The Nord 1200 Norécrin is a French two or three-seat (later four-seat) cabin monoplane designed and built by

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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 Mathis G4-R piston engine but flew only with a

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(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

engine. ;1201 Norécrin I :Three-seat production variant with a Renault 4P-01 engine (22 built) ;1202 Norécrin :Prototype four-seat variant with a Potez 4D-01 engine Nord 1203 Norecrin F-BEMB Sherburn-in-Elmet 21

Nord 1203 Norecrin F-BEMB Sherburn-in-Elmet 21

;1203 Norécrin II :Production variant with

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-00 engine. ;1203 Norécrin III :Norécrin II with modified landing gear. ;1203 Norécrin IV :Powered by a

-02 engine. ;1203 Norécrin V :Armed military variant. ;1203 Norécrin VI :1955 production variant with a

-14 engine. ;1203 Norécrin M1 :1955 prototype with a

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engine, derated to . ;1204 Norécrin :Powered by a

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flat-four engine. ;1204/II Norécrin :Powered by a Continental C145-2 flat-four engine.

Operators

; * OMTA - One aircraft only.

Military operators

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Specifications (1203 Norécrin II)

References

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