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The Nennig C-3 was built for the 1935 Coupe Deutsch de la Meurthe but was not ready in time and thus was scratched from the race. The photograph below is the only one I've ever seen of what, in my opinion, was an elegant machine and a quintessentially French racing monoplane design of the mid 1930s. I don't know the original source of the photograph but it and the 'three view' drawing below appear in a post on the pprune forum (q.v. http://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/332082-silhouette-challenge-341.html), where also is given the following technical detail:
which is said to have been sourced from 'a French forum' (which I have been unable to find). Also mentioned there is:
and finally it is said there that the Nennig C-3 actually is a Régnier Martinet engined Caudron C.366. Apparently there is a piece on it by Serge Pozzoli in le Fana de l'Aviation of February 1974 (if anyone has copies going back that far). Whether, after failing to be ready in time for the 1935 Coupe Deutsch de la Meurthe, the Nennig C-3 subsequently was completed and flown, I do not know. Thus I am viewing it as an incomplete and unachieved project - unless others know otherwise!
Nennig C3
Moteur Régnier R161-01, 6 cyl
en ligne inversé, refroidi par air, compresseur, env.
Initialement prévu pour un moteur Salmson, 12 cyl.
en V inversé, refroidi par air, dérivé du 12 Vars.
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Un seul construit, presque terminé.
which is said to have been sourced from 'a French forum' (which I have been unable to find). Also mentioned there is:
Nennig C3
One built, almost finished
Registered with the No.4 by his driver Guy Bart
Bonnet not ready in time
and finally it is said there that the Nennig C-3 actually is a Régnier Martinet engined Caudron C.366. Apparently there is a piece on it by Serge Pozzoli in le Fana de l'Aviation of February 1974 (if anyone has copies going back that far). Whether, after failing to be ready in time for the 1935 Coupe Deutsch de la Meurthe, the Nennig C-3 subsequently was completed and flown, I do not know. Thus I am viewing it as an incomplete and unachieved project - unless others know otherwise!