NAC Freelance
| NAC-1 (BN-3) Freelance | |
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| The prototype NAC-1 Freelance 180 at Coventry airport, England, in June 2003 | |
| Role | Four-seat monoplane |
| National origin | United Kingdom |
| Manufacturer | Britten-Norman NDN Aircraft Norman Aircraft Company |
| Designer | Desmond Norman |
| First flight | 17 May 1969 (BN-3) 29 September 1984 (NAC-1)[1] |
| Status | operational in 2003, now stored |
| Number built | 1 |
The NAC-1 Freelance originally the BN-3 Nymph is a British four-seat touring monoplane.
Development
Designed by Desmond Norman when with Britten-Norman the BN-3 Nymph was an all-metal high-wing braced monoplane powered by a 115hp Lycoming O-235 engine. It was designed to allow it to be assembled in under-developed countries which would build the aircraft under a technology transfer scheme.
With the demise of the original Britten-Norman company, Norman took the design with him to his new company NDN Aircraft. NDN planned to build and sell the Nymph with a lengthened cabin as the NAC-1 Freelance. The Nymph was reworked as the prototype Freelance and first flew in that configuration on 29 September 1984.[2] In 1985 NDN Aircraft was renamed the Norman Aircraft Company (NAC) and components and fuselage sections for six aircraft were built. Following the failure of the company to win a military order with the NDN Firecracker military trainer the company was closed down.
Specifications (BN-3)
General characteristics
- Crew: 1 (pilot)
- Capacity: 1 (passenger)
Performance
References
- Simpson, Rod (2001). Airlife's World Aircraft. Airlife Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-84037-115-3.
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions.
- Jackson, A.J. (1973). British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 1. London: Putnam. ISBN 0 370 10006 9.
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