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Prawn2king4
21st Nov 2011, 04:45
A few years ago, at a small desert strip in China, I saw an old single engined aircraft (open radial engine), sliding cockpit canopy, tail dragger, with enclosed passenger fuselage and four or five round porthole type windows.

Not much to go on, but could anyone assist with a suggested identification.

The Chinese pilot was wearing a leather flying helmet and goggles!

treadigraph
21st Nov 2011, 06:14
High wing, low wing, biplane? Retractable gear or fixed?

I was going to suggest AN-2, but sliding canopy doesn't match.

N707ZS
21st Nov 2011, 07:42
The pilot can slide the cockpit windo open on an AN-2.

Prawn2king4
21st Nov 2011, 08:29
An-2 it is/was! Think I may have been mistaken re the sliding canopy.

Many thanks.