On My Father's Wings
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On My Father's Wings

An Entrepreneurial Journey of Finding Humility, Resiliency, and a Lasting Legacy

  1. 204 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

On My Father's Wings

An Entrepreneurial Journey of Finding Humility, Resiliency, and a Lasting Legacy

About this book

"If you start slowly from the beginning, there is only one direction you can go—up." ?Michael Shirima is an exceptional figure whose perseverance and stalwart principles of faith, family, and friends contributed to his astounding and inspirational career navigating the inherent challenges and obstacles of the air transport industry in Africa. In this candid and riveting memoir, we discover the thrilling journey of an aircraft performance engineer turned serial entrepreneur who, after resigning from an executive position in a national airline, began his private career trading coffee and other commodities culminating in his founding of Precision Air—Tanzania's largest privately-owned and premier airline—in 1993. But more than just a catalog of his mistakes and successes, this is also the story of a son guided by the wisdom of his father, the story of a devoted husband, and the story of a loving father to his own children as well as to those at the orphanage he founded at the base of Kilimanjaro. Richly observed and suffused with humility and ingenuity, On My Father's Wings equips us with important life lessons—on the value of taking risks; being kind to everyone no matter what age, race, status, or gender they are; and to never lose sight of what's most important in life—from one of the most influential figures in the aviation industry, to remind us why we fly.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. 1 The Accident
  8. 2 Baba’s Requiem Mass
  9. 3 Never Abandon This Home
  10. 4 Let’s Go, Scouts!
  11. 5 Outward Bound
  12. 6 Taking Flight
  13. 7 ā€œMan Is Lostā€
  14. 8 Return Flight
  15. 9 Joy, Tragedy, and Joy
  16. 10 Still Smiling through an Airline Coup
  17. 11 Takeoff and a Forced Landing
  18. 12 A New Flightpath
  19. 13 Opportunity Knocks
  20. 14 Mama Goes Home
  21. 15 Irons in the Fire
  22. 16 Precision Flight Africa
  23. 17 Chartering Success
  24. 18 The Flying Impala
  25. 19 Highs and Lows
  26. 20 Out of Love for Children
  27. 21 Partnering for Growth
  28. 22 Pole Pole
  29. 23 This Center Is Blessed
  30. 24 Connection and Growth
  31. 25 Betrayal
  32. 26 Celebration of Life
  33. Epilogue: Light at the End of the Tunnel
  34. Acknowledgments
  35. About the Author