NAC Freelance

NAC-1 (BN-3) Freelance
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 2


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 115 hp 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.[2]

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.[1] 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)

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1969–70[2]

General characteristics

Performance


References

  1. 1 2 Simpson 2001, p. 400
  2. 1 2 Taylor 1969, pp. 198–199.

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