The Carvair was a relatively cheap conversion of the DC-4 / C-54 series of World War II transport by Aviation Traders (Engineering) Ltd at Southend, Essex, for an aircraft to carry 23 passengers and five cars from the United Kingdom to various parts of the European continent.

Designed originally for agricultural duties under the designation SKH-1, the AN-2 “Colt” was built in large numbers, 5,450 being built in the Soviet Union alone between 1948 and 1960, and 11,625 built under licence in Poland by the PZL Mielec concern before production ceased in the early 1990’s. The first