On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 06:51:41 -0400, FlipSide wrote in
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http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/07/17/p....ap/index.html


"Instead of planes that are just statically displayed for people
to see, they're restored to the most authentic artifact that they
can be," said Michael Nank, spokesman for Allen and his investment
company Vulcan Inc., which backs projects in science, the arts,
movie production, and other ventures.

Allen, an aviation buff who built model airplanes as a boy, has
acquired about three dozen vintage planes since 1998. Fifteen are
on display in two hangars at the airport in rural Arlington about
40 miles north of Seattle.

Two of them, a Republic P-47D Thunderbolt and a Messerschmitt Bf
109E-3, were added to the collection in June. Another recent
acquisition, a Hawker Hurricane Mk. XIIB, is to go on display
later this summer.

I wonder if Mr. Allen needs any help exercising the iron in his
stable? :-)