Lighter-Than-Air Entrepreneur Igor Pasternack Wins Business Achievement Award - VIDEO ENHANCED STORY
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West Hollywood - May 14, 2006: The City of West Hollywood kicked-off the month’s 5th Annual Russian Cultural Month festivities with an Opening Ceremony and First Annual Awards Presentation to honor exemplary leaders.
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The Achievement in Business Award went to Igor Pasternak. Igor Pasternak is founder and chief executive officer of Worldwide Aeros Corporation. “This is a man who has shown that a poor Russian immigrant can succeed,” Mr. Adlivankin said. “He has made a big economic and technological contribution to our society, almost like Sikorsky [the inventor of the helicopter bearing his name].”
Born in what is now Kazakhstan, Pasternak grew up in L’viv, a Ukrainian city of 700,000 near the border of Poland. He founded Worldwide Aeros Corp., 20 years ago in the Soviet Union, and has constructed more than 30 lighter than air vehicles which have been sold and flown internationally. Pasternak entered the United States in 1993 as a refugee from anti-Semitism in the Former Soviet Union.
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Pasternak’s company is currently located in the Greater Los Angeles area, and is developing the technology for an advanced fleet of large cargo-bearing heavier-than-air vehicles which will revolutionize strategic airlift.
CLICK HERE to view a demo video of Worldwide Aero's WALRUS freighter/cruiser.
For more information about Igor Pasternack and Worldwide Aeros visit www.aerosml.com.