Breitling Launches Online Auction for “Flown” Limited Edition #1 Airwolf
After spending 2011 traveling around the globe and into space with world-renowned aviators, Breitling's Naval Centennial Limited Edition Airwolf timepiece No. 1 is being auctioned online to benefit the National Flight Academy (NFA). The auction ends at 5:00 p.m. EST on February 29, 2012. Find complete information and a link to the auction inside. The timepiece being auctioned is #1 in a limited edition created to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of Naval Aviation. The starting bid will be $15,000 for the auction package that includes:– The #1 of 500 numbered Naval Centennial Limited Edition Airwolf watches, worn by aviators in a global journey that was initiated with Commander Mark Kelly on the Space Shuttle Endeavour's last flight into space in May �C a trip that logged 6.5 million miles.– The official Aviators' Flight Log Book, which accompanied every pilot on each individual flight.– A personal presentation of this package by Mark Kelly to the highest bidder of the

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