Unique Plane at Auction

This caught my eye:

Unique Canadian Plane Expected to Fetch $1M in Auction

For 20 years during the pioneering age of Canadian aviation, an aluminum-bodied bush plane soared over northern forests and remote lakes as part of a government mission to map and monitor the country's uncharted backwoods.

Now, 80 years after Canadian forestry officials purchased the U.S.-made Hamilton Metalplane from a Boeing plant in Wisconsin, the meticulously refurbished and flyable aircraft -- the only one of its kind in the world -- is expected to sell for at least $1-million later this month at a major Arizona auction of vintage cars and planes.

Described by the Barrett-Jackson auction house as "one of the rarest and most beautifully restored classic aircraft in the world," the award-winning antique is the lone intact survivor from an original production run of just 29 planes.

Read more: http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2401768#ixzz0bhMK2hQt

Apparently, there are only two of these planes still in existence; the other is in Anchorage's Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum.

I just love old planes.