I flew the An-2 it was a very capable aircraft and you may be suprised to hear that it is the most numerous aircraft on the planet with 40,000 hulls being made in Russia a furhter 12,000 in Poland and a further 22,000 made in China under licence and call the YS something. May be not so rare after all.. .I was offered one when in Russia for the princely some of $200. The trouble was I wasn't sure it belonged to the chap trying to sell it. I had the choice of over 200 all in a line in varying states of decay. Did you know that every cylinder of the nine cylinder radial has its own log book with meticulous records of all the dimensions of the bore and pistons. Another mith as to the lack of maintenance records on Russian aircraft dispelled.. .I would trade flying my Bus for an An2 on the beach any day if I could get enough pay to live.