SNCAC NC 1080

SNCAC NC 1080
The prototype of the NC.1080 in 1950
Role	Interceptor Type of aircraft
National origin	France
Manufacturer	SNCAC (Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Centre)
First flight	29 July 1949
Status	Cancelled
Number built	1

The SNCAC NC 1080 was a French jet-engined interceptor developed in the late 1940s by SNCAC for use aboard aircraft carriers. It was intended to compete for an Aéronavale (French Naval Aviation) contract and first flew in 1949. The aircraft used an innovative system of flight control surfaces that proved to be a failure during flight testing and had to be modified before it could fly again. Its development was troubled by other design flaws and the company's merger with SNCAN that same year. Further development was cancelled after a fatal crash destroyed the sole prototype in 1950.