An-2 Instrument Panel
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An-2
Instrument
Panel
Note: I'm trying to identify all AN-2 owners in the Americas
or anywhere. If you own an AN-2 or know who does,
please E-mail me the owner's name, address and/or E-mail address
information
with aircraft number.
Even if you don't know the owner I'd even appreciate knowing the N
number and where the aircraft is based.
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AN-2 VERSIONS:
An-2P
(passenger
with
seating
for
12
passengers),
An-2PK
(five
seat
executive),
An-2P-Photo
(photogrammetry),
An-2R
(agricultural; 1300 kg liquid or dry chemicals),
An-2S
(ambulance,
6
stretchers
and
medical
attendants),
An-2T
(transport,
1500
kg
cargo
or
12
passengers),
An-2TD
(for
parachute
jumping),
An-2TP
(cargo-passenger)
The Chinese version of the AN-2, the Y-5, was licensed in 1957 and
was
exported to various countries
including North Korea and Albania. Chinese production as the Y-5
commenced
with Nanchang in 1957,
before being transferred to Shijiazhuang Aircraft. The main Chinese
version is the standard Y-5N,
while the latest development is the Y-5C paratroop carrier for the
PLA-AF with distinctive wingtip vanes.
AN-2 Users:
Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Azerbaijan, Byelorussia, Bulgaria, China,
Croatia, Cuba, Czechoslovakia,
Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Laos, Latvia, Mali, Mongolia, Nicaragua,
North Korea, Poland, Romania,
Russia, Slovak Republic, Tadjikistan, Ukraine, USSR, Uzbekistan,
Vietnam
AN-2 REGISTRATION LISTS: (source) http://www.teaser.fr/u/pbrugier/n_index.htm
Note: 30 or more East German AN-2s in service at the time of
German re-unification were permitted to retain their
standard airworthiness certificates for commercial operation.
Many AN-2 were used by the Soviet DOSAAF
(Dobrovol'noe Obshchestvo Sodeistviia Armii, Aviatsii i Flotu)
North Korea has more than 300 AN-2 aircraft in their military inventory and could use them to insert special ops forces into South Korea. Reportedly, North Korea has made a concerted effort to keep its arsenal of easy-to-fly AN-2s well maintained.
FAA Registration Searchs:
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/
Good list of serial numbers
http://www.scramble.nl/databases.htm