Morane-Saulnier Type G

The pre-war Morane-Saulnier Type G became the blueprint for many influential early aeroplanes: not only the early Morane-Saulnier fighters such as the Type H, Type L, and Type N, but Germany's Fokker and Pfalz eindeckers.

While ninety-four were ordered by Aviation Militaire, they were only used a short time in 1914 before being replaced by Type L's, which had much better downward vision. A handful were tried by many combatants, but their chief proponent was Russia, where they were used for unarmed reconnaissance until mid 1915. Russian Type Gs came in two varieties, the 14 square meter wings and a version with 16 square meter wings.

Dux built Type-Gs for Russia and the V.V. Slyusarenko Aviation Company of Petrograd produced forty-five.

1:144 Scale

 * Shapeways: Reduced Aircraft Factory (14m2), RAF (16m2)

1:285/6mm/1:288 Scale

 * Shapeways: Reduced Aircraft Factory