A-Z Aircraft Manufacturers

Morane-Saulnier

Founded: 1911 by Raymond Saulnier and Morane brothers Leon and Robert, Aéroplanes Morane-Saulnier

1962: Company acquired by Potez to become SEEMS (the Societe d'Exploitation des Etablissements Morane-Saulnier)

1966: Civilian models were segregated to form SOCATA (the Societe de Construction d'Avions de Tourisme et d'Affaires),

which was inturn acquired by Aérospatiale.

AI

First flight: August 1917

fighter / trainer

n° 2283 / F-ABAO - Musee de l'Air et de l'Espace 2022

BB

First flight: 1915

Role: Observation aircraft

A301 Replica - Omaka Aviation Heritage Museum 2017

Type G

First flight: 1912

Role: 2 seat sports and racing monoplane

F-PMSG (replica)

Artal A No.1-Museo Del Aire 2019

MS.138

First flight: 1927

Family of Military trainers

main production variant with Le Rhône 9C engine

F-AZAJ - Airfield Cerny La Ferte-Alais 2016

also

MS.137

version with Salmson 9Ac engine

MS.139

variant with Clerget 9B engine

MS.191

variant with shortened wingspan

MS.180

First flight: 1929

aerobatic trainer Prototype converted to MS.181

MS.181

Production version of MS.180 with 60 hp (40 kW) Salmson 5Ac 5-cylinder radial engine

F-PALY / E-004 - Spanish Air Force Museum, Madrid 2016

MS.185 Avionnette

variant of MS.181 (only 1 built)

F-AZAZ - Airfield Cerny La Ferte-Alais 2016

MS.230

First flight: 1929

Elementary Trainer

F-AZAK - Airfield Cerny La Ferte-Alais 2016

1077 - Letecke Muzeum Kbely 2017

MS.229 / Hispano-Suiza 8a V8 - 2 built for Swiss Air Force. 1 subsequently converted to Hispano-Suiza 9Qa in 1932

MS.230 - 1,100+ built as trainer for the Armee de l'Air, plus exports to Belgium, Brazil, Greece and Romania

MS.231 - 6 built (1930)

MS.232 - experimental version (1930)

MS.233 - 6 built in France plus 16 built under licence in Portugal for the Portuguese military

MS.234 - 2 built including 1 for the U.S. Ambassador in Paris

MS.234/2 - converted MS.130 racer

MS.235 - 1 built (1930)

MS.235H - twin-float variant (1931)

MS.236 - 19 built under licence for Belgian Air Force by SABCA (1932)

MS.237 - 5 built for private users (1934)

MS.317

First flight: 1932

Primary Trainer

F-BCNL - Airfield Cerny La Ferte-Alais 2016

F-BGUV - Airfield Cerny La Ferte-Alais 2016

MS.406

First flight: 1935

Role: Fighter

HB-RCF / N458 / 138/7

J-143

MS.500 Criquet

First flight: 24 May 1936 (Storch)

Reconnaissance & communications

French produced liaison variant of the Fieseler Fi 156 Storch

Production of the Fi 156 at the Morane-Saulnier factory was continued at the request of the Armée de l'Air following the liberation of France in 1944. MS 500 was designated for the batch produced with the remaining stock of 240 hp French built Argus engine. Further modifications and use of both inline and radial engines were designated under different type numbers.

MS.501

233 hp Renault 6Q

MS.502

Liaison variant identical to the MS-500 but with a 230 hp Salmson 9ab radial engine.

F-AZCP - Airfield Cerny La Ferte-Alais 2016

MS.504

304 hp Jacobs R-755-A2 radial engine.

MS.505

Observation version of the MS.500, but with a 304 hp Jacobs R-755-A2 radial engine.

G-BIWR Scan from the early 1988

MS.506

235 hp Lycoming engine

MS.506 L

F-BDXM Avions anciens d'Albert Cambai-Niergnies 'Tiger Meet' Airshow 2011

MS.733 Alcyon

First flight: 1949

Role: Trainer

F-BKOI

F-BKOJ

F-AZZO

MS.760 Paris

First flight: 1954

Role: Trainer

F-AZLT / 32

SOCATA Rallye family

First flight: 1959

Originally the Morane-Saulnier MS.880, the SOCATA Rallye was a series of light Tourer / trainer aircraft.

It was eventually replaced in production by the Socata TB series in the 1980s, but continued in production in Poland under licence by PZL as the PZL Koliber.

MS.880B Rallye Club

G-AXGE - Compton Abbas 2014

MS.892A-150 Rallye Commodore 150

G-BFAK - Turweston 2013

MS-893E Rallye 180GT Gaillard

9A-CGZ - Varazdin 2016

MS.894A Rallye MINERVA

G-BKBF - Thorney Island 2013

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