The Nord 1200 Norécrin is a French two or three-seat (later four-seat) cabin monoplane designed and built by Nord Aviation.
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 Renault 4Pei (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 Renault 4Pei 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
1203 Norécrin II Production variant with Regnier 4L-00 engine. 1203 Norécrin III Norécrin II with modified landing gear. 1203 Norécrin IV Powered by a Regnier 4L-02 engine. 1203 Norécrin V Armed military variant. 1203 Norécrin VI 1955 production variant with a Regnier 4L-14 engine. 1203 Norécrin M1 1955 prototype with a Lycoming O-360 engine, derated to . 1204 Norécrin Powered by a Continental C125 flat-four engine. 1204/II Norécrin Powered by a Continental C145-2 flat-four engine.
Operators
OMTA - One aircraft only.
Military operators
Argentine Coast Guard
French Air Force French Navy
Israeli Air Force - Two aircraft only operated 1948–1949.Aloni 2005, pp. 54–55
Swiss Air Force
Specifications (1203 Norécrin II)
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