The Airzoo

Yes, I'm not sure what the difference between and Air "Museum" and an Air "Zoo" is either, but we went to Kalamazoo for the day to find out.

We saw a lot of airplanes and got to go on some "air" rides, including 3 simulators (one where Jimmy controlled the airplane as we shot at tanks on the ground, one where we flew to the International Space Station, and one where Jimmy went to Mars). That's a lot of flying!

We also got a lesson on aerodynamics and did some fascinating experiments to prove air exists, has weight and why wings lift an airplane.




We also had the privilege of having two different veterans talk to us about the planes that were in the museum (oops! Zoo). They had everything from a replica of the Wright Brother's plane to the NASA space capsules. Additionally, the Zoo has the world's largest wall mural in the world (300 feet by 32 feet), which depicts the history of flying. It is very impressive.

They also had the fastest plane ever built, which was designed to take pictures from as high up as 85,000 feet.



They also had a 4-D theater that showed a brief movie about one of the attacks during WWII as well as a lot hands-on activities for visitors to do.

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