Updated Mar 28, 2011 - 4:46 pm
Trump buys a Boeing. Will the USAF?
While the Boeing company waits for a ruling whether the U.S. Air Force will award its $35 billion refueling tanker Boeing or EADS, a world-wide celebrity and real estate tycoon has already decided to go with Boeing.
The refueling tanker announcement is expected after the U.S. financial markets close on Thursday.
A Palm Beach newspaper reports Donald Trump bought a 757, which is about twice the size of his other plane, a Boeing 727. Although Trump wouldn't talk money, they say he bought the 757 for about $100 million from Microsoft's co-founder Paul Allen.
"I bought a great airplane," Trump said in an interview. "It's being retrofitted and will be in service in about a month."
Trump's old, tricked-out 727 is for sale, and has been since 2009. It has gold-plated sinks, two conference tables, a master bedroom and seating for 24 passengers. The asking price back in 2009 was $8 million.
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