The Nord Pingouin was a four-seat French communications and liaison aeroplane built by SNCAN, the national company usually known simply as Nord. It began life as the Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun, whose manufacture was moved to the Les Mureaux works in occupied France in 1942. After the liberation Nord kept building the type from scavenged German airframe parts as the Nord 1000 until its stock of Argus engines ran out, then fitted a Renault six-cylinder inline engine to create the Pingouin I, followed by the Pingouin II with a different Renault engine. In all 286 were built, mostly for the French armed forces, and the design led on to the tricycle-gear Nord Noralpha. Like the Bf 108 it had automatic leading edge slats and wings that folded so that the whole aircraft could travel by rail.
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is a French-built, re-engined Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun produced by SNCAN (Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Nord)
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is a French-built, re-engined Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun produced by SNCAN (Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Nord)
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Development, production from 1942
In 1942 the manufacture of the Messerschmitt Bf 108 was transferred to SNCAN (usually known as Nord) at Les Mureaux in occupied France.
Design
The Pingouin was a low-wing cantilever monoplane with a braced trimmable horizontal tail surface with elevators, and a single fin and rudder.
Development, engine
The type was then re-engined with a 233 hp (174 kW) Renault 6Q-11 six-cylinder inline engine and was designated the Nord 1001 Pingouin I.
Development, production total
Total production was 286 with the majority used as communications and liaison aircraft with the French armed forces.
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is a French-built, re-engined Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun produced by SNCAN (Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Nord)
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is a French-built, re-engined Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun produced by SNCAN (Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Nord)
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is a French-built, re-engined Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun produced by SNCAN (Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Nord)
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is a French-built, re-engined Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun produced by SNCAN (Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Nord)
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