On opening day, June 6, billionaire philanthropist Paul Allen toured the Paine Field hangar that’s the new home for his private, multimillion-dollar warbird collection.

Paul Allen's Flying Heritage Collection is showcased in this renovated 1950 hangar at Paine Field. The Messerschmitt Me-163B Komet in the window is the world's first rocket-powered aircraft. One of the world's rarest collections of flight-ready World War II warbirds opened at Paine Field (PAE) north of Seattle on June 6, compliments of Microsoft co-founder, philanthropist and aviation enthusiast Paul Allen. Sure to attract global visitors, Allen's Flying Heritage Collection includes 15 historic battle planes flown by the major participants in the war, including the U.S., Great Britain, Russia, Germany and Japan.

Sydney Pollack: Breaking Free Jul '08 Sydney Pollack became interested in flight when his father-in-law gave him a ride in a Boeing Stratocruiser. The next turn of events that led to his obsession with aviation was a ride in a Cessna 206 he took with screenwriter and producer Roland Kibbee. As a tribute to Sydney Pollack, who died on May 26, 2008, after a nine-month struggle with cancer, we've decided to reprint Di Freeze's 2004 interview with him. When Sydney Pollack, Academy Award winning director, producer and actor, thinks about flying, a couple of words come to mind. With the kind of flying he does, he says it's important not to get those words out of order.

Sean D. Tucker: Learning the Z, Baby Jul '08 Aerobatic superstar Sean D. Tucker will be inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame on July 19. Sean D. Tucker hates talking about himself. What the charismatic aerobatic superstar—who will soon be inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame for his accomplishments—does like to talk about, is flying. On one particular morning, two weeks before his birthday (April 27), he explains why he was so caught up with thinking about flight that he forgot a scheduled interview. "After I fly, I start thinking about the whole process, mentally critiquing," he says after profusely apologizing. "So, I got on my bicycle and I started riding. About two miles into the ride, I'm thinking, 'Uh, oh.'"

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