Nord Norécrin

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 100 hp Mathis G4-R piston engine but flew only with a 140 hp 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 140 hp Renault 4Pei engine.


 * 1201 Norécrin I
 * Three-seat production variant with a 140 hp Renault 4P-01 engine (22 built)


 * 1202 Norécrin
 * Prototype four-seat variant with a 160 hp Potez 4D-01 engine


 * 1203 Norécrin II
 * Production variant with 135 hp Regnier 4L-00 engine.


 * 1203 Norécrin III
 * Norécrin II with modified landing gear.


 * 1203 Norécrin IV
 * Powered by a 170 hp Regnier 4L-02 engine.


 * 1203 Norécrin V
 * Armed military variant.


 * 1203 Norécrin VI
 * 1955 production variant with a 160 hp Regnier 4L-14 engine.


 * 1203 Norécrin M1
 * 1955 prototype with a 180 hp Lycoming O-360 engine, derated to 160 hp.


 * 1204 Norécrin
 * Powered by a 125 hp Continental C125 flat-four engine.


 * 1204/II Norécrin
 * Powered by a 145 hp Continental C145-2 flat-four engine.

Operators

 * OMTA - One aircraft only.
 * OMTA - One aircraft only.

Military operators

 * Argentine Coast Guard
 * French Air Force
 * French Navy
 * Israeli Air Force - Two aircraft only operated 1948–1949.
 * 🇨🇭 Switzerland
 * Swiss Air Force
 * Israeli Air Force - Two aircraft only operated 1948–1949.
 * 🇨🇭 Switzerland
 * Swiss Air Force