Sites. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Retrieved March 14, 2015 (http://www.aiaa.org/HistoricAerospaceSites/).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pearson Field Education Center」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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