There is no dearth of talent in India and with each passing day, this statement is growing stronger. From a Gujarati teenage boy who created a drone to defuse land mines, to the nation successfully launching 104 satellites in space, with our collective and individual efforts we have already proved our mettle in the world. Unless you have been living under a rock or vacationing for the past year in some secluded island with no internet connection, you must have heard about a certain Amol Yadav, who left a deep impression with his marvelous creation.

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Last year, Amol Yadav, a 41-year-old deputy chief pilot with Jet Airways, assembled a six-seater aircraft on the rooftop of his three BHK flat in Charkop, Mumbai. It was this aircraft that gave wings to his dreams and he got the opportunity to display his design at the Make in India Week in Mumbai last year. Now this achievement has brought him a step closer to paint the larger canvas of his dreams, as he will now be allotted a 157-acre plot in Palghar by the state government to set up his own enterprise. In fact, Yadav now plans to make six-seater and 20-seater aircraft in India, under the name of Thrust India Company. “It’s a dream come true,” Yadav said. He further added, “I went to the US for training in 1995 and saw a lot of people, including middleclass families, assembling used planes to create customized flying machines. I was inspired to do the same in India.”

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According to a report in Mumbai Mirror, he put together this aircraft over a period of six years in his house. This aircraft can apparently fly up to 13,000 ft at 1500 ft per minute. It can cover 2000 km distance at the top speed of 185 nautical miles an hour. For those wondering if the plane is still at the terrace with clothes happily hanging from it, well it is said to be currently parked at the Dhule airport. Things wouldn’t have been smooth or even possible for Yadav had the government not helped him. We too appreciate the fact that our government is actively motivating such innovative and original ventures that is furthering the development of our country as a whole.

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“I’m thankful for the support I have been receiving. The government has big dreams in terms of regional air connectivity and I’m a believer that it cannot be achieved till we start manufacturing planes in India. Once we start building aircraft, there will be a revolution in the Indian aviation industry,” he said. Yadav is expected to meet the Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday to discuss the entire concept and is also looking forward to government’s support, “If I can get seed funding (government support), I’m very confident of setting up the infrastructure by the end of this year.” 

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These Make in India projects and ideas sound very fancy and make our hearts beam with pride, but one of the major challenges that these projects face is provision of financial resources. We are extremely proud of Yadav and hope that his enterprise turns out to be a success. For creating the single-seater, Yadav had to shell out ‘a few crores of rupees’, so one can easily anticipate the insane amount of money that will be needed to support a fully grown factory manufacturing six-seaters and 20 seaters. Yadav’s idea and creation both are brilliant and truly inspirational to say the least. It is creations like these that make us want to wish for a magical lamp that can churn out money the moment we rub the lamp.  

Source: The Times Of India