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The Antonov An-2 is a Soviet utility aircraft first built in 1947 that was designed to perform a wide range of practical tasks like transport, agriculture, and rescue operations. It became one of the most widely used and long-lived aircraft designs in history, remaining in production and service across many countries for decades due to its reliability and versatility.
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Vinony's link graph records 757 inbound references to Antonov An-2, and connects out to Antonov, Luhansk and United States Air Force.
Vinony files it under 1940s Soviet agricultural aircraft, 1940s Soviet civil utility aircraft and 1940s Soviet military utility aircraft.
Vinony links it to 51 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Type
- Agricultural , utility aircraft and military transport aircraft
- Manufacturer
- Antonov
- Designer
- Oleg Antonov
- Status
- In limited service
- Primary users
- Soviet Air Forces (historical) Russian Aerospace Forces Korean People's Army Air Force Ukrainian Air Force
- Number built
- 18,000+
- Manufactured
- 1947–2001
- First flight
- 31 August 1947
- Developed into
- Antonov An-3 , SibNIA TVS-2DTS
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- utility aircraft
- Operator
- TAROM
- Country of origin
- Soviet Union
- Developer
- Antonov
- Designed by
- Antonov
- Image
- Antonov An-2 OK-HFL amk (cropped).jpg
- Length
- 12.74
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- Commons category
- Antonov An-2
- NATO reporting name
- Colt
- first flight
- 1947-08-31
- military designation
- T-71
- Commons gallery
- Antonov An-2
- derivative work
- Antonov An-4
- wing configuration
- biplane
- wingspan
- 18.18
- name in native language
- Ан-2
- service entry
- 1947-00-00
- total produced
- 18000
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Encyclopedic overview
The Antonov An-2 (USAF/DoD reporting name Type 22, NATO reporting name Colt) is a Soviet mass-produced single-engine biplane utility/agricultural aircraft designed and manufactured by the Antonov Design Bureau beginning in 1947. Its durability, lifting power, and ability to take off and land from poor runways have given it a long service life. The An-2 was produced up to 2001 and remains in service with military and civilian operators around the world.
The An-2 was designed as a utility aircraft for forestry and agriculture, but the basic airframe is adaptable and numerous variants have been developed. These include hopper-equipped crop-dusters, scientific versions for atmospheric sampling, water-bombers for fighting forest fires, air ambulances, seaplanes, and versions for dropping paratroopers.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Antonov An-2” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.