bluesafrica,
I think it started at 1 million dollars and was then pulled after media attention and a visit ffrom the FBI. The US govt will most likely sieze the aircraft, but end up paying fair market value as it was aquired legally. Hence the "bait and switch" to 29 million and I bet they get it too.
These guys are right here in Seattle where I am. But.......I bet the FBI and Secret Service would sure like to know where this airplane has been the last ten years since they seem to have lost track of it and did not realize it existed until the auction went public. In the right hands it could easily be taken apart and multiple copies made for pennies on the dollar.
How do you think Airbus learned how to make airplanes???
