There was an An-2 stored in a parking lot of a gas station in Kempele, Finland when I was young. We used to sneak in there with my friend, sit in the cockpit, flick switches and move the controls. My friend became a commercial pilot and I flew sailplanes.
This is a remarkable airplane that was and still in use all over the world. It is very stable and pulls like a John Deere. A great plane for the outback and tundra because of the high load capacity.
In 1995 at an airshow in Batavia, NY there was a BA Concord pilot, who brought his AN-2 to the show and demonstrated it almost hovering landing it with almost no roll at all. Amazing, rugged, reliable planes! Crossing my fingers for a job on the Yamal peninsula in the Russian Arctic where I might have a chance or perhaps requirement to fly in one.
got all the great old stuff in one package. It's a tail dragger. It's a biplane. It's got a radial engine. It's got fabric and steel.It's got full length flaperons .It's got fixed gear .It does everything and it does it nice and slow.And it's a passenger/cargo plane.plus it is Russian.. so to us it is "exotic".
I think it's called character. Someting lacking in most western world light aircraft. These were built to a set of specifications not to get one up on the competition.
glory age? this is soviet union cutting edge tech, even their most famous aircraft is just a blatant rip off of a US Air force plane made 60-70 years ago. =P
@@DarkSpartan317 oh look at this sneaky englishman who copied whole harrier from experemental soviet plane! PS happy apocalypse, it's starting again because of such self-liking idiots like you
Sure. My grandfather told me that if no oil lekeage could be seen under the enginge during pre flight check that meant there was no oil and plane needs to be repaired.
When it started up initially on the cockpit view I was like - that can't be smoke in the cockpit… can it? Then I saw the exterior view where you could see the side window was open, and the thing bathed itself in it's own exhaust after start up - so YUP!, that sure was smoke in the cockpit after start-up! Then hearing the pneumatics constantly purging pressure or whatever was crazy! - those old Russians were hardcore! :P
What you were hearing was the exhaust from the brakes - these, like many Russian aircraft, have air brakes - to steer on the ground you give it some rudder in the direction you want to go and then squeeze the brake handle on the yoke, the braking is proportional on each main mount to the amount and direction of rudder you have in. When you want to stop turning you release the brake handle - and you get the noise that you were mentioning. Yak-52 steers this way to!
I had a flight in a Yak-52 and know what you are talking about. Lucky for me, my pilot told me there was going to be that sound before we got in the plane. Sure is kind of weird but... That's how they did it! Great planes!
Ce bon pépère Antonov An-2 est vraiment increvable qui plus est, il est mon préféré! j' Ai de bon souvenir de ce magnifique appareil avec son moteur de 9 cylindres radial est encré dans mes oreilles! Merci pour cette vidéo franchement nostalgique...
OOOH que oui! Au début je pensais que c'était très difficile? Finalement c'est un avion qui a un très bon pilotage! Depuis j'ai attrapé le virus de l'Antonov! 😊🥰👍@@jowenjv4463
@@christopheschwartz7374 Ce doit être une belle experience effectivement. J'espère en croiser un en France un jour. Félicitations et bonne continuation
That engine. Its like its just screaming I AM NEVER EVER STOPPING FOR ANYONE OR ANYTHING EVER. It makes me think of those endless australian trains powered by super massive diesels. Comin' through!
Clear Prop! Let's go! I did get a ride in one of these, it was awesome. Sat in the back, it was a bit like sitting on the side bench seat in a double decker bus. The pilot looked as if he was sitting on the upper deck! You could see his feet on the pedals. It was tremulously exciting. As we began to take-off, the 'engineer' had left the side door open- yes to disperse the smoke. We thought he was going to make a jump for it at the last minute. As it happen he didn't jump, he slammed the door shut and stared at us for the whole ride. Gpx
Der Motor spautzt, der Pilot reagiert sofort. Korrekt. Der Mann fühlt den Motor. Das sind die Männer an richtiger Stelle. Das sind die Leute mit sogenannten Popometer. Daumen hoch.
That's lovely plane. Nicely copied Wright -engine with divine sound! Edit: Superb video and in the end is my favorite airfield, Malmi!!! Huippuvideo maailman kauneimmasta rumiluksesta - alati uhan alla olevalle kentällä lennosta!
Yeah while the Russians were in most cases the first to build nuclear power plants, rocket engines, space stations and supersonic planes. You got strange stereotypes. It's like saying that when you hear German language you think of SS storm troopers and barking shepperds.
The absolute party piece of that aircraft is it's ability to fly at pretty low speeds. In fact back in the day pilots sometimes had to land with a tailwind if the wind speed was too high to land into it, as you would normally do. 😆
Excellent video of a great workhorse of an airplane. I was also intrigued by the Malmi Terminal/Control tower building, which I discovered was built in 1936 in the modernist style of those times. It is on Frommer's list of 500 places to visit before they disappear. Thanks.
Thanks for the great video! A man by the name of "Vladimir Zhyhulskiy" made a fantastic model of the antonov AN-2 for Microsoft flight sim. Real fun to fly!
Wow...... As a child I always dreamed of, just one trip on them AN 2.......but now I changed my mind..... 🤔 😁😁😁🙏 I'm just kidding!!!!! I would still get on it in a heart beat !!!! 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 Brought back wonderful childhood memories from the 60s......
Still in production, since 1947! Does anyone know a plane wich was longer in production? - Am I the only person, who thinks about that Space Cartoon, with the Ballpen ("...for theyr Space Programm, Americans tried for years to find a writing utensil wich doesn t drip ...") and the simple pencil ("...and that's how the Russians solved the problem...") ?? :)
Its already been said but I think this plane would be a ball to fly, watching the startup I swear I can smell the exhaust smoke if the cockpit, I fly a Mooney now and have for the last 15 years but I think a plane like this would be a hell of a lot more fun, I am retired and dont have to flight plan for 190 mph flight speed. What does this plane fly 135 to 145 mph? I think this thing looks wonderful!!!!
If only the An-2 had fixed tricycle landing gear and common rail injection. Oleg, why couldn't you have left standing orders to keep engine design on par with European exhaust emissions standards?
