SNCAC NC.4-10

The SNCAC NC.4-10 was a twin-engined floatplane torpedo bomber built in France in the late 1930s, one of several prototypes competing for a French Navy specification, and no contracts were awarded after the military lost interest. It began as the Farman F.410, designed in 1934 before the part-nationalisation of 1936 and 1937 brought Farman and Hanriot together as SNCAC, and was revised to meet the MT/CPT-9 specification for a combat scout seaplane. It was an all-metal aircraft with low-set wings, twin fins on the tailplane, a largely glazed nose and long floats, armed with three machine guns and a cannon. It first flew on 10 July 1939 with two Gnome-Rhône 14K radials of 890 horsepower, later replaced by 1,050 horsepower 14N engines, and flew as a floatplane from September 1939.