The message reads, in part:

"Aircraft equipped with your engines have set over 90 world aviation records, including the legendary loop executed by Pyotr Nesterov, the first non-stop flight to the United States by Valery Chkalov and his crew and the landing of Ivan Papanin’s famous expedition on a drifting Arctic ice floe.

"Today, Salyut ranks among the leading science and production centres of the Russian defence industry. Your engineers address every aspect of designing and producing modern aircraft engines. It is also important that Salyut produces many other items used in various industries in Russia".