SNCAC Martinet - a twin-engine aircraft developed by the German company Siebel , which was produced after the Second World War in France by the company SNCAC (after 1949 SNCAN ) in transport and training versions. From the second half of the 1940s, it was used in the French Air Force and Navy, and was also used by civilian companies of various countries.
SNCAC Martinet 700, 701, 702 | |
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NC.702 Martinet , owned by the CAEA organization in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Bordeaux-Merignac airbase | |
Type of | transport plane training aircraft passenger plane |
Developer | Siebel |
Manufacturer | SNCAC SNCAN |
First flight | 1944 (Germany) |
Start of operation | March 1945 (France) |
End of operation | 1963 |
Status | removed from service |
Operators | French Air Force French Navy Aviation |
Years of production | 1945 - 1949 |
Units produced | 350 |
Content
History
During the occupation , the SNCAC plant in Bourges (prior to nationalization owned by Aéroplanes Hanriot ) was tasked to organize the production of 455 light transport airplanes Siebel Si 204 for the Luftwaffe . Since 1942, at the time of the liberation of France, 168 copies were produced. It was decided to continue the production of this aircraft under the designation NC.700 , which was applied both to the only prototype built (with Renault 12S engines) and to the number of Siebel transporters left at the factory, inherited by the French Air Force.
In the future, the aircraft was produced in two versions: NC.701 Martinet with glazing of the cabin like the Si 204D, and NC.702 Martinet with the usual cabin of the type Si 204A.
Application
In the French Air Force, individual aircraft served until 1963. A small number of them were used by civilian airlines, including Air France , but they were soon replaced by larger aircraft, such as the Douglas DC-3 . NC.701 / 702 was also used by the French Post, but this practice was discontinued after the F-BBFA crash of July 22, 1946. The "Martinets" of the National Geographic Institute of France were used for aerial photography; Poland and Sweden also acquired several aircraft for cartographic work.
Modifications
- NC.700
- Si-204 with engines Renault 12S -00, the French version of the German As411 , 1 prototype and 21 aircraft assembled from the back of the details of the Si 204.
- NC.701
- Training modification with dual control and cockpit glazing, similar to Si-204D. Several types of training for various aviation specialties. Built 240.
- NC.702
- 8-seater transport aircraft with a cabin of the type Si-204A. 110 copies.
Operators
- France
- French Air Force
- training and connected air group 2/60 "GAEL" (1947-1948).
- EROM 80
- French Navy Aviation
- Air france
- Morocco
- Poland
- LOT : 6 NC.701 was used in 1947-1948 for aerial photography. [one]
- The Polish Air Force , having received the same 6 aircraft from the LOT airline in 1948, used them in the same way [1] until the 1950s.
- Sweden
- Rikets Allmanne Kartverk used these aircraft for cartographic work.
Surviving aircraft
- NC.702 282 Conservatoire de l'Air et de l'Espace d'Aquitaine (CAEA), France;
- NC.702 331 German Technical Museum in Berlin , Germany;
- NC.701 SE-KAL Aerospace Museum, Arlanda, Stockholm, Sweden.
Performance characteristics
The characteristics given below correspond to modification NC.701 [2] :
Data source: "Sky Corner"
- Specifications
- Crew : 2 people
- Passenger capacity: 8 people
- Length : 12.81 m
- Wingspan: 21,828 m
- Height : 4.4 m
- Wing area: 46.0 m²
- Empty weight: 3,965 kg
- Maximum take-off weight : 5,735 kg
- Power point : 2 × air Renault 12S-00
- Engine power: 2 × 590 hp
- Propeller: Ratier
- Screw diameter: 2.65 m.
- Flight performance
- Maximum speed: 350 km / h (per 3000 m)
- Cruising speed : 325 km / h
- Practical range: 810 km
- Practical ceiling : 7,500 m
Accidents and Disasters
- On July 22, 1946, the postal F-BBFA Air France crashed while landing near Pontarma , 2 people were killed [3]
- On October 25, 1947, NC.701 n ° 69 F-BAOQ of the National Geographical Institute Monument crashed while performing a mission in the region of Saint-Etienne, killing all 6 crew members [4] .
Plane in popular culture
Cinema
- Normandy - Neman (film) (1960) [5]
- Triple Cross (1966)
- A Promise at Dawn , a film by Jules Dassin based on the novel by Romain Gary (1970)
Stand Modeling
- Kovozavody Prostejov: NC.701 KOV72054, 1:72;
- RV Aircraft: NC.701 RVA7204, 1:72.
See also
- Aero C.3
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Jońca, Adam (1985). Samoloty linii lotniczych 1945-1956 , Barwa w lotnictwie polskim no.4, WKiŁ, Warsaw, ISBN 83-206-0529-6 (Polish) , p.12
- ↑ Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1947. - London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co, 1947. - P. 113c-114c.
- ↑ Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives
- ↑ Aviation Safety Network
- ↑ Airplane on impdb.org
Literature
- Taylor, Michael JH Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. - London: Studio Editions, 1989.
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). - Orbis Publishing.
- J.Chillon, JP Dubois, J.Wegg. French Postwar Transport Aircraft. - Tonbridge, England: Air-Britain (Historian), 1980. - ISBN 0-85130-078-2 .