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Re:Flying a single-engine Antonov An-2 over the Atlantic Ocean by cstross on Monday February 28, 2022 @05:11AM (#30498284)
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

The An-225 Mriya is so much bigger that if you could cram them in, it could carry 77 An-2s as passengers :-)

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Re:Flying a single-engine Antonov An-2 over the Atlantic Ocean by sandworm101 on Monday February 28, 2022 @06:14AM (#30498648)
The 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-22

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Re:Flying a single-engine Antonov An-2 over the Atlantic Ocean by cstross on Monday February 28, 2022 @06:48AM (#30498841)
Whoops! Was commenting from memory.
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Re:Flying a single-engine Antonov An-2 over the Atlantic Ocean by karamanolev on Monday February 28, 2022 @06:15AM (#30498654)
It'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_Russ...
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Re:Flying a single-engine Antonov An-2 over the Atlantic Ocean by kube-system on Monday February 28, 2022 @07:05AM (#30498968)
Damn. 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.
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Re:Flying a single-engine Antonov An-2 over the Atlantic Ocean by devilbunny on Monday February 28, 2022 @09:34AM (#30500227)
It was really something. I saw it at Houston Intercontinental once.
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