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Ready for a break from your high-flying adventures?
Enjoy the panoramic view of the Air Zoo while you eat
a meal or munch on a snack from the Kitty Hawk Café.
Fly Buy Store_
Don’t forget to browse our unique Fly Buy store and take
home a souvenir of your visit!
Air Zoo Online_
The Air Zoo thanks and acknowledges donors, corporations and foundations for
their generous gifts. We’d also like to thank and acknowledge:
• National Museum of Naval Aviation
• National Museum of the Marine Corps
• National Museum of the U.S. Air Force
• National Air and Space Museum
6151 Portage Road • I-94 - Exit 78 • Kalamazoo
269.382.6555 • airzoo.org
We Offer Education Programs_
Our education programs are designed to help educators
meet more than 50 state objectives in science and social
studies. Created for youth of all ages, our programs cover
objectives related to the physics of flight, aerodynamics,
forces in motion and aviation history.
A few popular Air Zoo programs include Home School
Discovery Days, Summer Camps and Overnight Camps.
Please call 269.382.6555 for more information.
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For more information and for details about our upcoming
events and exhibits, visit airzoo.org.
Please call 269.382.6555 for more information or visit
airzoo.org to view our venues.
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Looking for a unique venue for your special event? The
Air Zoo is an increasingly popular choice for business
meetings, corporate parties, birthday parties, weddings
and other special events.
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No matter what the weather is like outside, it’s always
72˚ and sunny at the Air Zoo! We are open year-round
and are only closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve
and Christmas Day.
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Interactive Space and Aviation Exhibits
Amusement Park-Style Rides
Fun for All Ages
More Than 50 .Historic Aircraft on Display
Did You Know?
You Can Rent Private Air Space_
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Open 362 Days a Year!
Like No Place Else on Earth!
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Visit airzoo.org
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Use our QR code to learn
more about the Air Zoo.
Voted “Best Place to Spend a Day with Your Family” and
“Best Place to Take Out-of-Towners” three years in a row!
Embark on a New
Adventure of Time
and Space!
The Air Zoo is fun for all ages! You can
ride amusement park-style attractions,
experience a historic mission in our
4-D theater and even navigate a World
War II fighter over the South Pacific in
our full-motion flight simulators.
Aircraft on Display
Rides, Attractions
& Exhibits
See the world’s only SR-71B Blackbird
and XP-55 Ascender!
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Boeing-Stearman N2S-5 Kaydet
Douglas AD-4NA Skyraider
Douglas C-47 Skytrain
Douglas SBD-3 Dauntess
Fairchild PT-23 Cornell
Goodyear FG-1D Corsair
Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat
Grumman FM-2 Wildcat
Hiller UH-12
Laister-Kauffman TG-4A
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Naval Aircraft Factory Yellow Peril
North American AT-6 Texan
North American T-28 Trojan
Piasecki HUP-3 Retriever
Ryan PT-22 Recruit
Schweizer LNS -1
Timm N2T-1 Tutor
Vultee BT-13A/SNV-1 Valiant
Waco CG-4A Flying Jeep
EAST WING
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Curtiss JN-4 “Jenny” (Scale Model)
Fairchild 24-K Forwarder
Fokker Tri-Plane (Replica)
Howard GH-2 Nightingale
Montgolfier Balloon (Model)
Murphy’s Renegade Spirit
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Spad VII (Replica)
Travel Air Mystery Ship (Replica)
WACO INF
WACO VPF
Wolf Boredom Fighter
Wright Flyer (Replica)
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Enjoy lunch at
Kitty Hawk Café!
Aeronca L-3B Defender
Bell P-39 Airacobra
Curtiss XP-55 Ascender
Grumman G-73 Mallard
Hispano HA-1112 Buchon
Lockheed P-38 Lightning (Scale Model)
North American B-25J Mitchell
Piper L-4 Grasshopper
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt
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Bell AH-1J Sea Cobra
Douglas A-4 Skyhawk
Grumman F-14A Tomcat
McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18A Hornet
Vought F-8J Crusader
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Lockheed SR-71B Blackbird
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MAIN EXHIBIT FLOOR
Curtiss P-40N Warhawk
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Shop at our
museum store!
Women’s Restroom
Coat Room
Stairway
Men’s Restroom
Information Desk
Drinking Fountain
Kitty Hawk Café
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Ticket Counter
Fly Buy Museum Store
Memorial Plaza
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*Not all aircraft within facilities may be available for viewing and are
subject to change without notice.
Missions 4-D Theater
Paratrooper Jump
Guadalcanal Memorial Museum
& Michigan Aviation Hall of Fame
Flying Circus Bi-Plane Ride
Century of Flight Ferris Wheel
Kids’ Korner
Montgolfier Balloon Race
World War I Kiosk
World War II Kiosk
Full-Motion Flight Simulators
Traveling Exhibit Hall
Mission to Mars/Corsair Challenge
3-D Space Shuttle Ride
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Space Shuttle Replica & Space Suit
Destiny Module, Working in Space
Module & Cupola
Moon Rock & Lunar Rover
El Kabong
Magic Planet
Women in Aviation & Space Exhibit
Space: Dare to Dream Exhibit
World War II Artifacts
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Kitty Hawk Café & Seating
Observation Deck
Warhawk Meeting Room
Corsair Meeting Room
Wildcat Meeting Room
Parish Boardroom