Billionaire Allen opens air museum

A rare collection of vintage World War II airplanes from five different countries, owned by billionaire and Microsoft Corp co-founder Paul Allen, will be opened to the public at a new museum.

The Flying Heritage Collection provides access to 15 planes that comprised most of the significant fighter aircraft of five World War II participants: Germany, Russia, Japan, Britain and the United States.

The museum opens tomorrow, 64 years after D-Day, the start of the Allied forces' invasion of Normandy, at Paine Field in Everett, Washington, 40 km north of Seattle.