tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post3372473732526350711..comments2024-03-28T12:13:06.135-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: An old aviation stalwart gets a new lease on lifePeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-26990485570501643352012-09-01T05:08:37.740-05:002012-09-01T05:08:37.740-05:00@Oz: You just wait until you've flown in one....@Oz: You just wait until you've flown in one. Every rivet and joint vibrates (the plane's and yours!); the noise is incredible; the cabin leaks (both air and water) like a sieve, so you finish your journey dusty in hot weather and wet in rainy weather; the seats are refined instruments of torture, so that it's both painful to sit through a flight and even more painful to get up and out afterwards; and the constant vibration and smell of gasoline and oil does something horrible to your innards. Both times I've flown on An-2's I've had the runs something fierce afterwards!<br /><br />I like the planes for their practicality, but I'll lose that big vibrating gas-guzzler up front in a heartbeat, thank you very much!<br />Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-20820872294684644282012-08-31T19:30:12.639-05:002012-08-31T19:30:12.639-05:00You sir are a heathen. How dare you prefer the sh...You sir are a heathen. How dare you prefer the shrill screaming banshee of a turbine to the unbelievable sexy rumble of a well tuned radial engine.The Great and Powerful Ozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01379953300283048280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-37209344335730267612012-08-31T16:20:07.844-05:002012-08-31T16:20:07.844-05:00I watched one try to land in a crosswind one day.....I watched one try to land in a crosswind one day... he finally landed on the cross taxiway (and stopped) because he couldn't control it on the runway itself...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-45344767899630527262012-08-31T11:26:27.075-05:002012-08-31T11:26:27.075-05:00This is one of the only a/c that I'd like to o...This is one of the only a/c that I'd like to own. I know it'd be a pain pulling the prop to clean out the cylinders, but that's what you pay to have a WW2 round engine. <br /><br />I think there is even a limit to how far from home plate your allowed to fly it.<br /><br />It sucks avgas like a hose, but man, what a beautiful bird. Thanks for awakening the desire again!!!!<br />STxRynnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-20995130460959085472012-08-31T10:00:58.496-05:002012-08-31T10:00:58.496-05:00AN-2's are awesome. I came across this great w...AN-2's are awesome. I came across this great website just a few days ago:<br /><br />http://an2flyers.org/<br /><br />Regretably they can be registered only as Experimental in the US, so no commercial use.<br /><br />Don in OregonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-1388612941680189662012-08-31T08:48:14.038-05:002012-08-31T08:48:14.038-05:00@Chris: You're right, of course. Wikipedia m...@Chris: You're right, of course. Wikipedia makes that clear:<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_produced_aircraft<br /><br />I've updated the article accordingly.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-28338481051109884562012-08-31T08:29:48.474-05:002012-08-31T08:29:48.474-05:00"making it the most-produced aircraft in hist... "making it the most-produced aircraft in history."<br /><br />I think that should be longest production run in history. Other aircraft have had more built in terms of numbers, but over a shorter period.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015544320906146949noreply@blogger.com