Nord 1601

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Nord 1601 was a French aerodynamic research aircraft built by Nord Aviation to study swept-wing aerodynamics and high-lift devices. It was a mid-wing monoplane with a 33° swept wing, and it carried ailerons, spoilers, leading-edge slats and trailing-edge flaps. It had retractable tricycle landing gear and was powered by two Rolls-Royce Derwent V turbojets in wing-mounted nacelles on either side of the fuselage. The cockpit was enclosed and fitted with a Martin-Baker ejection seat. Only one example was built, registered F-WFKK, and it first flew on 24 January 1950.