Two daring Chinese American women took to Portland's skies to escape earthbound 20th-century limits, secured lasting legacies
Two daring Chinese American women took to Portland’s skies to escape earthbound 20th-century limits, secured lasting legacies Updated 8:05 AM; Today 7:04 AM Hazel Ying Lee (second from right) was a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots during World War II. (National Museum of the United States Air Force) Facebook Share Two of Portland’s airborne pioneers, however, mostly flew under the radar. Leah Hing began taking flying lessons in 1932 when she was 24. By then, the Washington High School grad already had crisscrossed the United States -- by train -- as a saxophonist with a six-m...
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