EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has added a restored Russian-made fighter jet to his collection of vintage airplanes.
The Herald newspaper reports one of Allen’s companies closed on the purchase of the MiG-29 last week.
The jet had been restored by another Washington aviation enthusiast and is currently on display at Allen’s aviation museum at Paine Field in Everett. The manager of the Flying Heritage Collection says the jet is not expected to stay in Everett.
Allen founded Microsoft with his high school friend Bill Gates in 1975. He left Microsoft in 1983 and has invested broadly in technology, real estate, sports and the arts. He owns the Seattle Seahawks football team and the Portland Trailblazers basketball team, and is part-owner of Seattle Sounders FC, a major league soccer team.
