TVS 2MS - An-2 with a new heart

TVS-2MS is the only Russian light aircraft that carries passengers commercially. The filming crew was invited by Rusaviaprom, a private factory that builds this aircraft, to visit several regions, from Minsk to Magadan, and created a documentary about day-to-day work of TVS-2MS.
During 7 years of scheduled flights TVS-2MS carried more than 65 thousand fare-paying passengers in remote areas of Siberia, Russian North and Russian Far East, including routes that were not served since the USSR dissolution in 1991. This robust and reliable plane can work from short ground airstrips. This plane connects settlements that can't be reached otherwise. This film is about the plane that was rescued from technical obsolescence and rebuilt into an aircraft useful in the 21st century.
You are welcome to watch this film is you are interested in local aviation, pilots, and passengers.
You can reach the companies at:
Rusaviaprom: rusaviaprom.com, [e-mail]
PMI-Aero: pmi-aero.ru, [e-mail]

[@68404]

The AN-2 will never die.

[@peterningelgen278]

Cool 👍😎

[@johannesfeigl5309]

I have always wonderedthis great aircraftwsnt fitted witha rurbopropits great newsto hear and seethe thean2in the sky magic planeslava rossija😊

[@baloobear70]

О, я ждал этот ролик. Лайк до просмотра.

[@IgnatSolovey]

Тут минимум отличий от русскоязычного. Выкинуто несколько сугубо внутрироссийских моментов, а основная содержательная часть, вся экзотика и все красоты на месте. Кто видел русскую версию - ничего нового в английской не увидит и не услышит.

[@baloobear70]

@@IgnatSolovey так русский ролик был? Я его и не видел. ...

[@FlightTV]

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[@user-ow2iu7th7j]

❤

[@alexeibelousov546]

Язык авиации для полетов, а канал для всех, на нем должны быть ролики и для своих и для мира -- значит и на русском и на английском -- зто уровень цивилизации! И не важен уровень страны -- сегодня развитые, завтра отсталые, следите за историей! И не отчаивайтесь, а развивайтесь!!!

[@anitaroberts8729]

🛩 💙 🛩

[@wckoek]

I have heard about this development for a few years, how is the certification process? In actual production already?

[@FlightTV]

It is actually being manufactured (several planes a year, as orders come in) and flies (which is shown in the film), but its papers are different from what is the actual Russian type certificate - because it's an An-2 mod, and An-2 never had anything like that. Did you even watch the film at all?

[@wckoek]

​@@FlightTVyes, I know that already, I am actually asking if the EASA certification was completed since I understand they going for one, but I couldn't find news of it anywhere.

[@FlightTV]

Considering the present political situation - won't happen anytime soon. The only relatively new completely EASA-certified Russian airplane known to us is SSJ-100, which is better described as “Airbusoff”. Other Russian airplanes that have whatever European approvals (Aerovolga Borey, for instance) don't have the kind of EASA certificates you mean. It's more politics than anything else, but also a huge expense for the manufacturer.

[@wckoek]

@@FlightTV that would be a big problem, since commercial use would be very limited especially a big utility like this. I thought it would get certified because I heard it since 2016 already. Another problem is obtainability, Ilyushin Il-103 and Beriev Be-103 are both FAA certified but it is impossible to obtain them overseas even when there is no sanction, I don't know if they are still in production now. I've been in a Yak-18T, good plane but can only fly in experimental category.

[@FlightTV]

​@@wckoekAs well, it is still a 1947 biplane, just with a different engine. Think in lines of Douglas DC-3T, or DHC-3T Otter, or even PBY-5 Catalina equipped with something like PT6A or this TPE-331: the same good old manual-only flyer, just guzzling Jet-A/TS-1 instead of expensive and toxic 100LL/B-91-115, with relevant benefits. It just isn't feasible or sensible for EASA to issue it a type certificate in 2023, and its capabilities that are paramount in Russia, South America, Africa, Indochina, and Indonesia, are not really useful in Europe.

[@skywings7676]

How fast is the An 2 TVS 2MS

[@FlightTV]

170..210 kph cruising (110-ish knots for those who are stubbornly non-metric), 250 kph never-exceed (but actually it can cruise close to that at 3300 metres/FL100, especially with a tailwind). It usually flies “below the lowest” or outside the airways, so its captains do not use non-metric feet/knots/gallons/pounds system, and fly using metres, kilometres, litres, and kilograms. Also, it's not an An-2, it's just TVS-2MS officially. It's a re-engined An-2, but legally it's a different plane, takeoff and landing procedures are also slightly different.

[@user-gp7mv3vu7r]

according to the flight manual the cruising speed can be up to 250 km/h

[@user-gp7mv3vu7r]

@@FlightTV correctly

[@AC-sv4yc]

very informative but the propaganda does get thick at times

[@IgnatSolovey]

We tried to avoid propaganda here. What people are saying here, they are saying honestly. And I actually removed all possible political agenda from the English version (couldn't avoid some plugs in the Russian original, even if we minimized it). I'd like to ask you for time codes of the moments that you consider a thick propaganda.