This An-2 was orginally delivered to MÉM Rep. Szolgálat in December 1979 and then, in January 1990, transferred to Air Service Hungary. After retirement the plane was used in a kiddies' playground outside a McDonald's in Budapest and now sits on the grass at LHGD.

This An-2 was originally delivered to MÉM Rep. Szolgálat as a An-2R in January 1980. It is in immaculate condition and pictured in its hangar at LHGD. I was very lucky as on this day the Pope was visiting Budapest and so a no-fly zone was implemented over and around Budapest. Therefore, the airfield superintendant had no real duties that day and so he kindly accompanied me into this hangar.

Stop at Palma in its way to Africa for the locust plague, note the manual installation of the sprayer pipes under the wings. Operated by Zaklad Uslug Agrolotniczych.

This An-2 was originally delivered to Aviatia Utilitara as YR-PVA in May 1977. The registration was cancelled during March 2012 amd the plane is now preserved at, or is at least is part of, the Arsenal Park collection.

This An-2 was originally delivered to Aviatia Utilitara in October 1988. It went to Aero West in April 2011 and is pictured parked on the grass at their home field.

This An-2 was originally delivered to the Ukranian directorate of Aeroflot as CCCP-81512. Later it appears to have become UR-81512 with Universal-avia and then joined the Romanian register as YR-DAW in May 2010 with S.C. Aeroserv SRL. It appears to be now based in Buziaș and flying for Aero West.

This An-2 was originally delivered to Aviatia Utilitara as YR-PVI in May 1977. It joined Aero West, based at the airfield just outside Buziaș, in March 2010 and flew until September 2013. It is now preserved as part of this noce restaurant along with a Li-2 and a Socata Tobago.

This An-2 was delivered to Magyar Honv. Szöv. in July 1988 as HA-ANT, tansferring over in October 1990 to Magyar Repülö Szöv. I was very happy to see it active at LHNY and it is pictured having just returned to terra firma after another parachute run.

This An-2 was originally delivered to the Lithuanian directorate of Aeroflot as CCCP-86413 in March 1981. Later the plane was allocated LY-ACN but this was not taken up and, in July 1992, it went instead to Hungary to fly for Nyír-rep Poszméh as HA-MAF. The fuselage hulk is all that is left at LHNY.

This An-2 was originally delivered to the Ukrainian directorate of Aeroflot as CCCP-54868 in November 1979, then in April 1993 being given the registration UR-54868. The frame was donated by the Ukrainian Govt. to Aeroklub Rijeka in September 1996 and it became 9A-BKK. It was operated by North Adria but after their demise it may have been some kind of bar. It is now part of the Aeropark at LDPV.

For the sake of completeness, the less photogenic side of this Antonov. On display here since 2003 and repainted in these colours ten years later. Had been given the name Antoni but that has been painted over; from close distance one can still make out the contours of the text below the cockpit windows though.

This An-2 was delivered to the Ukranian directorate of Aeroflot in August 1974 as CCCP-07696. It was originally intended to be placed on to the Hungarian register as HA-DAG, but instead became HA-MKG with Dél-Dunántuli AS in August 1996. This may or may not be the current owner but it was parked on the grass as LHBC during my visit.

This An-2 was originally delivered to the Belorussian directorate of Aeroflot in August 1975 as CCCP-16053. It came to Hungary with Agrowings in May 1995 but was latterly operated by Szemp-Air.

This An-2 was originally delivered to the Ukranian directorate of Aeroflot as CCCP-40240 in November 1986and then from August 1993 the plane became UR-40240 and flew with Avialini Ukrayiny. In August 2000 it was exported to Romania and reistered YR-LAR started flying for Aviatia Utilitara, although operated by Aero Scoroget. From November 2010 the plane was fully flying for Aero Scoroget from LRCB, however, the fuselage is now stored in this compound on the east side of the airfield. Note the small propeller atop the fuselage, this is used to stir the liquid in the chemical tank during flight.

This An-2 was originally delivered to the Krygzstani directorate of Aeroflot as CCCP-33321 in July 1987, later becoming UR-33321 in Ukraine. The westward progression continued as in 1996 it was registered 9A-BZB and from November 2010 it has been on the Serbian register as YU-BSA.