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Lecture: An-2, the Long-Liver of Utility Aviation
Why a 1947 biplane still flies — and what will replace it on the northern routes.
- Next date
- 17 September 2026
- Time
- 17:00
- Place
- Early Aviation Hall
- Price
- Free
The An-2 can take off from two hundred metres of dirt strip and land where there is no airfield at all. The lecture covers biplane aerodynamics, the economics of local air routes and why a replacement has been sought for forty years.



