Talk:Antonov An-2V

An-4
I'm really pissed off by such an ignorance... Hence, one has removed the name for two aircraft at once (one production name and one development name). Really cool! --jno 09:21, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
 * 1) The An-2 on floats (An-2V водный were developed and built in 1950..1951 in OKB-153. The maiden flight was peformed 31 July 1951 by V.A.Didenko, a pilot of fight transport division of production facility №153. Production tests were passed in the August, State trials were passed in October-November. The aircraft was recommended for serial production under the designation of An-4. Serial production was deployed in USSR and Poland (as An-2M /"M" for polish "morsky" - "seaplane"/).
 * 2) The An-4 designation was assigned to An-2ZA ("ZA" for "athmosphere probe", зондирование атмосферы), a varian of An-2 for high altitude meteorological researches with a glass cocpit at tail just before the rudder. The ASh-62IR engine was upgraded with turbo-compressor at starboard (??, right side) allowing to keep the power up to 10,000 m (32,000 ft) of altitude. The propeller shaft tip was removed for better cooling. Traditional ailerons were removed as well. This aircraft is better known as An-6 "Meteo".

I personally fail to see how "it's just a floatplane version of the An-2" somehow deserves its own article; hence, suggestion to merge. 24.9.10.235 21:34, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Support. Just redirect to An-2. I've written the article long before I could realize the ideas for article selection and other wiki features (like redirection). --jno 11:29, 2 August 2006 (UTC)