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    Airframe Family: Nord N-2500 Noratlas
    Latest Model:N-2501D Noratlas
    Last Military Serial:072 IDF
    Construction Number:D089
    Compressed ID:Nord N-2501D sn 072 IDF cn D089
    Latest Owner or Location:Defenders Park, Nahshon Junction, Israel, Karmei Yosef - Tal Shahar, Israel

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a N-2501D.

    Circa 1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the West German Air Force with s/n GB+251.

    To Heyl Haavir (Israeli Air Force) with new c/r.

    Circa 1962

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Israeli Defense Force with s/n 072.

    18 April 1973

    Written off.
    Summary: The airframe was written off. This was a military flight. The accident occurred at unknown (Israel) while standing. Narrative: The Noratlas jumped the chocks during an engine run. The aircraft ran over a parking lot and impacted a wall. Three people were injured. Repairs (new fuselage from Nord as replacement of damaged fuselage underside) was abandoned in 1974.
    For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.

    1976

    To Defenders Park, Nahshon Junction, Israel, Karmei Yosef-Tal Shahar, Israel.
    View the Location Dossier

    Markings Applied: 4X-FAW

    12 August 2014


    Photographer: Rich Tregear
    Notes: 4X-FAW/072 N2501D Noratlas seen in a sorry state at Defenders Park, Nahshon Junction, Israel in Aug 2014

    17 November 2014


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Nahshon Junction, Israel
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    Print Sources
     European Air Forces Directory (Mach III Publishing) by Ian Carroll
    World Air Forces Directory by Ian Carroll
    Internet Sources
     Aviation Safety Network
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Terry Fletcher
    Robert Nichols
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