History | The Aircraft | Gallery | Facebook Page | Back to Historic

This Exact An-2 left the PZL Mielec production plant in 1967 as an An-2T and was taken on Strength with the Sily Powietrzne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (Polish Air Force) with serial number 7447 later that year.

In 1982 this aircraft was hijacked by several officers with families who escaped from Krakow to Vienna. The escapees were officers from the 13th Regiment of Transport Aviation from the No.2 Squadron.

On the 24th of June 2014, the An-2 7447 was bought by the Krakow Aviation Museum and received the civil registration SP-MLP as well as the markings “Wiedenczyk”.

Antonov An-2T

The Antonov An-2 NATO reporting name Colt is a Soviet mass-produced single-engine biplane utility/agricultural aircraft designed and manufactured by the Antonov Design Bureau beginning in 1946. Its remarkable durability, high lifting power, and ability to take off and land from poor runways have given it a long service life. The An-2 was produced up to 2001 and remains in service with military and civilian operators around the world.

The An-2 was designed as a utility aircraft for use in forestry and agriculture. However, the basic airframe is highly adaptable and numerous variants of the type have been developed; these include hopper-equipped versions for crop-dusting, scientific versions for atmospheric sampling, water-bombers for fighting forest-fires, flying ambulances, float-equipped seaplane versions and lightly armed combat versions for dropping paratroops. The most common version is the An-2T 12-seater passenger aircraft. All versions (other than the An-3 and the An-2-100) are powered by a 750 kW (1,010 hp) nine-cylinder Shvetsov ASh-62 radial engine, which was developed from the Wright R-1820. The An-2 typically consumes 2.5 l/min (0.66 US gal/min; 0.55 imp gal/min)