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]
^ ab"Nord 2800". 1000aircraftphotos.com. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
^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.