Panels Off!
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Panels Off!
Ever wondered what makes that aircraft fly or what the inside of an ammunition bay looks like? Maybe you are a mechanical engineer at heart or an enthusiast and just want to know what is under our aircrafts beautiful panels, doors and cowlings. Included with admission, and free to Air Zoo Members, this month-long event is sure to give you a new and unique perspective of the Air Zoo's aircraft and insight into what innovative engineering principles developed over the course of time.
Many of the Air Zoo's planes will have panels and or cowlings removed for an in-depth look into their workings. Come out and learn about the significance of their mechanics and features.
Here's what is coming off this September!
Bell P-39Q Airacobra
On Display
- Engine: Allison V-1710-85 V-12 liquid-cooled piston engine, 1,200 hp (890 kW) at 9,000 ft (2,743 m) (using emergency power).
- Throttle and mixture controls rods visible
- Elevator control rod visible
- Trim control cables visible
Curtiss Robin
On Display
- Engine: Powered by a Curtiss OX-5 engine, an early V-8 American liquid-cooled aircraft engine built by Curtiss.
- Exhaust collector is visible.
Fairchild 24-K Forwarder
On display:
- Ranger L-440 Engine
- Oil cooler and tank
- Air filter and carburetor
- Battery
Fairchild OT-23HO Cornell
On Display:
- Engine: The Continental R-670 (factory designation W670) a seven-cylinder four-cycle radial aircraft engine produced by Continental displacing 668 cubic inches.
- Fuel and oil lines.
- Air intake and carburetor
Ford 5AT Trimotor
On Display:
- Engine: 420-hp (320-kW) Pratt & Whitney Wasp radial piston engine
- Yellow oil tank
- Fuel and oil lines
- Carburetor and intake
- All accessories on the #1 engine.
Goodyear FG-1D Corsair
On Display:
- Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp engine
- Gun section on starboard wing
Grumman Hellcat
On Display:
- Engine: 1 × Pratt & Whitney R-2800-10W Double Wasp 18-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 2,200 hp (1,600 kW) with a two-speed two-stage supercharger and water injection.
- Supercharger inlet
- Oil cooler inlet
- Intercooler and intercooler inlet
- Engine Exhausts
Grumman FM-2 Wildcat
On Display:
- Engine, Wright R-1820-56
- Accessory section Shown.
- Landing gear, (manually raised and lowered via hand crank).
- Fuel and oil lines.
- Access to all engine accessories.
Grumman G-73 Mallard
On Display:
- Engine: Pratt & Whitney R-1340-S3H1 Wasp engines.
Heath LNB-4 Parasol
On Display:
- Engine: The Heath Airplane Company's Model B-4 was an in-line, four-cylinder, air-cooled Henderson motorcycle engine converted for use in aircraft by modifying the lubrication system and the valves.
- This static restoration is unique in the fact that technicians left the entire starboard side of the airplane uncovered to enable guests to view the engine and accessories, pilot’s cockpit, starboard wing construction, and empennage section.
- Pilot’s cockpit is as simple as it gets, circa 1929.
- Primary control stick and rudder pedals are visible.
- Primary control cables are visible running through the tail section to the elevators and rudder.
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter
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On Display
- Gun section
North American B-25J Mitchell
On Display:
- Wright R-2600-92 Twin Cyclone 14-cylinder two-row air-cooled radial piston engine
- Exhausts visible.
North American Texan
On Display:
- Engine: 1 × Pratt & Whitney R-1340-AN-1 Wasp radial engine, 600 hp.
- Dual control system between two cockpits
Come visit us.
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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!
blackeyedsusan2018
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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