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Originally Posted by tcar
Largest single engine commercial plane... Antonov An-2.
Will never stall... slats pop out and it 'floats' to the ground at about 25 mph.
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There was one based near me - always impressed with how slow it could fly. My old house was in the landing path - seeing that thing come in, it just didn't seem like something THAT LARGE could fly so slow.
Unfortunately it can't float forever...
"Reaching that field compelled (the pilot) to stretch the airplane’s gliding characteristics to the absolute extreme.
Unable to maintain the plane’s approach speed of 60 mph, Heathcoat slowed to just 35."
Pilot and copilot were ok. They landed it between two housing tracts in a field of only 10 acres. Clipped some wires and ended upside down. It's back at its home field, looking like it wants to be repaired.
