They had a purchase contract. No escrow though. What happened, is the
doctor who owned the plane took the "check" to the president of the
local bank. He called the president of the purchasers bank, who said
"heh, heh, yes, I know that guy, He can't do that. We'll treat it like
a lost check and reissue you another one". So they got paid. And that's
the REST of the story.