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Noratlas
A French Air Force Nord Noratlas in flight
Role
Military Transport
Type of aircraft
National origin
France
Manufacturer
Nord Aviation
First flight
10 September 1949
Introduction
6 December 1953
Retired
1989 (France)
Status
Retired
Primary users
France Germany Greece Israel
Produced
1949-1961
Number built
425
The Nord Noratlas was a dedicated military transport aircraft, developed and manufactured by French aircraft manufacturer Nord Aviation.
Development commenced during the late 1940s with the aim of producing a suitable aircraft to replace the numerous older types that were in service with the Armée de l'Air (French Air Force) which dated back to the Second World War. In response to a competition organised by the Direction Technique Industrielle (DTI), Nord produced their Nord 2500 proposal, which was selected as the most promising. Experiences with the first prototype, powered by Gnome-Rhône 14R engines, did not impress, thus the design was revised as the Nord 2501, powered by the SNECMA-built Bristol Hercules 738/9 engines instead, which was found acceptable. Accordingly, the Noratlas was introduced to service by the Armée de l'Air on 6 December 1953.
Following its adoption by the Armée de l'Air, a number of other operators in both Europe and Africa chose to procure the Noratlas for their own military air services. Having found itself in a similar situation to France, the German Air Force of West Germany chose to adopt the same solution, procuring the type for their own purposes. The Israeli Air Force, the Hellenic Air Force, and the Portuguese Air Force all deployed the Noratlas under combat conditions. Furthermore, operators often found a wide variety of uses for the type, extensively adapting aircraft to suit secondary roles in some cases. The Noratlas was also adopted by a number of civil operators, although most aircraft were flown by military customers. As such, several hundred aircraft were produced during the Noratlas' production run, which lasted over a decade.
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including 25 F-84G jet fighter-bombers, six PV-2 Harpoon bombers, six NordNoratlas transport aircraft, six Alouette II helicopters, eight T-6 light attack...
22 July 1974, 33 people were killed by friendly fire when 15 ageing NordNoratlas of the Greek 354 Transport Squadron were assigned to airlift a Greek...
commandos to Nicosia Airport through Operation Niki but failed after the NordNoratlas planes were shot down by friendly fire from the Cypriot National Guard...
generated a series of successful designs, the best-known of which was the NordNoratlas transport aircraft. In 1949 the SNCAC group was dissolved and several...
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times and locations, by IAF aircraft. The primary aircraft type was the NordNoratlas; there were also two unidentified delta-wing jets at about 9:00 a.m...
air support against any Lebanese military intervention if needed. Two NordNoratlas transport aircraft were also deployed to orbit so they could assist...
by Strategic Air Forces Command 328, stationed at Bordeaux. Several NordNoratlas were specially modified, having received the Mirage IV's radar, control...
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