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Some personal history about the Prat & Whitney J58 Engine (SR-71 power plant) from one of the Engineers that helped develop it. All of you Gearheads pay attention at about the 14:45 Time Stamp. The Air Zoo is a world-class, Smithsonian-affiliated aerospace and science museum, in Kalamazoo, Michigan, with over 100 air and space artifacts, inspiring interactive exhibits, full-motion flight simulators, indoor amusement park rides, a theater and over 100 education programs!.

Spy plane that kept the enemy 'honest' is hereSaturday, May 3, 2003%%par%%BY BRUCE ROLFESPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE The only B-model Blackbird training plane in the world is now on permanent loan to the Kalamazoo Air Zoo. After arriving in Kalamazoo in late March in pieces on seven flat bed trucks, the SR-71B Blackbird has been assembled and moved inside the museum for the public to view. Kalamazoo Air Museum Executive Director Bob Ellis said he is thrilled to have the SR-71B training plane -- which was capable of flying three times the speed of sound -- available for public view....