SNCAC NC.271 explained

The SNCAC NC.271 was a French experimental aircraft built by SNCAC in the late 1940s, as a 1:2.5 scale model of the proposed SNCAC NC.270 jet bomber, featuring swept-back wings, using SNCASE SE-161 Languedoc N0.31 F-BCUT as a launch platform.

Variants

NC.270: A proposed jet bomber, to have been powered by two Rolls-Royce Nene turbojet engines. Development was curtailed in June 1949 with the liquidation of the Aerocentre combine.

NC.271-01:A 1:2.5 scale NC.270 glider research aircraft; first free flight on 28 January 1949.

NC.271-02: A powered version of the NC.271, fitted with a Walter HWK 109-509A liquid-fuelled rocket engine; development was abandoned with the collapse of Aérocentre.

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