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131:'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.
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movement to find a domestically produced machine for club use.
292:- floatplane version of NC.856 with triple tail (one built)
552:"The Paris Show... A First View of the Scene", p. 832
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286:- four-seat version of NC.856 (one built)
119:The NC.850 series was developed from the
607:Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1953–54
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320:- glider tug version of NC.853 with
1318:1940s French civil utility aircraft
638:Stevens, James Hay (26 June 1953).
354:Aviation légère de l'armée de terre
623:Stevens, James Hay (4 July 1952).
393:12.2 m (40 ft 0 in)
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618:. Shrewsbury: Airlife Publishing.
577:Liaison role (1 hour in AOP role)
405:17.0 m (183 sq ft)
387:7.3 m (24 ft 0 in)
230:- NC.853 built by Nord (95 built)
190:- prototype with single tail and
600:. 17 June 1955. pp. 832–40.
399:2.1 m (7 ft 0 in)
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258:- militarised NC.854 (two built)
29:
1333:Single-engined tractor aircraft
655:Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation
605:Bridgman, Leonard, ed. (1953).
466:5.0 m/s (984 ft/min)
134:The competition was won by the
653:Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989).
97:private owners and aero clubs
1:
625:"Flying a French Lightweight"
349:Private owners and Aero clubs
310:- conversions of NC.853 with
1338:Aircraft first flown in 1947
107:(originally produced as the
417:902 kg (1,984 lb)
411:651 kg (1,432 lb)
16:1940s French light aircraft
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657:. London: Studio Editions.
616:Airlife's General Aviation
568:Bridgman 1953, p.144-145.
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361:Specifications (NC.856A)
614:Simpson, R. W. (1995).
372:General characteristics
1328:Shoulder-wing aircraft
280:O-4 engine (112 built)
240:system (one converted)
183:
46:Civil utility aircraft
236:- NC.853 fitted with
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168:King Norodom Sihanouk
640:"French Originality"
540:Simpson 1995, p. 373
528:Stevens 1953, p. 813
507:Simpson 1995, p. 371
214:O engine (two built)
194:F engine (one built)
485:Taylor 1989, p. 700
324:engine (nine built)
270:engine (one built)
204:engine (nine built)
1343:Twin-tail aircraft
648:. pp. 811–15.
516:Stevens 1952, p. 8
224:engine (29 built)
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94:Primary user
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121:Aérocentre NC.840
109:Aérocentre NC.850
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433:Performance
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160:French Army
115:Development
105:Nord NC.850
81:April 1947
1312:Categories
1229:Transports
585:References
458:Endurance:
425:Regnier 4L
403:Wing area:
300:Regnier 4L
278:Regnier 4L
212:Regnier 4E
129:Aérocentre
894:Belphégor
701:by number
391:Wingspan:
366:Data from
329:Operators
192:Mathis G4
136:SIPA S.90
1281:Missiles
1246:Noratlas
1172:Research
1114:Trainers
1105:Pingouin
1100:Norécrin
1095:Noralpha
957:aircraft
909:Martinet
904:Cormoran
460:3 hours
256:NC.854SA
174:Variants
1272:Norelfe
1262:Norélic
1241:Norazur
1194:Norelfe
1189:Griffon
1184:Gerfaut
1121:Norélan
1081:By role
889:Abeille
882:by name
873:NC.3021
858:NC.2001
853:NC 1080
848:NC.1071
843:NC.1070
753:NC.47-2
748:NC.47-1
743:NC.47-0
728:NC.4-10
397:Height:
385:Length:
318:NC.859S
308:NC.858S
296:NC.856N
290:NC.856H
284:NC.856B
274:NC.856A
234:NC.853G
228:NC.853S
148:NC.853S
86:Status
59:France
24:NC.850
1163:Noroit
868:NC.271
863:NC 211
838:NC.900
833:NC.860
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823:NC.855
818:NC.854
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708:NC.130
645:Flight
630:Flight
597:Flight
343:France
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314:engine
264:NC.856
246:NC.854
218:NC.853
208:NC.852
198:NC.851
188:NC.850
140:NC.853
1293:AA.20
1288:SS.10
1220:CT 41
1215:CT 20
1210:CT 10
473:Notes
379:Crew:
72:SNCAN
68:SNCAC
43:Role
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