On this day in aviation history, 78 years ago (August 31, 1947), the Antonov An-2 took to the skies for the first time. Known by its NATO reporting name "Colt," the An-2 is a Soviet-built ...
US investigators believe a Cuban-registered Antonov An-2 crashed while attempting to land on a levee, after a pilot with limited understanding of the aircraft failed to activate oil-cooling shutters, ...