Which sentence from the passage helps the reader predict what will happen next? In 1995, Captain G. R. Gopinath, a retired military officer, had a chance encounter with an unemployed helicopter pilot. As a result, he set up India’s first helicopter company. It wasn’t easy. He spent three years lobbying the government agencies to get the right licenses. He sold everything he owned and even mortgaged his house to raise the money.
Even during the worst times, he never had any doubt that he would succeed in starting India’s first helicopter service. He always knew the money would come, and indeed, it did. His business took off, and that allowed him to pursue a new vision – cheap airline flights. Why should Indians have to travel their vast country on trains and busses when Americans got on planes? He lobbied the government to relax regulations and used the internet to cut booking costs.