An MC-12 Liberty, a refitted King Air, returning from its first combat sortie at Joint Base Balad, north of Baghdad in Iraq.
For four years, a doctor commuted between his clinics in Texas in a $5 million turboprop with jazzy metallic stripes and ruby stones embedded on the drink cabinet inside. The plane featured exotic wood veneers and polished chrome, and his daughter’s initials were in the tail number.
Source: www.nytimes.com
