2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Nord 3400 Gendarmerie: PA· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Espace Air Passion - Nord 3400: Duch· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Nord 3400 Norbarbe was a French two-seat observation and casualty-evacuation aircraft built by Nord Aviation for the French Army Light Aviation.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 13.1 m wingspan
base stats
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 68 years ago, in 1958.
- Top speed is 1.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 13.1 m: about 3 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
- 1958
- introduced
- 1959
- number built
- 152
- role
- two-seat army liaison
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- makers
- Nord Aviation
- engines
- 1× Potez 4D-30
- crew
- 2
- length
- 8.4 m
- wingspan
- 13.1 m
- height
- 3.1 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,350 kg
- top speed
- 235 km/h
- cruise speed
- 200 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.
Sources: Wikidata Q968987, Wikipedia: Nord 3400 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.