The Nuri Demirağ Nu D.36 was a 1930s Turkish two-seat

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built by the Nuri Demirağ Aircraft Works in

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for the Turkish military.

Design

The Nu D.36 is an unequal-span single-bay staggered biplane with a fixed

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with a tailskid. It was powered by a Walter Gemma I nine-cylinder

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. It had two open tandem cockpits for the pilot and trainee.

Operators

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Specifications

References

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