Nord 3202

what is it?

The Nord Aviation 3202 is a 1950s French military trainer aircraft designed and built by Nord Aviation to meet a French Army requirement for a two-seat basic trainer, as a replacement for the biplane Stampe SV.4. Altogether, 101 examples were built, with the first flying on 17 April 1957.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 9.5 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 260 km/htop speed
• range 1,000 kmwithout refuelling
• size 1,220 kgmax take-off weight
• built 101made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 69 years ago, in 1957.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.0× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 9.5 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,000 km: 6× Amsterdam to Brussels.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1957-04-17

number built

101

role

trainer

origin

🇫🇷 France

makers

Nord Aviation

engines

1× Potez 4D-32

crew

2

length

8.1 m

wingspan

9.5 m

height

2.8 m

max take-off weight

1,220 kg

top speed

260 km/h

cruise speed

195 km/h

range

1,000 km

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.