OREANDA-NEWS. September 08, 2009. President Victor Yushchenko visited the state enterprise Antonov Aeronautical Scientist/Technical Complex, reported the Official website president.gov.ua.

The President toured the company. He was shown the assembly, dynamic testing and modeling rooms. In one of the shops of the plant Victor Yushchenko saw the AN-148.

At the meeting with the workers of the enterprise President Yushchenko congratulated them on Aviation Day.

“The aviation industry is the engine that drives adjacent industries towards technological breakthroughs and inventions in all fields of economy”, said Victor Yushchenko. “I am convinced that the Ukrainian aviation would continue its successful path of conquest of the sky”.

The President also conferred national decorations to workers of the enterprise.