The motto of Kalamazoo’s Upjohn pharmaceutical company is “Keep the Quality Up.” The staff and volunteers of the Air Zoo have adopted this maxim, applying it to the facility, the planes they display, and the service they provide to the museum’s patrons. It even shows up in the recently renamed High on America Air Show–voted best in the nation in 1991 by World Airshow News.

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The Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum is accessible by either car or plane. By car, take I-94 to Portage Road (exit 78). Follow Portage Road south approximately one mile. At Milham Road, turn left (east), and the museum is at the end of the road. By plane, simply fly to the Kalamazoo­Battle Creek International Airport and taxi onto the museum’s flight deck. Museum hours are: Winter (October­April)–Mon.­Sat. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sun. 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Summer (May­September)–Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri., Sat. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Wed. 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sun. 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. (Closed New Year’s Day, Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas.) For more information write: The Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum, 3101 East Milham Road, Kalamazoo, MI 49002-1700, or call (616) 382-6555.

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