Governer's grounded but auction takes off

Ever fancied your own plane? Well the State of Alaska is selling three surplus aircraft already but is soon to list the former governer Frank Murkowski's jet. Bidding is unlikely to reach the record price set by the sale of a Gulfstream on eBay - $4.9m but the sale price is expected to be around $2.5m

With bids on 33 of the 38 items Alaska currently has listed on eBay their sell through record is pretty good, and only one of the planes currently for sale has yet to reach it's reserve price. Whether the controvesy caused by the original purchase of the plane along with Murkowski's parting shot that it's actually not that comfortable will affect the bidding has yet to be seen.