A massive, customized helicopter sliced through the skies of New York, its sleek black frame cutting an imposing figure against the city's ever-glowing skyline. But in a city where hundreds of billionaires and thousands of millionaires resided, where private aircraft dotted the heavens like birds, a lone helicopter was nothing extraordinary. Few pedestrians even glanced up at the roaring machine soaring above them, their senses dulled to the extravagance that permeated the city.