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NORD2501 + NORD 2502 "NORATLAS" TWINSET

Item no. 85374

GTIN 3279510853742

Scale 1:72

Parts 234

Packaging 335 x 665 x 100 mm

Availability Item in stock

Twin Set:

2 Kit's in one Box

3 Decalversions included:

- 2501: Germany: No. 126, 53+08, Flugzeugführerschule

(FFS-S), Luftwaffe, 1968

- 2501: France: No. 105, 62-SI, GT 3/62 „Sahara“, Armée de l‘Air,

BA 140 BLIDA, Algérie, 1961

- 2502: UAT - Aeromaritime, F-BGZF,

Nord 2502, Jet drive

Both versions can be built from this Twin Set.

Nord 2501 with propeller drive and Nord 2502

with propeller drive and additional Jet drive at

the wing tips.

The Noratlas, which for many years was the linchpin of French military transport, was 

launched in 1947, in response to a request from the French Air Force to replace its 

C-47 „Dakota“ and Ju-52. Its design was entirely focused on ease of loading in the hold. 

In 1950, the official services adopted the project then known as Nord 2500, whose 

double-beam design with a cargo hold opening by two removable shells allowed the 

carriage of large loads, unlike its predecessors equipped with a side door. The first 

Nord 2500 prototype, powered by two 1600 HP SNECMA 14Rs, took to the air on 

10 September 1949. As this engine was considered insufficient, the 2000 HP 

SNECMA/Bristol Hercules engine was preferred, giving birth to the Nord 2501 

„Noratlas“, of which 4 prototypes flew shortly afterwards. Series production of the 

Noratlas began in 1952 in France, then in Germany after this country acquired the 

manufacturing licence to equip the Luftwaffe. A total of 426 copies of all versions 

were assembled in France (239) and Germany (187). The Air Force used Noratlas 

from 1953. The first planes were christened in Indochina the following year. The last 

„grey“, the aircraft‘s affectionate nickname given to it by the crews, were reformed

 in October 1989, after 35 years of good and loyal service, leaving the C-160 „Transall“

 in its place for good. The career of the Luftwaffe Noratlas was shorter, and ended

 in 1971, after the C-160 „Transall“ had fully equipped the three transport squadrons.

 In its Nord 2502 version, the Noratlas was fitted with two Marboré engines at the 

wingtips, giving it extra power for take-off in hot countries.

Price:39,99 €