SNCAC NC.130
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The SNCAC NC.130 was a French high-altitude research aircraft of the 1930s. A single example flew in 1939, but was destroyed during the Second World War.
Design and development
The French aircraft manufacturer Farman designed and built the Farman F.1000 series of high altitude aircraft in the early 1930s. When Farman was nationalised to form part of the Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Centre (SNCAC) in 1936, SNCAC continued its interest in high altitude aircraft, proposing a number of high-altitude projects, including the NC.140 four-engined heavy bomber (a pressurised derivative of the Farman F.223.3) and the twin-engined NC.150 bomber.Liron and Passingham Air Pictorial April 1970, p. 133.
In order to aid the design of these projects and, in particular, the pressure cabins that they needed, SNCAC designed a pressurised twin-engined research aircraft, the SNCAC NC.130.{{cite web|title=SNCAC NC.130|url=http://www.airwar.ru/enc/xplane/nc130.html|work=Уголок Неба|accessdate=28 December 2012}}. The NC.130 was a low-winged cantilever monoplane with a fixed tailwheel undercarriage. It was powered by two {{convert|720|hp|kW|abbr=on}} Hispano-Suiza 12Ybr engines. Its crew of three were accommodated in a cylindrical riveted duralumin pressure cabin in the nose of the aircraft, with the pilot provided with thick glass portholes in the upper part of the cabin to allow outward vision.
Operational history
The NC.130 made its maiden flight on 10 October 1939. In May 1940, it was evacuated to the former Hanriot airfield at Bourges to escape the German invasion, interrupting the aircraft's test programme, it having flown 41 hours 18 minutes by this time. The evacuation was not successful, as the NC.130 was destroyed later that year.
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See also
Notes
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References
- {{cite magazine |last=Borget |first=Michel |title=Le défi à l'altitude du NC.130 |magazine=Le Fana de l'Aviation |date=April 2002 |issue=389 |pages=24–34 |language=fr}}
- {{cite magazine|last1=Liron|first1=Jean|last2=Passingham|first2=Malcolm|title=French Projects—1940: Part 2: Delanne to S.N.C.A.C.|magazine=Air Pictorial|volume=32|issue=4|date=April 1970|pages=130–133}}
- {{cite magazine|last1=Liron|first1=Jean|last2=Passingham|first2=Malcolm|title=French Projects—1940: Part 3: S.N.C.A.C. & S.N.C.A.O|magazine=Air Pictorial|volume=32|issue=5|date=May 1970|pages=170–172}}
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