Grade II
Leah Hing (1907–2001) was the first Chinese American woman to earn her pilot's license. Hing managed the Chinese Tea Garden restaurant, where her father was a stockholder. While working there, she met Tex Rankin, who recruited her for his flying school. Rankin had taught Native American pilot Mary Riddle. During World War II, Hing worked at the Portland Air Base, checking and repairing flight instruments. She also enlisted in the West Coast Civil Air Patrol to fly reconnaissance missions.
Hing is portrayed in a mural of female Oregon aviators at the Portland International Airport. Her story was featured in the Multnomah County Library's 2012 exhibit "Flying Tigers: Chinese American Aviators in Oregon, 1918-1945" and the Oregon Historical Society's 2016 exhibit, "Beyond the Gate". Hing's first plane is displayed in the Pearson Air Museum.
Duration: 4:40
Grade II
Leah Hing (1907–2001) was the first Chinese American woman to earn her pilot's license. Hing managed the Chinese Tea Garden restaurant, where her father was a stockholder. While working there, she met Tex Rankin, who recruited her for his flying school. Rankin had taught Native American pilot Mary Riddle. During World War II, Hing worked at the Portland Air Base, checking and repairing flight instruments. She also enlisted in the West Coast Civil Air Patrol to fly reconnaissance missions.
Hing is portrayed in a mural of female Oregon aviators at the Portland International Airport. Her story was featured in the Multnomah County Library's 2012 exhibit "Flying Tigers: Chinese American Aviators in Oregon, 1918-1945" and the Oregon Historical Society's 2016 exhibit, "Beyond the Gate". Hing's first plane is displayed in the Pearson Air Museum.
Duration: 4:40
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