Nord 3202 Explained
The Nord Aviation 3202 was a 1950s French military trainer aircraft designed and built by Nord Aviation to meet a French Army requirement for a two-seat basic trainer, as a replacement for the biplane Stampe SV.4. Altogether, 101 examples were built, with the first flying on 17 April 1957.
Design
The 3202 was a cantilever low-wing monoplane with a fixed tailwheel landing gear and a nose-mounted inline piston engine. It had an enclosed cockpit for pupil (front) and instructor (rear) in tandem.
Operation
The Nord 3202 was used as a military training aircraft. After retirement from military use, many examples were sold to the civilian market, including several now (2012) flown in the United States.
Variants
- Nord 3200
Prototype with a 240hp (179kW) Salmson 8AS-04 engine.
- Nord 3201
Prototype with a 170hp (127kW) Regnier 4L-22 engine.
- Nord 3202
Production aircraft with a Potez 4D-32 engine, 50 built.
- Nord 3202B
Production aircraft with a Potez 4D-34 engine, 50 built.
- Nord 3202B1B
modified by Aérospatiale for use by the Patrouille de l'Aviation Légère de l'Armée de Terre in aerobatic competitions. Larger ailerons, lower weight, new landing gear, and variable-pitch propeller.
- Nord 3212
Redesignation for 3202s fitted with radio compass and equipped for instrument flight training.Operators
Further reading
- Book: Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59 . Bridgman . Leonard . 1957 . Jane's All the World's Aircraft Publishing Co. Ltd. . London . 161.
- Saint-Arroman . Fabrice . Les SNCAN 3200 à 3202: Premiers et derniers de la classe . Le Fana de l'Aviation . April 2015 . 545 . 46–55 . fr. 0757-4169.
- Book: Taylor, John W. R.. John W. R. Taylor
. John W. R. Taylor . Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1961–62. 1961 . Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Ltd. . London . 62.
- Book: Taylor, Michael J. H. . Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation . 1989 . Studio Editions . London . 33 .
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