Talk:Air Zoo

A fact from Air Zoo appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 5 December 2006. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, Michigan houses the only SR-71B Blackbird in existence?

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Only SR-71B?

I saw in DYN that the air zoo had the only SR-71B... I thought I saw one at the Kansas Cosmosphere in Hutchinson, Kansas. Am I thinking wrong? I don't know anything about the subject, I just thought I remembered seeing one in the main lobby enterance. ----Steve 21:16, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know about a SR-71B...but there's most definately a SR-71A on display in the American Air Museum at Imperial War Museum Duxford, UK.

The SR-71A #17961 is on display at the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center in Hutchinson. Not a SR-71B. --Schmackity 04:54, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, ok. Gotcha. I figured it was a different machine, but wanted to check. ----Steve 17:29, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The SR-71B has two cockpits which were used for training purposes. There were two, one crashed and the Air Zoo has the remaining B model. The A model only has one cockpit. 69.128.151.162 22:40, 19 October 2007 (UTC)Winchester94[reply]

No problem! Besides I just found out about this myself! --Schmackity 18:53, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

what's up...just wanted to make a comment regarding the interesting facts section: the f9f also flew with the cats in the early 90s, ill try to find a picture.

alright I just registered; I wrote the comment above. got some other fun stories from the kzoo azoo from the 90s...when they had the money the place was pretty fun. The best one took place when I was really young, this might have even been the late 80s, but they had a couple of super tomcats at their (then yearly) airshow. They made a low supersonic pass on pretty much half the town. blew the windows right out of this warehouse behind the airport. rumor got out that they got suspended, but no confirmation.

might want to add something about tri-motor flights. SHatch 01:32, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No Tri-motor flights this year '08 aircraft is being dismantled for service (bad wing spar) They are selling aircraft Tigercat and Bearcat are gone. Luftpilot (talk) 13:44, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey everyone! I'm new to Wikipedia editing, but I am a volunteer at the Air Zoo, and this page is waaaayyy out of date. Just for example: The Sopwith Camel is finished (not just the fuselage anymore), and there are a couple of the Grummans that i don't think we own anymore, I'll double check for more, but i don't know how to edit the table format...Also, I updated the last few year's worth of changes (primarily the East Wing and the Restoration Center), but again, im new to this, so if someone could double check my work, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Savagemktwo (talk) 04:03, 22 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Air Zoo name origin

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"In early 1999, the name "Air Zoo" was adopted. The name comes from the fact that so many of the planes in its collection have animal nicknames like Warhawk, Gooneybird, and various cats like the Wildcat, the Bearcat, and the Hellcat.[1]"

Sure, that's true but the Air Zoo is located at the KalamZOO airport. Which has the three letter code AZO. I haven't dug up cites for there being a direct connection, but I would put the likelyhood of that being the reason for the name quite a bit higher. That's wp:OR so I won't be adding it but someone could do the research. OR just note the name of Kalamazoo having ZOO in it and the museum being at the AZO airport and let the reader draw their own conclusions. ++Lar: t/c 08:27, 23 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Since I live near by I can tell you that you are WRONG. Try not being a snob about this stuff. Most people have no idea that an airport code is therefore could not care less about iy. 67.199.215.79 (talk) 22:47, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hiller UH-12 & H-23 Show Same (incorrect) Picture

The entry for the Hiller UH-12 appears to have the same picture as the Hiller H-23 associated with their links. Not sure how to correct this, if the pictures need to be authorized by the Air Zoo or something, so would be nice if someone knows how to make the correction could. Thx

Also, though the entry's identify the aircraft as models "UH-12" and "H-23", the picture associated with both these entries is of the "OH-23 Raven". Not sure if the "OH" is a different model than the "UH" variant, if this is simply a typo, or if someone may have left a letter off of the "H-23" link, but something that should likely be tidied up and corrected, as well.

From what I've come across with further reading -

Model 360 later called UH-12 (United Helicopters - civilian version)

UH-12 - Civilian versions - having non-military paint job as shown for crop duster model shown in the article "The Hiller UH-12 & Hughes 300"

H-23 Military version - which obviously should have military colors in it's paint job as shown in the article "The Hiller UH-12 & Hughes 300"

OH-23 was only a military Trainer, (OH for "Observation Helicopter) with a different paint job and cockpit variation from the standard military H-23 models (which included up to 4 seats), and was a stripped down model with bare essentials. It was this model that was nicknamed the "Hiller Killer" by army student pilots.

Obviously, the OH-23 trainer is not a good representation of the H-23 or the UH-12 models at all, as it had a completely different paint job, and a different engine, and cockpit configuration, as well.

It would be nice if someone could put pics up that were more representative of the UH-12 (civilian model), H-23 (Military model), and perhaps make a separate entry for the OH-23 (military trainer) to more accurately show what these models looked like.

Thx... ;-) Gmeades (talk) 04:57, 24 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]