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Morane-Saulnier AR

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The Morane-Saulnier AR was a military trainer aircraft produced in France during and after the First World War.[1][2] Developed from the Morane-Saulnier LA fighter, it was a wire-braced parasol-wing monoplane of conventional design with two open cockpits in tandem and cross-axle-style tailskid undercarriage.[2] Construction was mostly of fabric-covered wood, but the forward fuselage was skinned in metal.[1]

Large-scale production commenced after the Armistice, with the type now designated MS.35, in a number of subtypes differentiated principally in the engine used.[1][2] Although Morane-Saulnier hoped to sell the type on the civil market as a touring machine,[3] most of the 400 examples built saw service with the French Army, but others were used by the Navy and still others exported to foreign air arms.[1][2] The MS.35s remained in service in France until 1929, after which time some were sold to the nation's flying clubs.[2]

Variants

  • Type AR
  • MS.35R - main production version with Le Rhône 9C engine
  • MS.35A - version with Anzani engine
  • MS.35C - version with Clerget 9C engine

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Operators

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  • (70 examples)
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  • (60 examples)
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Specifications (MS.35R)

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Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Taylor 1989, 684
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft", 2538
  3. "The Paris Aero Show 1919", 64

References

  • The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft. London: Aerospace Publishing. 
  • (15 January 1920) "The Paris Aero Show 1919". Flight: 63-70. Retrieved on 2008-10-06. 
  • Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions, 684. 

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