Nord Norécrin Explained
The
Nord 1200 Norécrin is a French two or three-seat (later four-seat) cabin monoplane designed and built by
Nord Aviation.
Development
The Norécrin was developed to meet a French ministry of transport sponsored design competition. The Norécrin is a low-wing cantilever monoplane with a retractable tricycle landing gear and the prototype (Nord 1200) was designed to receive a nose-mounted 100abbr=onNaNabbr=on Mathis G4-R piston engine but flew only with a 140abbr=onNaNabbr=on Renault 4Pei (first flight on 15 December 1945 with Georges Detre as test pilot). The production version had three-seats and was designated the Nord 1201 Norécrin I. A number of variants were produced with different engines fitted. Later variants had four-seats and the Nord 1203 Norécrin V was a two-seat military variant with machine-guns and rockets. It was a successful design and 378 aircraft were built.
Variants
- 1200 Norécrin
Prototype with a 140abbr=onNaNabbr=on Renault 4Pei engine.
- 1201 Norécrin I
Three-seat production variant with a 140abbr=onNaNabbr=on Renault 4P-01 engine (22 built)
- 1202 Norécrin
Prototype four-seat variant with a 160abbr=onNaNabbr=on Potez 4D-01 engine
- 1203 Norécrin II
Production variant with 135abbr=onNaNabbr=on Regnier 4L-00 engine.
- 1203 Norécrin III
Norécrin II with modified landing gear.
- 1203 Norécrin IV
Powered by a 170abbr=onNaNabbr=on Regnier 4L-02 engine.
- 1203 Norécrin V
Armed military variant.
- 1203 Norécrin VI
1955 production variant with a 160abbr=onNaNabbr=on Regnier 4L-14 engine.
- 1203 Norécrin M1
1955 prototype with a 180abbr=onNaNabbr=on Lycoming O-360 engine, derated to 160abbr=onNaNabbr=on .
- 1204 Norécrin
Powered by a 125abbr=onNaNabbr=on Continental C125 flat-four engine.
- 1204/II Norécrin
Powered by a 145abbr=onNaNabbr=on Continental C145-2 flat-four engine.Operators
- OMTA - One aircraft only.
Military operators
Switzerland
References
- Aloni . Shlomo . Ils furent les deux premiers avions français de l'armée israélienne: Les deux "Norécrin d'Israël . Le Fana de l'Aviation . September 2005 . 430 . 52–55 . fr.
- Book: Cuny, Jean. Les avions de combat français, 2: Chasse lourde, bombardement, assaut, exploration. Ed. Larivière. 1989. Docavia. 30. 36836833. fr. French Combat Aircraft 2: Heavy Fighters, Bombers, Attack, Reconnaissance.
- Salatin. Claude. Courrier des Lecteurs. Avions: Toute l'Aéronautique et son histoire . March 2002 . 108 . 2 . Readers' Letters . fr . 1243-8650.
- Book: Taylor, Michael J. H. . Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation . 1989 . Studio Editions . London .
- Book: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing. 2616.
- Book: Le Trait d'Union (The Norecrin serie by Claude Salaun issue 109 to 121 1986-1988). French branch of Air Britain.
Notes and References
- Aloni 2005, pp. 54–55
