Nord-Aviation was a state-owned French

France

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 aircraft manufacturer. It was created on October 1, 1954 upon the acquisition of SFECMAS

Arsenal de l'Aéronautique

Arsenal de l'Aéronautique was a national military aircraft manufacturer established by the French Government in 1936 at Villacoublay. In the years before World War II, it developed a range of technically advanced fighter aircraft, but none of these were manufactured in sufficient quantities to be...

(Société Française d'Étude et de Construction de Matériels Aéronautiques Spéciaux) by SNCAN (Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Nord). The name Nord is also used as a generic name to refer to the Pingouin

Nord Pingouin

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 light aircraft.

The company was based in the centre of France, on the site of Bourges

Bourges

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 airport, in the département of Cher

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. In 1970, Nord Aviation merged with Sud Aviation

Sud Aviation

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 to create Société Nationale d'Industrie Aérospatiale (SNIAS), later renamed Aérospatiale

Aérospatiale

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 and ultimately merged into European aerospace corporation EADS

EADS

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 in 2000.

Aircraft production (for SNCAN and Nord Aviation)

Data from:Aviafrance SNCAN and Aviafrance Nord

Model	Year	Note
Nord 1000 Pingouin	1944	Communications and Liaison
Nord 1001 Pingouin I	1946	Communications and Liaison
Nord 1002 Pingouin II	1946	Communication and Liaison
Nord 1100 Noralpha	1944	Prototype - Liaison
Nord 1101 Noralpha	1946	Liaison
Nord 1102 Noralpha		Liaison
Nord 1104 Noralpha	1950	Liaison - Engine test
Nord 1110 Nord-Astazou	1958	Engine Test
Nord 1200 Norécrin	1945	Tourer - Prototype
Nord 1201 Norécrin	1947	Four-seat cabin monoplane
Nord 1202 Norécrin II		Tourer
Nord 1203 Norécrin II	1947	Tourer
Nord 1203 Norécrin III	1947	Tourer
Nord 1203 Norécrin IV	1947	Tourer
Nord 1203 Norécrin V	1947	Tourer
Nord 1204 Norécrin	1953	Tourer
Nord 1221 Norélan	1948	Light Trainer
Nord 1222 Norélan	1949	Light Trainer
Nord 1223 Norélan		Light Trainer
Nord 1226 Norélan		Engine test bed
Nord 1300	1945	Training Glider
Nord 1400 Noroit	1948	Flying Boat
Nord 1401 Noroit	1949	Flying Boat
Nord 1402 Noroit	1949	Flying Boat
Nord 1402A Gerfaut IA	1954	Delta-wing research aircraft
Nord 1402B Gerfaut IB		Delta-wing research aircraft
Nord 1405 Gerfaut II	1956	Delta-Wing research aircraft
Nord 1500 Noréclair	1947	Carrier Torpedo Bomber
Nord 1500 Griffon I	1955	Research aircraft
Nord 1500 Griffon II	1957	Research aircraft
Nord 1601	1950	Research aircraft
Nord 1700 Norélic	1947	Research helicopter
Nord 1710	1950	Research helicopter
Nord 1750 Norelfe	1954	Research helicopter
Nord 2000	1948	Glider
Nord 2100 Norazur Nord 2100 Norazur |-Bibliography:*...	1947	Military transport
Nord 2200	1949	Fighter
Nord 2500 Noratlas	1949	Military transport
Nord 2501 Noratlas	1950	Military transport
Nord 2502 Noratlas	1954	Civil transport
Nord 2503 Noratlas	1956	Engine test
Nord 2504 Noratlas	1958	French Navy flying classroom
Nord 2506 Noratlas		Assault transport version
Nord 2507 Noratlas		Rescue version
Nord 2508 Noratlas	1957	Cargo transport
Nord 2800	1950	Trainer
Nord 3200	1954	Primary trainer
Nord 3201	1954	Primary trainer
Nord 3202 Nord 3202 |-References:*...	1957	Primary trainer
Nord 3212	1957	Instrument flight trainer
Nord 3400 Norbarbe	1958	Army observation
Nord 262 Nord 262 |-See also:-References:* Taylor, John W. R. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1965–1966. London:Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1965.* Taylor, John W. R. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1976–1977. London:Jane's Yearbooks, 1976. ISBN 0 354 00538 3....	1962	Civil airliner
Nord 500	1968	VTOL research
Nord CT20	1957	Radio-controlled drone
Nord CT41	1957	Radio-controlled drone
Nord R20	1957	Radio-controlled drone
Nord NC.853S	1957	Tourer
Nord NC.853G	1957	Tourer
Nord NC.854	1957	Tourer
Nord NC.854SA	1957	Militarised NC.854
Nord NC.856	1957
Nord NC.856A Norvegie	1957	Liaison / Observation aircraft
Nord NC.856B	1957	Four seater touring aircraft
Nord NC.856H	1957	Three-seater touring floatplane
Nord NC.856N Norclub	1957	Four-seater touring aircraft
Nord NC.858S	1957	Tourer
Nord NC.859S	1957	Tourer

External links

• Nord Aviation aircraft by Aviafrance