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The An-2 (NATO reporting name: "Cock") is a single-engined utility biplane used throughout the former Warsaw Pact as a light airliner, cargo plane, and crop dus
by cstross 5y ago
The An-2 (NATO reporting name: "Cock") is a single-engined utility biplane used throughout the former Warsaw Pact as a light airliner, cargo plane, and crop duster. Its general performance is comparable to the ancient Douglas DC-3, with the added twist that it generates so much lift at low speeds that it can land and take off from very rough, unprepared fields.
Wikipedia article here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-2
The An-225 Mriya is so much bigger that if you could cram them in, it could carry 77 An-2s as passengers :-)
- sandworm101 5y agoThe COCK is the AN-22 and has four engines, which iirc are the same as used on the bear bombers. The NATO name for the An-2 biplane is COLT. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-2 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-2 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-22 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-22
- cstross 5y agoWhoops! Was commenting from memory.
- karamanolev 5y agoIt's very unfortunate that the An-225 is now reported as destroyed in the war. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-225_Mriya#2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-225_Mriya#2022_Russ...
- kube-system 5y agoDamn. I was just watching some videos of this plane last week and wondered if I’d ever get to see it in person some day.
- devilbunny 5y agoIt was really something. I saw it at Houston Intercontinental once.