This Dragonfly was only just retired from active service with the 103d Tactical Air Support Squadron at Willow Grove (PA) when this picture was made. The aircraft was transferred to the 172nd TASSS and parked at Battle Creek as spare resource. Teh OA-37B was a dedicated Forward Air Control mission aircraft based on the lighter T-37 trainer. The OA-37B had been developed specifically for the Vietnam War.

1959: TOS USN as A4D-2 145011 and assigned to VA-106, NAS Cecil Field, FL. 7/62: Redesignated A-4B. 2/63: NAS Quonset Point, RI. 4/63: NARTU, NAS South Weymouth, MA. 10/66: VA-210 at South Weymouth. 8/68: Converted to TA-4B. 11/70: VA-210 moved to NAF Detroit, MI. 18 Jan 1971: SOC. By 1/89: Isaac N. Burchinal Jr; registered N21NB. 2/98: Ran off the runway at Ft. Worth Meacham Airport and was badly damaged, so it was donated to the "Air Zoo," where it was restored marked as an A-4 with the Australian Navy.

1959: TOS USN as A4D-2 145011 and assigned to VA-106, NAS Cecil Field, FL. 7/62: Redesignated A-4B. 2/63: NAS Quonset Point, RI. 4/63: NARTU, NAS South Weymouth, MA. 10/66: VA-210 at South Weymouth. 8/68: Converted to TA-4B. 11/70: VA-210 moved to NAF Detroit, MI. 18 Jan 1971: SOC. By 1/89: Isaac N. Burchinal Jr; registered N21NB. 2/98: Ran off the runway at Ft. Worth Meacham Airport and was badly damaged, so it was donated to the "Air Zoo," where it was restored marked as an A-4 with the Australian Navy.

We think the titles may read Peter Pan Fresh Bread, a brand baked in Kalamazoo by the Schafer Bakery. To the right is a Stinson SR-8B, NC16186, with a Wako YKC, NC14039 on the far right. Photo from: Wayne State University

This Fagot was taken on charge with the Sily Powietrzne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (Polish AF) in 1956. In March 1987 it was sold privately in the USA and registered N621BM and arrived at Air Zoo for display in July 1996.

I saw a super You Tube video about this plane last night and remembered that I had seen one at Air Zoo, the only survivor of the three prototypes produced. The plane flew well at high-speed but poorly at low speed, resulting in crashes of the other two prototypes. Development took too long so that fighters in service towards the end of WWII were already better and it was completely killed off by the jet engine.

This Fishbed-F was the most numerous of the MiG-21 types operated by the Polish AF. This example now spends its retirement at Air Zoo in Kalamazoo.

This Buchon was one of 23 tendered by the Spanish Air Force in 1966 and bought for the "Battle of Britain" movie released in 1969. C.4K-100 became Luftwaffe red 13 for the movie and was among the 21 aircraft transferred to Wilson "Connie" Edwards as payment for flying and work as aerial coordinator. As N90605 the landing gear collapsed in a ground loop incident in 1975 and it was later sold as a non-flyable museum exhibit to the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum. Registered until 2014 as N76GE, it has been re-painted as C.4K-19

1966-built Lear Jet 23 preserved at Kalamazoo, Michigan.

1930-built Waco INF

Displayed at the Kalamazoo aircraft museum wearing incorrect serial '26368'.

ENY3335 rotates off rw17 at the start of its 31 min hop across to ORD. OK, I messed up and got the fence in but this was the only movement during my visit and I'll probably never be at AZO again.

The sole survivor of three prototypes built of this unconventional canard pusher fighter design. The other two were lost in crashes. No further production was undertaken.

Interior of an ex USAAF WW2 transport glider, looking forward to the cockpit. Exibited at the Kalamazoo aviation museum.

On display at the Kalamazoo aviation museum.

The 1937-built VPF-7 was an export version of the UPF model. Six were sold to Guatemala and most returned later, including this example exhibited at Kalamazoo.