Chapter 16
SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA
The next morning, Kip’s Gulfstream G12540ERS was fueled and waiting at the Santa Barbara Airport. Across the plane’s body was emblazoned the blue, silver, and black RadNtel logo. Kip bounded up the stairs of the plane.
The Gulfstream’s engines rotated perpendicular to the ground, then fired, lifting the plane vertically to one hundred feet. The nose dipped slightly, the jet accelerated, the two powerful engines rotated back to horizontal, and the aircraft climbed quickly. The range of the plane was fifteen thousand nautical miles and could maintain Mach 1.50. Today, the Gulfstream would only be traveling a few hundred miles up the California coast. The plane leveled off at thirty thousand feet. Kip sat back in the oversized leather captain chair. Kip
