AN 2 jump. Do you want it at the WFFC?

[Fleahop 0]

We have an AN2 that we can Jump do we bring it or not? How many people want to jump this aircraft?

Don't just knock on deaths door...Kick it down and run like hell! He hates that.

[Buried 0]

cost per ticket?

Where is my fizzy-lifting drink?

[Fleahop 0]

That will depend on the owner but I would recomend to him a regular jump price

Don't just knock on deaths door...Kick it down and run like hell! He hates that.

[CSpenceFLY 1]

Is that the one I told you about?

[Fleahop 0]

No sir this is a different aircraft. They never got back in touch with me.

Don't just knock on deaths door...Kick it down and run like hell! He hates that.

[duroejc 0]

Didn't think AN2 was approved for skydiving operations. Isn't it "experimental" in the US

[Froggy 0]

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Didn't think AN2 was approved for skydiving operations.

Tell that to any skydiver from Russia and watch for the reaction!

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[mnealtx 0]

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Didn't think AN2 was approved for skydiving operations.

Tell that to any skydiver from Russia and watch for the reaction!

Yup... or Czech jumpers....

With that said, the only advantage to the AN-2 over, say, a 182 is that it carries more jumpers. It's certainly not a fast plane to altitude, at least not in my experience (Karlovy Vary).

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
POPS 9708 , SCR 14706

[CSpenceFLY 1]

Isn't it "experimental" in the US



Theres that ADD peeking out again.


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[astor 0]

Well, I did all my 3 jumps up to now from An2 - and preparing for the 4th tomorrow...

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[rasmack 0]

Will I jump it if it comes? Yes.

Will I make several jumps? Probably not. That is one slooow airplane.

HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227
“I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.”
- Not quite Oscar Wilde...

[TrickyDicky 0]

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We have an AN2 that we can Jump do we bring it or not? How many people want to jump this aircraft?

Surely it doesnt matter how many people want to jump it. You'll only have time for 1 lift to 10k at the WFFC. :)

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[phoenixlpr 0]

It would take forever. An-2 is really slow to climb. Effective celing is about 2500m.

[Faicon9493 141]

Many years ago, a DZ in Hebron, IL had a AN-2. I remember it as having a roomy cabin but extremely slow getting to altitude. It was great, however, to have a chance to jump a rare aircraft, in this country anyway.

[TrickyDicky 0]

From what Ive heard, when empty, they can have a groundspeed of 0knts in a 30knt headwind.

UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs.

[phoenixlpr 0]

An interesting note from the pilot's handbook reads: "If the engine quits in instrument conditions (blind flying when you can’t see the ground) or at night, the pilot should pull the control column full aft (it won’t stall) and keep the wings level. The leading-edge slats will snap out at about 40 mph (64 km/h), and when the airplane slows to a forward speed of about 25 mph [40 km/h], the airplane will sink at about a parachute descent rate until the aircraft hits the ground."

Stall Speed: 35-40kts. but controlled descents are possible at 25kts. or 30mph.

[shunkka 0]

i have more than 90 jumps from an AN2 (in romania)

it climbs very very slow- 45 minutes to 10K- with
11-13 skydivers

the exit is at 140 km/h and the dor is on the left side

why anyone would love to jump from this kind of AC if they have there a lot of faster/bigger/softer AC??

only to mark in a logbook that u jump from an AN2 too?

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[Fleahop 0]

To me that is what the WFFC is all about. Jumping aircraft that you can't go jump very often if at all any where else. Seeing old friends and getting to do unique things. As for 10k on altitude if it is that slow and most people will only jump it once or twice then why not jump at 5 or 6k. But ya to put it in the log book that is the only reason I would want the jump.

Don't just knock on deaths door...Kick it down and run like hell! He hates that.

[ChrisL 2]

I believe that I read in the forum on WFFC site that they are already planning to get an AN2 or that they are trying to get one.

Its not yet on their list of confirmed aircraft, but if I'm understanding it right they are trying to get one...

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My mighty steed

[Fast 0]

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I believe that I read in the forum on WFFC site that they are already planning to get an AN2 or that they are trying to get one.

Its not yet on their list of confirmed aircraft, but if I'm understanding it right they are trying to get one...

Thats exactly the conversation that we are having. Great thing about DZ.com is you get to talk to all kinds of skydivers from all over the world. Including those who organize things like WFFC
Or at least, fleahop is seeming to represent himself this way... (I don't know him, maybe he is maybe he isn't)

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[Tink1717 2]

I'd jump it just to have it in my logbook.

Skydivers don't knock on Death's door. They ring the bell and runaway... It really pisses him off.
-The World Famous Tink. (I never heard of you either!!)
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[DeNReN 0]

I made 3 jumps from a AN-2 last fall...while it is certainly not a fast climber...it is still a cool ac .....mind you...it was my 1st time jumping from anything but a c-182....they have great lift for take off...I was quite supprised by how fast it got off the ground...and a skilled pilot used to it can do some pretty cool stuff(like having it fly fairly sideways)....I am looking forward to jumping the AN-2 again this summer
Fleahop....did my contact info prove useful for you?

[Snowwhite 0]

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Thats exactly the conversation that we are having. Great thing about DZ.com is you get to talk to all kinds of skydivers from all over the world. Including those who organize things like WFFC
Or at least, fleahop is seeming to represent himself this way... (I don't know him, maybe he is maybe he isn't)

[georgerussia 0]

Basically AN-2 is King Air with the single Cessna engine. Had about 30 jumps from AN-2 10 years ago, we jumped from 800 meters, and it took about 15 minutes to reach it. For higher altitudes it is much slower.

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[mnealtx 0]

King Air???? Hardly! The rest of the post I agree with, though - not a bad plane for a static line FJC dropzone, I'd think...

AN-2 Colt

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
POPS 9708 , SCR 14706