AH Challange -> Biplane Evermore

[alt_historian]

Post Edited...

Ah, thanks.

 

[AMF]

Antonov An-2 biplanes were in production, in military use, and saw combat in the 1990s. North Korea might still have a few in service today for delivering special forces (BTW they feature in the novel Red Phoenix if you ever read that)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-2

One combat variant of the Antonov An 2 that the Wikipedia article does not mention is the one shown below, equipped with a turbo-charged engine, a searchlight and a pair of remote-controlled 23mm cannon. It was designed to destroy American high-altitude reconaissance balloons. The story behind it can be found here:
http://worldatwar.net/chandelle/v4/v4n1-2/balloons.html

 

[pacifichistorian]

Just as wonderfully anachronistic and absurd as, say, a nuclear-powered steam train...

Sounds like an NBC movie of the week.

I recall seeing diagrams of a proposed "future fighter" with a "biplane" wing joined at fuselage & tips, enclosing a trapezoid-like space, with claims for superior maneuverability...