What can be done to get the An-2 certified as a normal category airplane in the USA?
The FAA states that the current manufacturers of the aircraft, Poland and China could submit the design specifications per FAR-23 and complete all the required flight, strength, and structural testings required by FAR-23 as is currently being done for new aircraft designs coming out of post-communist Poland. However, PZL, the factory in Poland has no desire to do so, considering the exhorbant costs, and the time and effort that would be required.With the apparant limited market for An-2s in the USA, the Chinese wouldn’t be interested in spending the money, time or effort either.
