Aircraft Photo of HA-MEV | Antonov An-2 | Hungarian Air Service | AirHistory.net #295741
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:HA-MEV
Aircraft Original Type:Antonov An-2
Aircraft Generic Type:Antonov An-2/3
Aircraft Version:Antonov An-2
Licence-built by:PZL-Mielec
C/n (msn):1G194-29
Operator Titles:Hungarian Air Service
Location
City / Airport:FairfordMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGVA   IATA: FFD   Local: -   Other: -
Event:IAT - International Air Tattoo 1989
 
Photo Date:22 July 1989
Photo by:Mick Bajcar
Photo ID: 295741
Photo Comment

Note the small "Hungarian Air Service" titles below the windows. This aircraft left Berlin in June 1991 on a flight to Sydney to commemorate 100 years of manned flight, since Otto Lilienthal introduced the concept of wings for manned flight in 1891 (generally considered as the beginning of human flight). The aircraft crashed near Bayan, Lombok, Indonesia on 21 Sep1991 after the engine failed whilst flying through a narrow valley.

This photo is copyright © Mick Bajcar, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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