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Update: Buy a MIG-29 to Match your Hornet
EFLA US company is offering aviation fans the chance to buy a Russian MiG-29 fighter jet online. The brokerage firm is selling the intact plane - which can reach speeds of up to 1,500mph (2,450kph) - through the eBay auction website. As of Tuesday the plane, whose actual owner has remained anonymous, had attracted a bid of $99m. Alaska Paul strikes again. Earlier this week broker Mike Landa put a US Navy Hornet fighter up for sale on the site on behalf of its owner. Mr Landa, whose firm is based in Washington state, told local papers that Hollywood film studios had also expressed interest in buying the planes. However, it is not clear whether the Hornet sale was completed. Normally, decommissioned US Navy jets are dismantled or leased to museums once they become worn out, but Mr Landa said this one had "slipped through the net" largely intact. Mr Landa said he received two concerned visitors once the Hornet sale became public knowledge - from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Before anyone bids, better check to see if there is significant sand dune damage to the MIG. Posted by: Super Hose 2004-02-17 |
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