Petro Balabuyev

COMM Chief Designer of Antonov Aviation Scientific and Technical Centre Petro Balabuyev answers media questions during the ceremony of rolling out of the first Ukrainian aircraft AN-148 (poster in the background) at Aviant plant, Kiev, Friday, October 15, 2004. Kiev plant Aviant and Antonov Aviation Scientific and Technical Centre have finished construction of the first aircraft AN-148. The second one will be ready in the near future. The aircraft has to pass summer testing for certification and fly 600 hours in the course of a year. Photo by Vladimir Zayika / UNIAN