AN 2 Down DRC
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AN 2 Down DRC
Just heard in Bukavu a AN2 went down wednesday west of FZMA, apparently went into mountain due to bad weather? pilot and engineer dead.
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Saw a red AN2 up in Algeria a couple of months ago and had a chat with the crew. Apparently they were on the way down to the DRC. Interested to note that they were refuelling with mogas - no avgas, they reckoned the engine can handle it! Anyone know if this would have been the same aircraft?
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From what I know the Russians had to import Avgas during world war two, so would not be too far fetched to think that an AN-2 was designed to operate on Mogas, especially when you think of the places it was designed to operate.
