1/150 scale resin custom made models from Antonov Design Bureau made for presentations during 50 years anniversary of An-2 first flight 1946-1996.Such models presented during anniversary celebration ceremonies to engineers, designers, test-pilots of OKB Antonov.Originally models displayed on own wheels.Stand with Aeroflot (Soviet airlines) or Antonov design bureau logo engraved- optional.
Models were issued in different variants from Classic Aeroflot (white/blue) and Arctic Polar (red/white) colors to Air Force, Ambulance etc.(you may get one of variants by request).
I would take a moment for few lines on this famaous plane.
An-2 was a first plane from large family of aircraft designed by Oleg Antonov right after WWII.The An-2 might appear to be a relic, but it is actually a post-WWII design that is still in production and in service around the world from Equator to North Pole.
If ever an airplane was born struggling for survival, it was a world`s largest biplane AN-2.Even in mid 40-s this tail-dragging, single-engine biplane was an anachronism in a world of increasingly sleek, tricycle-gear monoplanes.Survive it did, however, to become the biggest selling, longest-lived transport in the world.production started in Soviet Union in 40-s, but the 14-seat mini-airliner continued in production in Poland as the PZL Mielec AN-2 Antek.Production continues today in China, where the AN-2 became the SAMC Y-5B, an agriculture model.
More than 50 000 of these aeronautical oddities have been built, and they`ve been used for just about everything.Military and commercial passenger transports, cargo hauling, marine biology research, paratrooper operations, agriculture, ambulance, Polar transport, air show attractions-AN-2 has done it all on land, on water and on ice.
In recent years several of AN-2 have even come to the United States and Western Europe owned by private pilots enthusiasts, who love these outstanding flying machines of course.
This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 12 April, 2003.