Russian AN-2 takes it longest ever flight from Siberia to Cape Town

3/6/2013 8:34:25 AM

A SPECIALLY equipped UTair An-2 aircraft has been flown "ocean to ocean" on an intercontinental flight from the Plekhanovo airfield in Tyumen Siberia to Cape Town International Airport in South Africa along a route from Mys-Kamennyy on the shores of the Arctic Ocean. The aircraft landed safely in Cape Town on February 20 after departing on December 5 from the Russian settlement in Siberia. The An-2 aircraft covered 20,000 kilometres, a flight unmatched in terms of distance and duration for this type of aircraft. The plane flew over 15 countries: Russia, the Ukraine, Czech Republic, Germany, France, Spain, Algeria, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Angola, Namibia and South Africa. Asian Shipper News

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