Air Zoo Blog
Category: Family Friendly
Friday, May 26, 2023
DC SUPERHEROES™: Discover Your Superpowers
Drape yourself in a cape and join forces with DC’s Justice League members in a super travelling exhibit, DC SUPERHEROES™: Discover Your Superpowers. Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman need your help to solve problems in a crime-ridden city and catch Super-Villains in a hands-on experience filled with fun, fast-paced challenges for the whole family to enjoy.
Find out which DC Super Hero you most resemble. Join Wonder Woman as she saves Museum of Ancient History artifacts stol...
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Wednesday, Aug 10, 2022
Spy-tastic items now in stock at the Fly-Buy Museum Store
With the Air Zoo ready to welcome SR-71 pilots, RSOs and maintainers for this week’s Spy-posium, the Fly-Buy Museum Store has been restocked with an assortment of exciting spy-related books and gifts for all ages.
Blackbird fans can pick up a new Air Zoo exclusive SR-71 t-shirt design, as well as key rings, pins and models of the iconic Mach 3+ reconnaissance aircraft. There is also a variety of spy related gizmos and gadgets for the up-and-coming secret agent in your life.
New book...
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Tuesday, Aug 2, 2022
SR-71 Crew returns to the Air Zoo for an even bigger Spy-posium weekend – August 12-15th
It’s been called “the most impressive military jet ever built” and for some time, remained shrouded in secrecy. Designed with a slide rule, this master of aerial surveillance continues to amaze us more than 30 years after its official retirement. The same can be said of the outstanding individuals who worked with the program, in the air or on the ground. The Air Zoo’s SR-71 Spy-posium provides a gateway to share, discuss, investigate, and commemorate one of history&rsq...
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Tuesday, Nov 2, 2021
Air Zoo education team participates in Grand Rapids Griffins annual School Day Game
A UNIQUE, EDUCATIONAL FIELD TRIP EXPERIENCE
The Air Zoo is excited to be joining the Grand Rapids Griffins annual School Day Game on Wednesday, November 17, 2021, presented by the Army National Guard. Every year, thousands of West Michigan students and educators head to Van Andel Arena for this unique and fun learning experience that features interactive exhibits and educational displays throughout the concourse and during the game. The educational exhibits, with a STEM focus for the yo...
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Wednesday, Oct 13, 2021
Celebrating the end of an exciting chapter at the Air Zoo’s Restoration Center
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The time has come to celebrate the hard work and dedication the volunteers and staff at the Air Zoo have put into the restoration of the Douglas Dauntless SBD-2P Dive Bomber, a historic WWII Navy aircraft once thought lost forever in Lake Michigan.
The SBD-2P (Bureau Number 2173) currently housed at the Air Zoo’s Flight Discovery Center is the last of its kind. It was thought to have sunk to ...
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Wednesday, Sep 15, 2021
Inspiration and celebration take on new form at Air Zoo Events this fall!
The team at the Air Zoo is busily preparing for an exciting assortment of inspiring, educational, and in-person events that will take place from September 23rd through October 17th.
Discovery Series
Kicking off, not only the fall events calendar, but also a new Speaker Series at the Air Zoo, is Mr. Norman Haynes with his first-person account – Launching NASA across the solar system, one “failure” at a time. Haynes, a Kalamazoo Native, and Kalamazoo Central gra...
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Monday, Aug 16, 2021
Open Cockpits in September this year!
Open Cockpits at the Air Zoo
Typically, February marks and exciting month for the Air Zoo and its community with the annual Open Cockpits event, which allows guests to get up close and personal with some of their most beloved aircraft. Due to the necessary safety precautions that were in place as a result of COVID-19, 2021's Open Cockpit Month was postponed to September!
Visit the Air Zoo each weekend in September (2021) for your chance to get up close and personal with ...
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Friday, Jul 30, 2021
Go West, Mr. Parish
In the late 1940s, Air Zo co-founder Preston “Pete” Parish (1919-2020) averaged 3,000 miles a month en route from San Diego to Vancouver; Spokane to Salt Lake City; Phoenix to Los Angeles—but not by air!
Pete traveled by train, bus, and infrequently by car in a job he particularly enjoyed: Sales.
Based out of Los Angeles, Pete found the work a pleasure. “I had a wonderful time,” he said in a 2001 oral history interview. Before relocating to the ...
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Friday, Jul 30, 2021
C-47 that led the main D-Day airborne invasion of Normandy visits the Air Zoo – tours and rides available
The Air Zoo is honored to welcome the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Central Texas Wing and their historic C-47, “That’s All, Brother,” to Kalamazoo. The crew will land at the Air Zoo’s Flight Discovery Center on Sunday, August 1st at approximately 11am. “That’s All, Brother” will be available for tours and rides Monday, August 2nd through Thursday August 5th. They will then head to Evansville, IN, the last stop on their 2021 Tour. Vi...
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Wednesday, Nov 27, 2019
Birthday Bash Re-cap
Our birthday weekend was a success with many families coming in to enjoy our fun family- friendly activities and crafts, put together by our education team, our great Fly Buy giveaways and discounts and our attractions. We also had a nice turn out during our Cake Chat on Monday where we got to hear fun, unique stories from some of our original volunteers and employees, while enjoying delicious cake and goodies. Thank you to Greg Ward, Bill Painter, and Al Vander Veen for sharing you...
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Monday, Apr 15, 2019
Air Zoo Hosts Free Event Wednesday (4/17) Evening & 50% Discount for Military Families Saturday & Sunday (4/20-4/21)!
Portage, MI, April 15, 2019 – The Air Zoo is excited to be partnering with two amazing organizations, offering free and/or reduced admission to visitors. The festivities begin Wednesday, April 17th, with a free after-hours event called, An Evening at the Air Zoo. On Saturday and Sunday, April 20th & 21st, the Air Zoo will be offering all military personnel and their immediate families 50% off general admission in recognition of April being designated as Month of the Milit...
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Great place! Very interesting educational and informational! Great place to take the whole family as there is something for young children up to adults!
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We took our grown daughters and young grandsons to the Air Zoo. It was very entertaining for all of us. There is so much to see and do. Rides for the whole family!
Rick C