Out of Africa movie aircraft now up for auction

The 1929 De Havilland DH 60GMW Gipsy Moth bi-plane was flown by character Denys Finch Hatton (played by Robert Redford) in the seven-time Oscar-winning 1985 film

It will go on sale at the Bonhams auction during Rétromobile week. at the Grand Palais in Paris, France, from 6th to 7th February 2013, where bidding is expected to be in excess of €150,000 ($180,000)

The 1929 American Moth Corporation De Havilland 60GMW Gipsy Moth is offered in excellent condition with a permit to fly. It still wears its yellow-and-black livery and registration G-AAMY (in homage to pioneering English aviatrix Amy Johnson) as seen in the Sydney Pollack-directed movie

In the film, the two-seater bi-plane is piloted by character Denys Finch Hatton over the Kenyan savannah.

The DH-60 Moth measures 24ft long by nearly 9ft high (7.3 metres by 2.7 metres), and has a 30ft (9m) wingspan. It is capable of a maximum speed of 105mph (169km/h).