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Dec.15 2017 I was ambushed by the vice president of the Irkut Aircraft corporation in charge of Sales INSISTED THAT I SPEAK AT THE WORLD INTRODUCTION OF THE MC-21-300 RUSSIAN AIRLINER. I was the first American military cold war veteran and Jet engine mechanic for Pratt &Whitney working development and experimental On the 1400 NEO engines. I had spent 3 months earlier in the year at the Irkut Military Aircraft factory in Irkursk Siberia 😂March 2017. I laugh my a55 off every time I think about my security interrogation 😂 on DAY ONE.Anyway WHO ASKS A MECHANIC TO SPEAK AT AN INTERNATIONAL EVENT? 😮The Russians, THAT'S WHO !😮 ask me how I know.😊So anyway I gave a 10-15 talk about the history of Russian Aviation and how during the 1930's The American Wright Cyclone engine was built in the Soviet Union under license and powered the I-16 fighter that saved Mother Russia during the Great Patriotic War 😂The MC-21-300 AIRLINER is the Aircraft that Boeing should have builtI got standing ovation in Moscow Russia as an American giving a speech To THE RUSSIANS IN MOSCOW ABOUT RUSSIAN AVIATION HISTORY.It's a good thing that I graduated second in my class while I was living homeless in my pickup truck GPA 4.0. 1994-1995 😮National Aviation Academy Clearwater FL aby.😊It was my "Disney Princess" moment.😅 SLAVA RUSSIA!❤