Wings For The Hotshot Shivangi Misra goes for a joyride over Delhi in a Raytheon Hawker 850 corporate jet. This is her first person account of the experience.

Business Today, March, 2007 by Shivangi Misra

I had a short tryst with luxury 25,000 feet above Delhi! Wood, cream and mahogany interiors, plush, leather seats, a hint of gold on the security belt, touch- screen controls for PowerPoint presentations during business meetings, and music for leisure... the new executive Hawker 850 jet launched by the Raytheon Aircraft Company has all of that and more. If the Lord of Tartary (he with the ivory bed and beaten gold throne) were for real, he would surely want one of these.

I'm letting my imagination run riot, but there's plenty of time for that. It's 9 a.m. on a chilly winter morning and I've (actually, there are others, too; but more on that later) been sitting in the airport for an hour, waiting for clearance to take off. The idle, and random, thoughts take my mind away from...

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