Pophma Antonov AN2

Ref Popham

It turns out 'they' have an AN2 there that did a run of passengers. It is staggering to be so close to this "big bird", the second image (oops clipped the wing & poor choice of Tv has made the prop invisible )shows her making a surprisingly low pass along one of the strips before making a wider second circuit before landing about 5 mins later.

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Very nice!

Awesome shots. Nice job panning.

#1 shot is very cool!

Thanks guys for the comments.

ref #1 - for such a large aircraft she makes a very quick & short takeoff.

Nice pics of a nice plane. Good to see if you can catch the flames from the exhaust at start-up or on tick-over when she is on the ground.

Chris

They didn't build them pretty but they sure built them rugged...! Nice shots BB.

Wish I could find footage of it but there was stunt special on TV where they shot a stuntman off a bridge using a bungee catapult and his target was a cargo net trailing behind an AN2. The plane flew along the bridge in a very, very slow sideslip. He missed the first two times (and just parachuted into the gorge) but he hit the net and was able to hang on on the third try!

I hope he was well paid!

FlyingPhotog wrote in post #7909552
Wish I could find footage of it but there was stunt special on TV where they shot a stuntman off a bridge using a bungee catapult and his target was a cargo net trailing behind an AN2. The plane flew along the bridge in a very, very slow sideslip. He missed the first two times (and just parachuted into the gorge) but he hit the net and was able to hang on on the third try!

I saw that same video and wondered "Why?"

Was the show called "Stuntmasters?"

I'm drawing a blank (and threadjacking so I'll quit...)

. . . some guys will do anything for glory - nice captures of the AN2 btw !