MUMBAI: The city-based aviator Amol Yadav on Friday said that he has managed to obtain a “special” flying permit from the regulator DGCA for his six-seater plane-all built on his terrace–paving the way for its test- flight soon.
A former pilot with the now defunct Jet Airways and now flying a Boeing 737 for a budget carrier, Yadav has relentlessly been working for a fully “made-in-India” plane for the past two decades.
It took almost six years for Yadav to build his self- financed aircraft, which was for practical purposes built solely on the terrace of his apartment in the western suburb of Kandivili.
“The DGCA has issued a special permit to my plane– VT-NMD–to ascertain its flying capability,” Yadav told reporters over phone from New Delhi shortly after receiving the permit from the DGCA headquarters on Friday. (AGENCIES)
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