Pearson Airfield is a small municipal airport settled underneath Portland Aiport's Class C airspace. It is home to primarily single-engine piston aircraft with a runway just over 3000 feet long. It is also occupied by Aero Maintenance, who offers flight training and aircraft maintenance. Vancouver's Historic Trust also owns and operates a small museum at the airport, with an intent to inspire the youth of the surrounding area and get them interested in aviation. Pearson is one of the oldest continuously-operating airports in the world, with aircraft operations starting as soon as 1912 as an airship landing field, and eventually becoming occupied by the US Army in the years of 1923-1941, Pearson was also a stop for Valery Chkalov on his historic Trans-Polar flight in 1937. After the end of the second world war, the airport transitioned into a civilian airport servicing the city of Vancouver, Washington.
What is Included - All hangars and airport buildings are hand-modeled to the best of my ability based off of my own images and those on the web, however this is my first project, so don't expect the best of quality. 2 external model libraries have been used, those being Emerald Object Library and Windy Things. All parking spots have been added, ground materials are matched to fit real life, and objects from the fs-base library have been added to improve realism. Runway/Taxiway signs have been edited to match the real taxiway designations, and VASI/PAPI lights have been added to both runways with approach slopes matching those in real life. I suggest downloading the Hayden Island scenery to create an even more realistic environment.
Roadmap - I don't have much on the roadmap for the next updates because I would like to do as good as I can on the inital release. I will most likely add the Airfield Headquarters house and the Transpolar Flight Monument within the next update. I might also add interiors to some hangars and lights to all buildings, but other than that, the scenery is as close to reality as I can get at this point.
Updates:
1.1 - Dike and picnic area added before Runway 26, remodeled row hangars and ground textures around them, taxiway lighting and designation signs fixed
1.1.5 - Removed 'remove_all_vehicles' script, which was supposed to disable ground vehicles at Pearson, but ended up disabling vehicles everywhere, if anyone can help with this, I encourage you to comment, thanks.
How to Install:
Place the unzipped folder in the MSFS community folder.
When updating, delete the old version and replace it with the new version.
Made by chazy998
I expect some problems with this relsease as I am not fully aware of some problems that may occur, and if anyone encounters problems I encourage you to comment so I can fix it asap
If you have any questions, feedback, or requests, feel free to comment and I will respond when I can, thanks
2 months ago
CaptainMoonlight
https://secure.simmarket.com/spinoza-kvuo-pearson-field-airport-msfs.phtml
Really awesome
3 months ago
LucyIntheSky
10 months ago
palwaukee
Beautiful scenery! You did a great job! Can you please check your personal messages? I would love to commission you!
11 months ago
HALA330200
Thanks
1 years ago
chiwi
Excellent scenery, I made a video, to highlight, your attention to detail and great workmanship, keep up the great work,,https://youtu.be/W4wfod4ImWA
1 years ago
smoothflyer
Many thanks for this! I grew up in Vancouver and took flying lessons out of Pearson (many years ago). Hoping you can clean up some of the excess trees around the perimeter of the airport, and maybe include a custom Fort Vancouver with future updates. Really a great job overall on this historic airport.
https://www.cityofvancouver.us/pearson/page/historic-pearson-field
1 years ago
You're welcome! Fort Vancouver is definitely on the list, although it might be while - and the trees should be an easy cleanup in a sooner update
1 years ago
chazy998
dpskg1993
Hi, has anyone reported about not having any ground vehicles? With it installed, no ground vehicles, uninstalled I have my ground traffic back. Maybe you could check it out? Thanks.
1 years ago
I have a script to disable ground vehicles at Pearson, but if it's removing them from other airports then I will remove it
1 years ago
chazy998
mark429112
I just downloaded this airport, took off via runway 26 and landed runway 8. refueled and went to take off runway 8 and noticed that the taxiway / runway signage at the runway 8 hold short location is incorrect. It's showing A1-26 and should be A1-08 @ runway 8
1 years ago
Thanks for picking that up, it will be fixed in the next update
1 years ago
chazy998
FamilyWeb
Thanks for this I grew up by this airport
1 years ago
ak3221
Thank you for recreating the ambiance I had with P3D and the Orbx KVUO + FlightBeam Portland. Now I will be able to make these round trips with MSFS.
1 years ago
vbazillio