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 | | After Allen bought one of the Alpha Jets, the fast, high-altitude aircraft was used as a chase plane during the successful Allen-financed SpaceShipOne flight that won Scaled Composites and Burt Rutan the $10 million Ansari X Prize. |
 | | Alpha Jets’ maintenance work is reviewed by Hans von der Hofen (in cockpit) and Mike Lee, whose Arlington Jet Services at Arlington Airport provides national maintenance on L-29, L-39 and Alpha Jet warbirds. |
 | | The jets are subsonic military aircraft with a speed of around Mach 0.86, a service ceiling of 48,000 feet and a range of 1,500 nautical miles. |
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