Paul Allen's aircraft collection to be opened to tours

The aircraft modelers amongst us in Seattle, or going to Seattle after April 30, might be interested in this Seattle Times article:

"... But [Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen] will soon end the secrecy by opening his Flying Heritage Collection to anyone willing to pay $20 to view a Nazi V-1 "buzz bomb"; a P-51D Mustang, one of the United States' most storied warplanes; Japan's lethal Zero Fighter; or a Vickers-Supermarine Ltd. Mk.VC Spitfire, the backbone of British air defense against attacks by Nazi bombers.

"Starting April 30, Allen will begin allowing tours of no more than 15 people, on a reservation-only basis. The funds generated by the tour will be used for care and maintenance of the collection. ..."

And in a sidebar:

"The collection is at the Arlington Airport, 17622 49th Place N.E. in Arlington. Reservations to view the collection may be made by calling

360-435-2172. Information also is available on the Internet at
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Tours are being limited to groups of no more than 15 people, on Fridays and Saturdays, from 10 a.m. to noon and from 2 to 4 p.m. Admission is $20 a person; $16 for senior citizens and veterans."

I couldn't find any notes as to whether cameras would be allowed inside, let alone whether they'd allow walkarounds.

The Seattle Times article says there's more information at , but I can't get to that site right now...

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Rob Kelk
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Too bad I am on the east coast...but any word anywhere on what happened to the Me262 he bought?

Reply to
Eyeball2002308

From the site: Currently Under Restoration Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3 "Emil" Hawker Mk.XIIb "Hurricane" Mitsubishi A6M3-22 "Zero-Sen" (two-seat field modification) Focke Wulf FW 190A-5 "Butcherbird" Republic P-47D "Thunderbolt" Goodyear FG-1D "Corsair" North American B-25J "Mitchell" Boeing B-17E "Flying Fortress" Messerschmitt Me 262A-1a "Schwalbe" V-2 Ilyushin IL-2M-3 "Shturmovik" P-38J "Lightning"

Future Restoration Projects Casa 2.111D (Heinkel He 111H) Nakajima Ki-43-1b "Hayabusa" Grumman F6F-5 "Hellcat" North American F-86A "Sabre" Mitsubishi A6M5-52 "Zero-Sen" Yakovlev Yak-3U Republic F-105G "Thunderchief" Vought F-8 "Crusader" Mikoyan and Gurevich MiG-21 "Mongol" BAE/Hawker GR-3 "Harrier" DeHavilland DH98 "Mosquito" Me 163B "Komet"

Reply to
EGMcCann

Is this the guy who bought the"Fighter Collection" that used to be in Arizona??

Bill Shuey

Reply to
William H. Shuey

no, that was the Museum of Flying in Seattle

Matt Gunsch, A&P,IA,Private Pilot Riding member of the 2003 world champion drill team Arizona Precision Motorcycle Drill Team GWRRA,NRA,GOA

Reply to
N329DF

What happened to the planes from the Museum of Flight in Santa Monica? They closed it right after I visited a few years ago. They had a Zero, Hurricane, P-40, Mustang prototype, Supermarine floatplane racer, Fairly Swordfish and a bunch of others.

Tom

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Tom H

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