[cstross]

The An-2 (NATO reporting name: "Cock") is a single-engined utility biplane used throughout the former Warsaw Pact as a light airliner, cargo plane, and crop duster. Its general performance is comparable to the ancient Douglas DC-3, with the added twist that it generates so much lift at low speeds that it can land and take off from very rough, unprepared fields.

Wikipedia article here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-2

The An-225 Mriya is so much bigger that if you could cram them in, it could carry 77 An-2s as passengers :-)

[sandworm101]

The COCK is the AN-22 and has four engines, which iirc are the same as used on the bear bombers. The NATO name for the An-2 biplane is COLT.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-2

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-22

[cstross]

Whoops! Was commenting from memory.

[karamanolev]

It's very unfortunate that the An-225 is now reported as destroyed in the war. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-225_Mriya#2022_Russ...

[kube-system]

Damn. I was just watching some videos of this plane last week and wondered if I’d ever get to see it in person some day.

[devilbunny]

It was really something. I saw it at Houston Intercontinental once.