Simply Fly : A Deccan Odyssey

Description

This is the journey of a boy born in a remote village, who went from riding a bullock cart to owning an airline, a journey of an entrepreneur who built India’s first and largest low-cost airline Filled with rich anecdotes of everyday struggles and joys, this is the awe-inspiring story of Captain G.R. Gopinath. This autobiography narrates in gritty detail Captain Gopinath’s incredible journey: quitting the Indian Army in the late s with a princely gratuity of Rs , going back to his farm land inundated by the river, converting a piece of barren land to set up a farm for ecologically sustainable silkworm rearing, winning the Rolex award for it, his loves and passions, his extraordinary determination to launch an airline (which touched a crazy market cap of US$ 1.1 billion in less than four years ), in the process rewriting aviation history.

About the Author

Captain G.R. Gopinath is the founder of Air Deccan, a retired army man, an award-winning farmer, an activist and the author of SimplyFly: A Deccan Odyssey.

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Biographies & Autobiographies
Biographies, Diaries & True Accounts
Paperback Edition/Binding
935029155x ISBN-10
Collins Publisher
9789350291559 ISBN