Nord-Aviation produced a version of the Messerschmitt Bf
108 Taifun, known as the Nord 1002 Pingouin, for the
French military service immediately after the Second World
War. A tricycle landing gear variant, the Nord 1101 Noralpha,
and a redesigned'civilian four-seat derivative, the
Nord 1203 Norecrin, were
"Noratlas"
also produced in quantity,
together with Nord NC-853/856 Norvigie liaison/trainer
aircraft delivered to the French army and to aero clubs in
the mid-1950s. A batch of N.1402 Noroit twin-engined
amphibians were built for the French navy; and the N.2501
Noratlas twin-boom, twin-engined transport, first flown
1952, was subsequently produced in France and Germany.
Nord took over the Max Holste Super Broussard
twin-engined transport design and developed it as the
Nord 262 airliner, delivered to European and U.S. airlines
and to the French navy by Aerospatiale.
