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Lecture: An-2, the Long-Liver of Utility Aviation
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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.