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142:'s entry was an ungainly high-wing, strut-braced monoplane with a fully enclosed cabin and fixed, tailwheel undercarriage. The fuselage construction was tubular, and the wings had a metal structure, the entire aircraft being skinned in fabric.
153:, differed from the prototypes in having twin tails, the fins mounted on the ends of the horizontal stabiliser. Only 27 of the order had been completed, however, when Aérocentre was liquidated and its assets bought by
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movement to find a domestically produced machine for club use.
303:- floatplane version of NC.856 with triple tail (one built)
563:"The Paris Show... A First View of the Scene", p. 832
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297:- four-seat version of NC.856 (one built)
130:The NC.850 series was developed from the
618:Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1953–54
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331:- glider tug version of NC.853 with
1329:1940s French civil utility aircraft
649:Stevens, James Hay (26 June 1953).
365:Aviation légère de l'armée de terre
634:Stevens, James Hay (4 July 1952).
404:12.2 m (40 ft 0 in)
25:
629:. Shrewsbury: Airlife Publishing.
588:Liaison role (1 hour in AOP role)
416:17.0 m (183 sq ft)
398:7.3 m (24 ft 0 in)
241:- NC.853 built by Nord (95 built)
201:- prototype with single tail and
611:. 17 June 1955. pp. 832–40.
410:2.1 m (7 ft 0 in)
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269:- militarised NC.854 (two built)
40:
1344:Single-engined tractor aircraft
666:Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation
616:Bridgman, Leonard, ed. (1953).
477:5.0 m/s (984 ft/min)
145:The competition was won by the
664:Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989).
108:private owners and aero clubs
1:
636:"Flying a French Lightweight"
360:Private owners and Aero clubs
321:- conversions of NC.853 with
1349:Aircraft first flown in 1947
118:(originally produced as the
428:902 kg (1,984 lb)
422:651 kg (1,432 lb)
27:1940s French light aircraft
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668:. London: Studio Editions.
627:Airlife's General Aviation
579:Bridgman 1953, p.144-145.
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372:Specifications (NC.856A)
625:Simpson, R. W. (1995).
383:General characteristics
1339:Shoulder-wing aircraft
291:O-4 engine (112 built)
251:system (one converted)
194:
57:Civil utility aircraft
247:- NC.853 fitted with
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179:King Norodom Sihanouk
651:"French Originality"
551:Simpson 1995, p. 373
539:Stevens 1953, p. 813
518:Simpson 1995, p. 371
225:O engine (two built)
205:F engine (one built)
496:Taylor 1989, p. 700
335:engine (nine built)
281:engine (one built)
215:engine (nine built)
1354:Twin-tail aircraft
659:. pp. 811–15.
527:Stevens 1952, p. 8
235:engine (29 built)
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105:Primary user
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706:(Centre) aircraft
620:. London: Jane's.
132:Aérocentre NC.840
120:Aérocentre NC.850
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100:still in service
16:(Redirected from
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1266:Helicopters
444:Performance
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171:French Army
126:Development
116:Nord NC.850
92:April 1947
18:Nord NC.859
1323:Categories
1240:Transports
596:References
469:Endurance:
436:Regnier 4L
414:Wing area:
311:Regnier 4L
289:Regnier 4L
223:Regnier 4E
140:Aérocentre
905:Belphégor
712:by number
402:Wingspan:
377:Data from
340:Operators
203:Mathis G4
147:SIPA S.90
1292:Missiles
1257:Noratlas
1183:Research
1125:Trainers
1116:Pingouin
1111:Norécrin
1106:Noralpha
968:aircraft
920:Martinet
915:Cormoran
471:3 hours
267:NC.854SA
185:Variants
1283:Norelfe
1273:Norélic
1252:Norazur
1205:Norelfe
1200:Griffon
1195:Gerfaut
1132:Norélan
1092:By role
900:Abeille
893:by name
884:NC.3021
869:NC.2001
864:NC 1080
859:NC.1071
854:NC.1070
764:NC.47-2
759:NC.47-1
754:NC.47-0
739:NC.4-10
408:Height:
396:Length:
329:NC.859S
319:NC.858S
307:NC.856N
301:NC.856H
295:NC.856B
285:NC.856A
245:NC.853G
239:NC.853S
159:NC.853S
97:Status
70:France
35:NC.850
1174:Noroit
879:NC.271
874:NC 211
849:NC.900
844:NC.860
839:NC.856
834:NC.855
829:NC.854
824:NC.853
819:NC.851
814:NC.850
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794:NC.702
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779:NC.600
774:NC.530
769:NC.510
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744:NC.420
734:NC.223
729:NC.211
724:NC.150
719:NC.130
656:Flight
641:Flight
608:Flight
354:France
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325:engine
275:NC.856
257:NC.854
229:NC.853
219:NC.852
209:NC.851
199:NC.850
151:NC.853
1304:AA.20
1299:SS.10
1231:CT 41
1226:CT 20
1221:CT 10
484:Notes
390:Crew:
83:SNCAN
79:SNCAC
54:Role
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