A (single male) friend was interviewed by a magazine some years ago. They asked him “What would you do if you had millions of dollars?” His first thought was “Buy a helicopter gunship”, but in an attempt to use the article as a lure for single women, he softened his published dream to “a house with a yard big enough for a pony”. (He is now married with a lovely wife and three healthy children.)
I’m catching up on New Yorker magazines and I discovered an article about a boy who grows up and achieves his dream of having a personal helicopter gunship: “The Hunted”. I recommend the piece to aviation enthusiasts in particular. If you don’t have time to read the whole article, search for “Sunday Justice” and read the paragraphs of how this African cook is quoted in an American’s book written for Americans and what the New Yorker writer learns in a follow-up interview.