It was more than 45°C in the helicopter cockpit as Rajiv Gandhi and his entourage campaigned in the 1991 elections in Rajasthan. Everyone perspired, drank lots of liquid and wiped their brows, but not pilot Capt.Trehan as his hands and mind were occupied. An ever watchful Rajiv himself wiped Capt.Trehan's face with tissue paper and then held a water bottle at his mouth for his thirsty pilot to drink.