Clark-Norman
Clark-Norman Aircraft
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History
Desmond Norman formed Clark-Norman Aircraft in conjunction with ex-Hawker Siddeley employee Alec Norman Clark (b. 2 September 1930 in London, d. 17 June 2019 in Isigny Le Buat, France in 1995 to produce the Triloader, a larger, but not dissimilar, aircraft to the BN-2 MkIII Trislander, aimed at the utility freight-transport market. Design and construction of a prototype was to be undertaken at Sandown, Isle of Wight, with series production by the Triloader Aircraft Corporation NV in Belgium, but eventually the project came to nothing.
Triloader Aircraft Corporation became the Wolfsberg Aircraft Corporation NV, and under Clark went on to develop the Raven 257 small multirole aircraft, but this is outside the scope of this website.
Company References
- Flight 1 Aug 1995
Project Data
| Project No | Type No | Name | Alternative Name(s) | Year | Spec (Requirement) | Status | Qty | Description | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Triloader | 1995 | Proj | 0 | 3E tutility freight-transport | 1, 2, 3 |
Project References
- Stuck on the Drawing Board, Richard Payne (Tempus, 2004)
- Air International Sep 1995
- Flight 1 August 1995
Production Details and Type Description
High wing utility freighter with a configuration almost identical to that of the Trislander, but with three 600 h.p. turboprops. The large hold would accommodate up to five LD3 containers. Side doors were proposed for palletised cargo and a front-loading door for containers and bulky goods.
Total Clark-Norman Production0