Gaurav Taneja (Flying Beast)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Gaurav Taneja 

• Gaurav Taneja is a well known Indian YouTuber and a commercial pilot.

• Since his childhood, he was inclined towards fitness and sports.

  

• He did training in A320 type rating from CAE Madrid; a flight school in Madrid, Spain in 2011.

• He started working as first officer in 2011 at IndiGo, and he worked as captain in Indigo in 2014. Gaurav joined AirAsia as captain in New Delhi in May 2019.

• He is a popular YouTuber and has three YouTube channels ‘FitMuscle TV,’ which is about fitness and health, ‘Flying Beast,’ which is a daily vlog channel, and ‘Rasbhari Ke Papa’ a travel vlogging channel.

• His hand signed products like Metal Shaker is available online at ‘My Protein.co.in.’

• Gaurav has appeared in a few online shows like ‘Loan’ly’ (2012), ‘Son of Abish’ (2014), ‘By Invite Only’ (2019), and ‘Access Allowed’ (2020).

• He often shares about his love for tea in his vlogs.

• In 2019, Gaurav and his wife got an opportunity to meet the former American President Barack Obama.

  

• He has participated in various body building competitions and has won various body building competitions at the state level.

  

• He has been featured on the cover of various renowned magazines like MensXP.

  

• In an interview, he shared how he developed an interest in body building, he said,
  

  Well, I started working out when I was in school. Like most of the people even I got inspired by Salman Khan. However, at that time, my dad had a pair of dumbbells so I used them for my workouts (should be around 20-25 lbs). Moreover, my school in Kanpur use to have a gym, thus I use to reach 45 mins before my classes just to workout there. I still remember, I used to carry an extra set of clothes for my early morning gym session. In fact, since school time, I was always keen to read extensively about nutrition and bodybuilding. It was during college, when this fitness word became a part of my lifestyle and rest is history!”

• In September 2022, celebrated Indian couturiere Archana Kocchar roped in Gaurav Taneja and his wife, Ritu Taneja, as showstoppers for her fashion outing at New York Fashion Week, making them the first Indian content creators to make runway debuts at New York Fashion Week. ^[5]ANI

• On the occasion of the 74th Republic Day of India, he drew the largest Indian map in the air as a part of the ‘Aasman Mein Bharat’ mission. After flying for almost 3 hours, he drew a 350 km long map in the air.