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An-2 on skis at Volosovo air field, [12] Chekhovsky District, Moscow region An-2 at Grand Junction aviation show. The Antonov An-2 is a mass-produced single-engine biplane that has been commonly used as a utility and agricultural aircraft. It is deliberately furnished with a minimum of complex systems.
A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings stacked one above the other. The first powered, controlled aeroplane to fly, the Wright Flyer, used a biplane wing arrangement, as did many aircraft in the early years of aviation. While a biplane wing structure has a structural advantage over a monoplane, it produces more drag than a ...
[2] The LMS-901 is designed to replace the Antonov An-2 after the SibNIA TVS-2DTS was indefinitely delayed. [3] Wind tunnel testing was completed in late November 2020, as Russian regional airlines were interested in 200 aircraft. [3] By April 2021, an LMS-901 prototype airframe was completed. [4]
The An-2 biplane was a major achievement of this period, with hundreds of these aircraft still operating as of 2013. [5] In addition to this biplane and its modifications, a small series of gliders A-9 and A-10 were created and built in the pilot production in Novosibirsk.
The TVS-2DTS is a comprehensively modernized derivative of the twelve-seat An-2 biplane. The aircraft made its first flight on July 10, 2018, in Novosibirsk.It was planned to build five test aircraft to achieve certification in 2020.
In reference to both its strange looks and relatively loud jet engine, the aircraft was nicknamed Belphegor, after the noisy demon. Development of the M-15 can be traced back to a Soviet requirement for a modern agricultural aircraft to succeed the Antonov An-2; it was at the insistence of Soviet officials that jet propulsion would power the type.
Ukraine has developed a laser weapon capable of shooting down targets from more than a mile away, the country’s drone force commander has claimed. Speaking at a defense summit in Kyiv this week ...
[2] Another attempt to replace the An-2 on Soviet farms was made in the 1970s with the WSK-Mielec M-15 Belphegor, but it failed. From 2007, the "Polyot" Production Association started to upgrade the first ten An-2s of the Russian Airborne Troops to An-3T-10 standard. The overall requirement is estimated at approximately 200 aircraft. [4] [5]