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The North 3202 is a military training plane [ first ] French designed and produced by the National Company of Aeronautical Constructions of the North (SNCAN) during the 1950s.

The North 3202 was initially designed following an interest in the French army for a training plane intended for the replacement of the Stampe SV-4 biplans in service in the early 1950s. The French soldiers then turned out Towards the project defended by the SNCAN which consisted of a rudimentary plane, having secondary aerobatic capacities.

After the first flight of the two prototypes, appointed north 3200 and 3201, which intervened respectively on June 22, 1954 and September 10, 1954, it was decided to develop a serial version directly derived from 3200 and designated 3202. This one realizes its first Flight in April 1957. A state order for a hundred aircraft has placed as a market N O 5024/57 a date you May 6, 1957 [ 2 ] . The first series apparatus left the assembly channels in July 1959.

France being then fully engaged in the Algerian war, it has an increasing need for military pilots, especially for the ALAT which fights daily in North Africa. The North 3202 quickly join ES-Alat [ 3 ] , the School of Specialization of the Light Aviation of the Army whose main training planes they will quickly become.

Dressed in their Canari yellow livery These planes will participate in the formation of the majority of Pilots of fixed sails of the ALAT, in particular those called to fly on observation planes such as CESSNA L-19 or the Max-Holste MH-1521 Broussard. They were also used for aerobatics demonstrations in the hands of ES-Alat instructing pilots [ 4 ] For promotional flights in France and abroad. They will thus serve until 1978, losing little by little ground in 1975. The North 3202 were the last military training planes designed specifically for the ALAT.

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In 2012, several aircraft were preserved from around the world, especially in France and the United States where they are frequently used during gatherings of old aircraft, the famous Warbirds. During its conception the north 3202 was not exported, all these machines are therefore ancient army aircraft.

North 3202 is a low wing monoplane. Its propulsion is ensured by a 4D32 potteur engine with a power of 240 ch causing a triple metal propeller. One of the peculiarities of the plane was based on its classic fixed landing gear dit Cantilever. It is one of the very rare planes in the world using this type of train. The student and his instructor took place in a two -seater cockpit in tandem. The plane was not armed.

  • North 3200 : Designation given to the first prototype ripe by a 2404 horsepower Salmson 8as04.
  • North 3201 : Designation given to the second prototype ripe by a 160 -horsepower Régnier 4L22 engine.
  • North 3202 : Designation given to the first tranche ordered in fifty copies and propelled by 240 horsepower 4D32 Potez.
  • North 3202b : Designation given to the second tranche ordered in fifty copies and propelled by 260 horsepower 4D34 potters.
  • NORD 3202B1B : Designation given to a northern 3202B modified in-situ by aerospace for aerobatics missions.
  • North 3212 : Designation given to ten 3202 equipped with a radiocomompas.
  • The N O 15 [ 7 ] , at the Amicale Jean-Baptiste Salis.
  • The N O 20, at St. Rambert d’Albon
  • The N O 57 [ 8 ] , at the Air and Space Museum.
  • The N O 59, based on Grenoble-Alpes-Isère airport
  • The N O 65 [ 9 ] , based on the Sables-d’Olonne-Talmont aerodrome.
  • The N O 66 [ ten ] , at the museum of light aviation of the army and the helicopter
  • The N O sixty seven [ 11 ] , at the Air and Space Museum.
  • The N O 71 [ twelfth ] , based on the aerodrome of Niort – Marais Poitevin.
  • The N O 74 [ 13 ] , based on Albert-Picardie Airport.
  • The N O 78 [ 14 ] , in Wroughton.
  • The N O 80, based in Sabonnères (31)
  • The N O 96 [ 15 ] , in Oshkosh.
  • The N O 97 [ 16 ] , in Serpentine (in) , in Australia.
  • N ° 99 at the Alat Museum in Dax.
  • The N O 101 [ 17 ] , in Vichy.

Comparable aircraft

Bibliography [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

  • (in) Michael John Haddrick Taylor , Bill Gunston et al. ( pref.  John W.R. Taylor), Jane’s encyclopedia of aviation , London, United Kingdom, Editions Studio, , 948 p. (ISBN  978-1-85170-324-1 , OCLC  28177024 ) .
  • J.J. Lancerot and Gilles Rivet, ” Jean-Jacques Lancerot and the North 3202 », Fana of aviation , n O 270, , p. 34-38 .

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