146:(ALA), literally Army of the Air), with strategic transport and paratrooping capability the Cormoran was a large four-engined aircraft with a double-deck fuselage, high-set wing and tricycle undercarriage. Constructed largely of light-alloys with stressed skins and steel high stress components the Cormoran had a conventional tail unit with tailplane attached to the extreme rear of the fuselage and fin also. The cockpit was situated forward of the wing leading edge above the forward fuselage which also had large clamshell doors to the 150 m (5,297 cu ft) lower deck cargo compartment. Passengers, paratroops and stretchers were to have been carried in both the lower cabin and the upper cabin, which was on the same level as the cockpit aft of the wing. The retractable twin-wheeled undercarriage legs retracted into the rear of the inboard engine nacelles and the underside of the forward fuselage.
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Flight testing of the first production aircraft, from 9 April 1949, quickly revealed less than sparkling performance, leading to loss of confidence in the aircraft's ability to meet the requirement, (and possibly the safety of the design), resulting in cuts to the contract to ten production
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airframes. Flying with this aircraft ceased on 7 July 1949 with approximately 30 hours total flying time, after which the aircraft was used to house radio transmitters on the airfield at
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In 1945, the French military wanted to create paratrooper divisions, but quickly found that they did not have any aircraft that could be used for this purpose. So,
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Gaillard, Pierre (February 1970). "Cormoran, l'avion malchanceux tué par les politiciens" [Cormoran: The
Unlucky Aircraft Killed by Politicians].
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answered positively and the SNCAC NC.210 was selected in
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was a large four-engined military transport aircraft for passengers and cargo designed and built by SNCAC from 1945.
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A proposed version to have been powered by 4x 1,476 kW (1,980 hp)
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The initial design powered by 4x 1,641 kW (2,200 hp)
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1,000 km (620 mi, 540 nmi) with full payload
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the designation changed to NC.211. Intended to provide the
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368:210 kg/m (43 lb/sq ft)
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764:1940s French civil utility aircraft
455:Le album de fanatique de l'Aviation
276:30.5 m (100 ft 1 in)
472:Aircraft Engines of the World 1945
436:French Post-War Transport Aircraft
417:Aircraft Engines of the World 1945
294:200 m (2,200 sq ft)
288:10.7 m (35 ft 1 in)
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250:French Postwar Transport Aircraft
47:First and only production NC-211
121:Direction Technique Industrielle
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478:EADS: History of aviation >
306:42,250 kg (93,145 lb)
300:25,625 kg (56,493 lb)
474:. New York: Paul H. Wilkinson.
438:. Tonbridge, UK: Air-Britain.
419:. New York: Paul H. Wilkinson.
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769:Four-engined tractor aircraft
484:Sandras-Dextreit, Geneviève.
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784:Four-engined piston aircraft
779:Aircraft first flown in 1948
470:Wilkinson, Paul H. (1945).
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486:"L'Histoire du Cormoran"
457:(in French) (8): 18–22.
255:General characteristics
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18:SNCAC NC 211
328:Performance
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177:Billancourt
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758:Categories
428:References
373:Power/mass
314:SNECMA 14R
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188:Data from:
179:airfield.
728:Belphégor
535:by number
463:0757-4169
280:Wingspan:
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248:Data from
743:Martinet
738:Cormoran
183:Variants
723:Abeille
716:by name
707:NC.3021
692:NC.2001
687:NC 1080
682:NC.1071
677:NC.1070
587:NC.47-2
582:NC.47-1
577:NC.47-0
562:NC.4-10
286:Height:
274:Length:
173:Bourges
150:History
68:France
702:NC.271
697:NC 211
672:NC.900
667:NC.860
662:NC.856
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175:or at
382:Notes
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77:SNCAC
52:Role
459:ISSN
440:ISBN
312:4 ×
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