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The Air Zoo, founded as the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum, is an aviation museum and indoor amusement park next to the Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport in Portage, Michigan. [1] The Air Zoo holds many historical and rare aircraft, including the world's fastest air-breathing aircraft, the SR-71B Blackbird . [ 2 ]
Plans for an airport in Kalamazoo began in 1925. In May 1926, the City of Kalamazoo purchased 383 acres (1.55 km 2) near Portage and Kilgore roads and an airport opened. The first regular air mail service started in July 1928. In February 1929, the field was licensed as the first municipal airport in Michigan. [6]
Kalamazoo (/ ˌ k æ l ə m ə ˈ z uː / KAL-ə-mə-ZOO) is a city in and the county seat of Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States. At the 2020 census , Kalamazoo had a population of 73,598. It is the principal city of the Kalamazoo–Portage metropolitan area in southwestern Michigan, which had a population of 261,670 in 2020.
Kalamazoo Air Zoo: Years active: 1941-2010: Spouse: Preston Parish: Children: 5: Suzanne "Sue" Upjohn DeLano Parish (November 13, 1922 – May 12, 2010) [1] was an ...
B-25H B-25H Dog Daize at the New England Air Museum. 43-4899 (unnamed) – Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, Michigan. [125] 43-4999 Dog Daize – New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. [citation needed] B-25J. 43-4030 Blonde Bomber – South Dakota Air and Space Museum at Ellsworth AFB in South Dakota. [126]
Unknown (s/n 163) is located at the Kalamazoo Air Zoo in Kalamazoo Michigan. On outdoor display marked as 13-TB. 'F-RHDB' (s/n 015) stored in private terrain, previously preserved at the Aviation Museum in Mas Palegry, France. F-GIBF (s/n 5) on display at Orange Air Base Museum, Orange, France.
Kalamazoo County (/ ˌ k æ l ə m ə ˈ z uː / KAL-ə-mə-ZOO) is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of 2020, the population was 261,670. [2] The county seat is Kalamazoo. [3] Kalamazoo County is included in the Kalamazoo–Portage, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Argentine Navy A-4Q 0655/3-A-202, preserved at the Argentine Naval Aviation Museum, in 2007. The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is an American single-engine carrier-capable lightweight attack aircraft designed for the United States Navy.