When Wright Brothers invented the aeroplane, they must have never thought that their invention can be the dreams of small boys. Far off in the country where aspiration was far from inspiration, a small boy in the extreme south of India dares to dream of flying high in the sky - by owning it. Born in the Iyengar family, this young boy comes from a remote place. The only thing he had apart from education from a very simple village school was 'Determination'. From a village school to Sainik school was not very impossible for a boy like him. The fire in his eyes to be someone and the hardihood made everything possible for him. He had not time to look back but fulfill his desires.
It is said that 'to be confident is good, but over confident spoils it'. In case of this small boy who is a young lad graduated from National Defence Academy as a commissioned officer of the Indian Army, it was just the opposite. He served the Indian Army for eight long years and later resigned from the designation and went back to his home town with a minimal gratuity.
Such should be a dream where people tend to take any risk and reach any level just to be there where they want to be. Visualizing yourself in a position and reaching unto that is possible only for those who believe in themselves. This young man returning back to his home town started cultivating silkworm in a barren land. This action not only gave him money, fame, recognition but also brought prosperity to the place.
The year 1995 brought good news for many individuals as government encouraged entrepreneurship. Hence, on the brightful sunny day of 3rd December 1997, the first low cost airline was launched.
You could be wondering about who this guy really is. Well, it is none other then Captain Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar Gopinath or 'Gopi' as he popularly known to his dear ones. He was the founder of Deccan Aviation and the first person to launch such a cheap cost flight. His only aim was that every person of India should have the opportunity to fly once in a life time. It did not leave any stone unturned to make it possible even for the second tier places like Madurai, Mangalore and many other from the metropolitan cities.
In the year 2007 it merged with Kingfisher and now flying high with it. C.R. Gopinath is known as the “Father of the low-cost airline”. The concept of flying at cheap rates is a new revolution in the aviation industry.
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