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Google's Newest Plane Is a Fighter Jet Dornier Alpha Jet Now Parked at Moffett Field

Updated 9:20 AM PDT, Sat, Oct 25, 2008

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Dornier Alpha Jet

Google's newest purchase is a fighter jet to be parked at Moffett

Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page have added to their air fleet.

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Larry Ellison flies his MiG 29 fight jet and invited CNBC to join him.

They are now the proud owners of a fighter jet.

They purchased a Dornier Alpha Jet like the one pictured. They are storing it in a hangar at Moffett Field in Mountain View.

Our news helicopter flew over the hangar and found a closed door, but the control tower confirmed the jet was inside.

The New York Times says the plane is outfitted with scientific instruments to help out with NASA missions.

The Google founders also own several other jets including a Boeing 757.

All of the planes have landing rights at Moffett, which is within a few miles of the Google campus.

Brin and Page are not the only Silicon Valley moguls to buy a military plane.

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ximiei Thursday, Dec 25 at 7:30 AM FLAG COMMENT Is the plane outfitted with instruments to make it easier for NASA missions? Perhaps Google would like to help out the State, Japan which is trying to knock off Raptors with their own prototype because US$130M a plane would break the State, Japan Defense Ministry's allowance. Best endeavor Sergey Brin and Larry Page.
Idiots. Sunday, Nov 9 at 2:03 PM FLAG COMMENT Absolutely agree with RonaldV; a MiG29 is, for a start, twin tailed - which the plane in the video clearly is not. Probably an L39...
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