There was an An-2 giving air tours at the Luftfahrtmuseum Finowfurt, where the last two Chaos Communication Camps were held. (Unfortunately the Camp will have to move to another location this year.)
I took one of those tours in 2007 and it was a pretty different experience from other planes in terms of the extreme maneuverability. What I most remember is that the pilot didn't really bother to approach the runway. Instead, he just flew toward the airport. When we got to the airport, he just sort of hung a quick left onto the runway and landed. It felt almost like taking a turn in a car!
As the An-2's stall speed is considerably slower than freeway traffic, we might actually have been going at about the speed of a car at that point.
I took one of those tours in 2007 and it was a pretty different experience from other planes in terms of the extreme maneuverability. What I most remember is that the pilot didn't really bother to approach the runway. Instead, he just flew toward the airport. When we got to the airport, he just sort of hung a quick left onto the runway and landed. It felt almost like taking a turn in a car!
As the An-2's stall speed is considerably slower than freeway traffic, we might actually have been going at about the speed of a car at that point.