SNCAC Martinet

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Martinet
SNCAC NC 702 Martinet.jpg
A CAEA NC.702 Martinet
RoleMilitary trainer and light transport monoplane
National originFrance
Manufacturer SNCAC
First flight 1944
Introduction1945
Retired1963
Primary users French Air Force
French Navy
Air France
Number built350
Developed from Siebel Si 204

The SNCAC Martinet was a German-designed but French-built twin-engined military trainer and light transport monoplane. It was operated by the French military and in small numbers by French airlines from the late 1940s.

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Development

To aide the German war effort the SNCAC factory at Bourges was ordered to produce 455 Siebel Si 204s light transports for the Luftwaffe. Production started in 1942 and 168 had been delivered before the Liberation stopped production. The French decided to continue producing the aircraft and designated the aircraft NC.700. Only a prototype NC.700 was built powered by Renault 12S-00 engines (derived from the German AS-411) although the designation was also used for a small number of aircraft originally intended for the Luftwaffe and diverted to the French Air Force.

The company then produced two variants; the NC.701 Martinet based on the Si 204D with a glazed unstepped nose and powered by two Renault 12S engines, and the NC.702 Martinet with a conventional stepped windscreen nose based on the Si 204A.

Operational history

The Martinet was used by both the French Air Force and Navy and the final example did not retire until 1963. A small number were used by commercial operators including Air France but were soon replaced by larger aircraft like the Douglas DC-3. A number were used by the French Postal Service but they were grounded following an accident to F-BBFA is July 1946. The aircraft was used by the IGN for photo-survey work and a few aircraft were also exported to Poland and Sweden for use on photo-mapping duties.

Variants

NC.700
A Renault 12S powered Si-204, one prototype.
NC.701
Trainer version with dual controls and transparent nose based on the Si-204D. Room for five students as a radio trainer.
NC.702
Eight-seat transport version based on the Si-204A.

Operators

Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden

Survivors

Specifications (NC.701)

NC 702 3-view drawing from L'Aerophile magazine October 1946 NC 702 3-view L'Aerophile October 1946.jpg
NC 702 3-view drawing from L'Aerophile magazine October 1946

Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1947 [2]

General characteristics

Long-range tanks: 480 L (130 US gal; 110 imp gal) in two optional long-range tanks
Oil: 120 L (32 US gal; 26 imp gal) oil in engine nacelle tanks

Performance

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References

  1. 1 2 Jońca, Adam (1985). Samoloty linii lotniczych 1945-1956, Barwa w lotnictwie polskim no.4, WKiŁ, Warsaw, ISBN   83-206-0529-6 (in Polish), p.12
  2. Bridgman, Leonard, ed. (1947). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1947. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. pp. 113c–114c.

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