Nord 2800

2800
Role	Light trainer
National origin	France
Manufacturer	Nord Aviation
First flight	4 August 1950[1]
Number built	1

The Nord 2800 was a 1950s training monoplane designed and built in France by Nord Aviation.

Development

The Nord 2800 was built in response to a French Air Force requirement for a military trainer to seat three people. It was a basic trainer design of all-metal construction that featured a retractable tail wheel type landing gear. Competitors to the Nord 2800 included the Dassault MD-80 ABC[2] and Morane-Saulnier MS.730. The Nord 2800 had two of the crew sitting side-by-side, with the third crewman sitting behind. Flight tests revealed controllability issues, and despite tail and rudder modifications, the Nord 2800 lost out to the MS.730.[3]

Specifications (variant specified)

Data from 1000aircraftphotos : Nord 2800,[3] Aviafrance :S.N.C.A.N. Nord 2800[4]

General characteristics

• Crew: 3
• Length: 8.64 m (28 ft 4 in)
• Wingspan: 12 m (39 ft 4 in)
• Height: 3.52 m (11 ft 7 in)
• Powerplant: 1 × Salmson 8As-00 V-8 inverted air-cooled piston engine, 180 kW (240 hp)
• Propellers: 2-bladed variable-pitch propeller

Performance

• Maximum speed: 265 km/h (165 mph, 143 kn)
• Cruise speed: 235 km/h (146 mph, 127 kn)

References

1. de Narbonne 2010, p. 79
2. "Dassault M.D.80 ABC". 1000aircraftphotos.com. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
3. "Nord 2800". 1000aircraftphotos.com. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
4. Parmentier, Bruno (3 July 1997). "S.N.C.A.N. Nord 2800". Aviafrance (in French). Paris. Retrieved 6 February 2019.

• de Narbonne, Roland (August 2010). "Août 1950, dans l'aéronautique française: Le Nord 2800: Un petit tour et puis s'en va". Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French). No. 489. pp. 78–79.