Antonov An-2 facts for kids

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Albanian Air Force Antonov An-2.
Role	Airliner & cargo aircraft
National origin	USSR
Manufacturer	Antonov
First flight	1947
Introduction	1948
Primary user	Aeroflot
Number built	More than 18000 examples.

The Antonov An-2 is a Sovie airliner & cargo aircraft. It was designed and built after World War II. It is a biplane. It can carry between nine and eleven passengers. NATO calls it Colt. It was built under licence in China as Y-5. It is a single-engine aircraft.

Variants

On the static display of "Oldtimer Fliegertreffen" Hahnweide 2011
Closeup of a private An-2TP
The An-2 can take off and land on unsurfaced airstrips. (Photo taken at Kunmadaras military airbase, Hungary.)
An-2 on skis at Volosovo air field, Chekhovsky District, Moscow region
An-2 at Grand Junction aviation show
Antonov An-2 (An2-TP)
Ukrainian Hryvna depicting the An-2 airplane
An AN-2 of the Laos air force
An-2 sprays pesticide on wheat crops during Operation Barnstormer (May 2006).
An-2 variants
Antonov An-2E WIG
The passenger cabin
SibNIA TVS-2DTS
Cockpit of a 1971 ex-Aeroflot An-2 at the Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum. See also for a very high resolution image of this cockpit.
Antonov An-2