I will never forget the story of an AN-2 that I heard about in the 1980's (before the fall of the Berlin wall). An East German aircraft mechanic was tired of living in those political conditions and he decided to take his entire family of 14 (adults and kids) and sneak them into West Germany. He chose an AN-2...one he had never flown before...he had never flown any plane before...because he wasn't a trained pilot. Somehow his familiarity with aircraft systems, and the forgiving and gentle nature of the AN-2 allowed him to take off, fly, and land with safety. What a brave man (and family), and what a great airplane.

*Interestingly North Korean Special Operations Force still operated AN-2 for paratroopers and infliration flight unto South Korean. It's slow speed, fabric covering plus ability to cutting out the engine and gliding quietly during flight making its almost undetectable by South Korean radar. In turn, South Korean also brought a number of Chinese and Poland version of AN-2 for the same purposes.*

@oscarmuffin4322

2 жыл бұрын

That's a myth. The An-2 shows up on radar just fine.

@benedekhalda-kiss9737

4 ай бұрын

The An-2 is not made out of wood and fabric. Sure it has fabric but it's a HUGE metal slow moving target

Best plane in the world! Good old AN-2. Too bad they don't make them any more. I wish I could afford to buy one and fly it around on weekends just for fun.

this plane is the safest in the world 👀😁.. i jumped from one of this... many times.. 3000 meters

I saw one of these up close at an aeroclub show. The propeller looks ridiculously tiny, compared to the huge boxy fuselage. It gave me an impression that due to laws of physics, it could not possibly take off. But it did take off. With this kind of peculiar, graceful elegance.

I love how the exhaust fumes nicely go into the cockpit in startup

@troyandskyelar9588

4 жыл бұрын

Relaxes the pilot :P

@garrycowan4747

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, that is à great one 🤣🤣🤣 Legend 👍

@importsstillsuck

8 ай бұрын

It doesn't have to, I've seen these with a long exhaust pipe going down the side.

They have the same starter as the Millennium Falcon.

@jimallroggen314

3 жыл бұрын

And the have the same speed too!

Do you like these ANTONOV airplanes ?

@matrix54190

4 жыл бұрын

Cars and Engines I was flying with the first Antonov in your Video in Luxemburg,i love this old plane👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@thomasschafer7268

4 жыл бұрын

Best antonov you can see by morloc motors

@danthjie1737

4 жыл бұрын

No!

@atribecalledcookies4

4 жыл бұрын

Love them

@Muamar_Kadaffi

4 жыл бұрын

I worked on an-2 and an-3t, in Russian flight schools this type was primary during a long time, on initial training. I have flown 1000 flight hours on this plane.

0:44 Sounds like Han Solo is having hyperdrive engine trouble again.

Аннушка, моя любовь. В юности я прыгнул с нее 22 раза. С парашютом. Д-5, Д-1-5у, УТ-15.

We have one of these at the airport where I live and you can always tell when it’s in the air

@EATSLEEPDRIVE2002

4 жыл бұрын

Most times, it’s pretty easy to tell whether a planes in the air or not😜

@Emotionaldamage4life

2 жыл бұрын

Oh I also live somewhere where there is an antonov an2. Papa bits wow we are same

@papabits5721

2 жыл бұрын

@@Emotionaldamage4life cheers man

АН2 был сделан в 1947 году. В серию пошёл в 1949 году. Это многоцелевой самолёт короткого взлёта и посадки, предназначенный для использования в условиях грунтовых аэродромов. Собранный с применением частей боевых самолётов.

@Nik-Nik33.

4 жыл бұрын

И какие на нем части с боевых самолётов?))

Ahhhhhhhhh ....there it izzz....my radial fix for day !

Those Radials sure do smoke a lot when started cold! Of course, it's because oil tends to settle in the lower cylinders! They do sound awesome! They sound a bit like the used 1962 Chevy Impala Wagon my Dad once bought! Inline 6, single barrel carb!

Красивый самолёт! Вертолёт в 2-3 раза дороже в эксплуатации! Берет 1,5 тонны, может летать по 8 часов на одной заправке! Заправка 1200 литров!

@user-yv9el3kj3i

3 жыл бұрын

Восемь не потянет , ну максимум семь часов.

@user-lu4vy3mp9y

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-yv9el3kj3i Случай был,борт пролетел больше 10 часов,10ч50м кажется,не дотянув 10 км сел между барханами,чуть не хватило топлива до Нукуса долететь,так что...

@user-yv9el3kj3i

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-lu4vy3mp9y А километров тогда сколько.

Hab ich richtig gelesen das die An2 bei 48kmh schon voll kontrollierbar fliegt? Da kann man bei kräftigem Gegenwind ja quasi senkrecht starten🤔

@Robert-qo3fd

4 жыл бұрын

Ja

Кто на нем летал, то не забудет этот звук.

@user-yv9el3kj3i

3 жыл бұрын

У меня даже в телефоне на звонке стоит запуск.

@user-lu4vy3mp9y

2 жыл бұрын

Епстественно,звук Ан-2,Ан-24 нельзя забыть.

Этот самолет Ан2 летает досихпор.Якутия.Будет летать еще долго,пока не отработает полный ресурс.

Chyba jedyny samolot na świecie któremu braknie paliwa lub zepsuje się silnik i wyląduję bez żadnego problemu. Rosjanie wybudowali całkiem fajną maszynę. Gdybym miał pieniądze to bym sobie kupił takiego, bo nie martwiłbym się że się rozbiję.👍👍👍👍

I grew up with these planes. We were standing behind them when the pilot was warming up the engine doing the smooth criminal.

@spaceace1006

5 ай бұрын

Oh? No Fooling!!?? That's Cool!

Something about radial engines just sound cool.

@RidinDirtyRollinBurnouts

4 жыл бұрын

It's where large v-twin motorcycles get their sound. Just imagine a Harley Davidson engine but made in a full circle

0:49 I already flew with that Antonov!

പൊളിസാനം 👌👌

Can we have this thing in MS Flightsim 2020 :)

I love the videos and channel

Done some skydives out of one of these, airspeed so slow it’s like doing a BASE jump.

@Emotionaldamage4life

2 жыл бұрын

Yep I call the an2 when I first saw it when I looked up at it while skydiving like you did and it’s basically a loud disregarding slug

С детства на нем летал,так и не могу на нем нормально летать полощит всю дорогу 😁

Hey guys it should come as no surprise because of the great track record and cough condition capability of the AN2 that somebody was going to convert it from the 1000 HP radial to a turbine power! These days it seems that anything can be made into a turbine engine, lengthen the nose A LOT get get you CG back and I really cant think of a better conversion. Looked very interesting on the AN2

Amazing content! I don't understand why so little subs 😕

1:23 there is a F1 engine Thats used to start this beast

Parecem um FNM! Slk

An2 *Starts engine* *2 Polar bears have left the tchat*

Like the Boeing B-17 engines

Вся страна, как Ан-2! ☝️🤓

I feel confused I see a plane but hear a tank

@masakeris

4 жыл бұрын

thats because many ww2 and also later were using aircraft engines. The sound of starter is similar for all engines with huge displacement , you have to save energy in gyro for being able to turn the crankshaft. Direct operational starter wouldnt have enough torque.

This thing stalls at only 25 mph wtf

That is one big assed beautiful bird!!! Any clue what the fuel burn rate in normal flight would be, I know a 1000 hp engine doesnt run for free!

@ginmador9824

3 жыл бұрын

180 liters per hour

Schöne Brummer

What kind of starter system is it? Electrical with a flywheel?

@bunky060171

4 жыл бұрын

Correct. Inertial starter. Electric motor spins up a flywheel to speed, and then it is clutched to the engine to release its momentum. The carried momentum of the flywheel is greater than the electric motor alone. Drawback? If the engine does not light off, a second spin-up is needed for a second attempt. Some of these inertial starters have a hand-crank backup to spool up the flywheel.

sounds as tiger

have you see the Mickael Manousakis's plane an AN2 with this plane he has go out in Deuth and go on in USA

Michael Manousakis would be very happy.....

SP-AMT - EPLR Radawiec Airport

How much is an old one?

Where are you from guys ? :)

@bodilhoffmann7647

4 жыл бұрын

Cars and Engines Denmark

@beamngcatgirl

4 жыл бұрын

Czech republic

@OzFrog17

4 жыл бұрын

Western Australia

@RidinDirtyRollinBurnouts

4 жыл бұрын

USA, I find Russian aircraft fascinating since they use different designs compared to western countries.

Зато этот самолёт ремонтируется с помощью скотча , пятью ключами и свечей ну и конечно с матом .

Wasn't this the largest bi-plane ever built?

@Tibb91

3 жыл бұрын

Yep (biplane with one engine to be precise)

And no mention or info on engine?

@hawkdsl

3 жыл бұрын

Curtiss Wright R-1820, the Polish version is the ASz-62 and the Russian version is the Shvetsov ASh-62.

@Eubanksproductions

3 жыл бұрын

@@hawkdsl Thank you very much for the information. Greatly appreciated

@Tibb91

3 жыл бұрын

27 liter, 1000hp, 9-cylinder, consumes about 150 liter avgas per hour (+ 8 liter oil)

the smoke is a crime against the environment🤣

@xeigen2

4 жыл бұрын

Ehh, it's only burning off oil accumulated in the bottom cylinders. As all radials do. Once it's warmed up the exhaust will be clean.

Кукурузник!

@user-kw8np2lh5s

2 жыл бұрын

Кукурузник это По-2.

Too much pilution apart that nice birds.

@tyrinthomson6102

4 жыл бұрын

polution*

@nogfgoodnight

4 жыл бұрын

@@tyrinthomson6102 pollution*

@Tibb91

3 жыл бұрын

You have any idea how much those big container ship pollute? Like 1000x more..

@clearskye4381

3 жыл бұрын

@@tyrinthomson6102 Thank u x sharing

An-2 start up sounds like the Millennium Falcon.

Final kzread.info/dash/bejne/pKZsmpR7ZdrFfJs.html

crazy because?

มันมีชื่อเสียงเพราะสิ่งนี้คนต้องการคนชอบที่จะเห็น

ну и шо афтор єтим хотел сказать?

So my like for this plane as an american is kinda pointless since I can't use it for profit. Stupid US regulations.

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