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I saw in DYN that the air zoo had the only SR-71B... I thought I saw one at the Kansas Cosmosphere in Hutchinson, Kansas. Am I thinking wrong? I don't know anything about the subject, I just thought I remembered seeing one in the main lobby enterance. -- --Steve 21:16, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
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Sure, that's true but the Air Zoo is located at the KalamZOO airport. Which has the three letter code AZO. I haven't dug up cites for there being a direct connection, but I would put the likelyhood of that being the reason for the name quite a bit higher. That's wp:OR so I won't be adding it but someone could do the research. OR just note the name of Kalamazoo having ZOO in it and the museum being at the AZO airport and let the reader draw their own conclusions. ++ Lar: t/ c 08:27, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
The entry for the Hiller UH-12 appears to have the same picture as the Hiller H-23 associated with their links. Not sure how to correct this, if the pictures need to be authorized by the Air Zoo or something, so would be nice if someone knows how to make the correction could. Thx
Also, though the entry's identify the aircraft as models "UH-12" and "H-23", the picture associated with both these entries is of the "OH-23 Raven". Not sure if the "OH" is a different model than the "UH" variant, if this is simply a typo, or if someone may have left a letter off of the "H-23" link, but something that should likely be tidied up and corrected, as well.
From what I've come across with further reading -
Model 360 later called UH-12 (United Helicopters - civilian version)
UH-12 - Civilian versions - having non-military paint job as shown for crop duster model shown in the article "The Hiller UH-12 & Hughes 300"
H-23 Military version - which obviously should have military colors in it's paint job as shown in the article "The Hiller UH-12 & Hughes 300"
OH-23 was only a military Trainer, (OH for "Observation Helicopter) with a different paint job and cockpit variation from the standard military H-23 models (which included up to 4 seats), and was a stripped down model with bare essentials. It was this model that was nicknamed the "Hiller Killer" by army student pilots.
Obviously, the OH-23 trainer is not a good representation of the H-23 or the UH-12 models at all, as it had a completely different paint job, and a different engine, and cockpit configuration, as well.
It would be nice if someone could put pics up that were more representative of the UH-12 (civilian model), H-23 (Military model), and perhaps make a separate entry for the OH-23 (military trainer) to more accurately show what these models looked like.
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I saw in DYN that the air zoo had the only SR-71B... I thought I saw one at the Kansas Cosmosphere in Hutchinson, Kansas. Am I thinking wrong? I don't know anything about the subject, I just thought I remembered seeing one in the main lobby enterance. -- --Steve 21:16, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
This paragraph is from the article
Sure, that's true but the Air Zoo is located at the KalamZOO airport. Which has the three letter code AZO. I haven't dug up cites for there being a direct connection, but I would put the likelyhood of that being the reason for the name quite a bit higher. That's wp:OR so I won't be adding it but someone could do the research. OR just note the name of Kalamazoo having ZOO in it and the museum being at the AZO airport and let the reader draw their own conclusions. ++ Lar: t/ c 08:27, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
The entry for the Hiller UH-12 appears to have the same picture as the Hiller H-23 associated with their links. Not sure how to correct this, if the pictures need to be authorized by the Air Zoo or something, so would be nice if someone knows how to make the correction could. Thx
Also, though the entry's identify the aircraft as models "UH-12" and "H-23", the picture associated with both these entries is of the "OH-23 Raven". Not sure if the "OH" is a different model than the "UH" variant, if this is simply a typo, or if someone may have left a letter off of the "H-23" link, but something that should likely be tidied up and corrected, as well.
From what I've come across with further reading -
Model 360 later called UH-12 (United Helicopters - civilian version)
UH-12 - Civilian versions - having non-military paint job as shown for crop duster model shown in the article "The Hiller UH-12 & Hughes 300"
H-23 Military version - which obviously should have military colors in it's paint job as shown in the article "The Hiller UH-12 & Hughes 300"
OH-23 was only a military Trainer, (OH for "Observation Helicopter) with a different paint job and cockpit variation from the standard military H-23 models (which included up to 4 seats), and was a stripped down model with bare essentials. It was this model that was nicknamed the "Hiller Killer" by army student pilots.
Obviously, the OH-23 trainer is not a good representation of the H-23 or the UH-12 models at all, as it had a completely different paint job, and a different engine, and cockpit configuration, as well.
It would be nice if someone could put pics up that were more representative of the UH-12 (civilian model), H-23 (Military model), and perhaps make a separate entry for the OH-23 (military trainer) to more accurately show what these models looked like.