The Nord 2100 Norazur was a 1940s
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military transport monoplane designed and built at Courbevoie near Paris by
SNCAN.
Design and development
The Norazur was a high-wing cantilever monoplane with a retractable tricycle landing gear.
Powered by two wing-mounted Potez piston engines in pusher configuration.
It had an enclosed cabin for ten passengers or freight.
Designed to meet a post-war requirement for a light transport and training aircraft the Norazur first flew at
Les Mureaux
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on 30 April 1947.
An additional prototype with
Béarn 6D-07
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engines is believed to have been built.
With other similar designs available the type did not enter production.
Variants
;N2100
:Prototype light transport with two
Potez 8D
The Potez 8D is the largest member of the Potez D series of air-cooled piston aircraft engines which share several common features. It is a supercharged eight cylinder inverted engine with a take-off power of .
Design and development
In the 193 ...
-03 inverted, air-cooled
V-8 piston engines in pusher configuration,
[Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1950-51, p.150c] one built.
;N2101
:Prototype with alternate
Béarn 6D-07
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inverted, air-cooled
V-6 piston engines in pusher configuration,
[ believed to have been built.]SNECMA 12S
The Argus 411 was a twelve-cylinder, air-cooled, inverted-V12 aircraft engine developed by Argus Motoren in Germany during World War II.
Design and development
The As 411 was a refined and more powerful version of the Argus As 410. Most 411 prod ...
engines in tractor configuration.
Specifications
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1940s French airliners
Norazur
Twin-engined pusher aircraft
High-wing aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1947