Planes may be faster, but helicopters are handier. Being able to take and land off vertically means a helicopter can operates in environments that jets can’t. The middle of Manhattan, for example. Or the vast forest of skyscrapers that comprises Hong Kong. With the right private helicopter, why you may never have to touch ground level again, ferried from helipad to helipad high in the sky above the raging traffic (seriously, have you ever experienced a jam in Sao Paulo, Mumbai or Bangkok? Billionaires don’t have time for that). Time to cast aside earthly tethers and survey the world from up high.