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Mar 31^st, 2010 at 8:00am

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Here it is the Antonov-2. I have heard people call this plane ugly but... it's a beautiful kind of ugly

Using the excellent freeware An-2 by Vladimir Zhyhulskiy

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Reply #1 - Mar 31^st, 2010 at 8:37am

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Goodly morning Matt...

I don't think she is ugly at all.

Have flown from the right seat several times in the AN-2 and it is not a bad machine at all. Flew with a friend of mine for ninety-minutes and I enjoyed every one of them. There is lots of room in the front end and communication between the two of us noise wise was normal.

Not sure what she would be like on floats or amphibs coming into a dock but probably no worse than a Beech 18.

The aircraft is a good workhorse... Wink

By the way a very nice shot. Wink

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #2 - Mar 31^st, 2010 at 9:20am

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Amazing shot Matthew, awesome mood.

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Reply #3 - Mar 31^st, 2010 at 10:34am

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'Beauty is in the eye of the beholder' and your shot is certainly not ugly.

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Reply #4 - Mar 31^st, 2010 at 2:11pm

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Frequent Flyer wrote on Mar 31^st, 2010 at 9:20am:

Amazing shot Matthew, awesome mood.

Couldn't agree more.

Btw, really like your "Operation Bible Sweep" mission.

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Reply #5 - Mar 31^st, 2010 at 4:46pm

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Thanks for the comments guys!

Flying Trucker wrote on Mar 31^st, 2010 at 8:37am:

I don't think she is ugly at all.

I agree

I have heard a lot of people complain about the very large rudder, but I just think it has a lot of character!

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Btw, really like your "Operation Bible Sweep" mission.

Thanks for trying it, I had a lot of fun making that mission so its good to hear that it's being enjoyed Grin

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Reply #6 - Apr 2^nd, 2010 at 6:32am

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I'm an An-2 fan also. There's one lives near to me at Popham and I keep meaning to get some pictures of her - maybe soon

Nice shot btw

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Reply #7 - Apr 15^th, 2010 at 7:21pm

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Nice Screenshot. I am also a fan of the An-2.

I didn't realize how big this plane was until I saw one at a private air museum in Texas.

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Reply #8 - Apr 17^th, 2010 at 5:00am

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zulumike wrote on Apr 15^th, 2010 at 7:21pm:

Nice Screenshot. I am also a fan of the An-2.

I didn't realize how big this plane was until I saw one at a private air museum in Texas.

Regards, Mike

Come to think of it I don't really know how big it is! I should try parking next to a C152

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Reply #9 - May 17^th, 2010 at 4:39am

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This Topic was moved here from The April Screenshot Contest! by ShaneG.

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