> 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.
Depending where you live, other planes have stall speeds considerably slower than freeway traffic (a Cessna has a stall speed of 50mph/80kmh), the An2 is in the range of urban speed limits (the article and wikipedia both quote pilots reporting full control at 30mph/50kmh airspeed).
Interestingly, it doesn't even trade maximum speed for being unstallable.
Depending where you live, other planes have stall speeds considerably slower than freeway traffic (a Cessna has a stall speed of 50mph/80kmh), the An2 is in the range of urban speed limits (the article and wikipedia both quote pilots reporting full control at 30mph/50kmh airspeed).
Interestingly, it doesn't even trade maximum speed for being unstallable.