Morane-Saulnier
Leon Morane and Raymond Saulnier formed Société Anonyme des Aéroplanes Morane-Saulnier in 1910 in Villacoublay, Paris. The firm went on to produce many models, including several pre-war planes that saw combat. Morane-Saulnier designs were very influential and influenced the design of planes for both Entente and Central Powers combatants.[1] Unlike most manufacturers, Morane-Saulnier used alphabetic lettering for their designs rather than numeric.
Aircraft from the Great War or shortly thereafter include:
- Morane-Saulnier Type A [note 1]
- Morane-Saulnier Type C [note 2]
- Morane-Saulnier Type F [note 3]
- Morane-Saulnier Type G
- Morane-Saulnier Type GA [note 4]
- Morane-Saulnier Type GB [note 5]
- Morane-Saulnier Type H
- Morane-Saulnier Type I
- Morane-Saulnier Type L
- Morane-Saulnier Type LA
- Morane-Saulnier Type M
- Morane-Saulnier Type N
- Morane-Saulnier Type O [note 6]
- Morane-Saulnier Type P
- Morane-Saulnier Type PP [note 7]
- Morane-Saulnier Type S [note 8]
- Morane-Saulnier Type T
- Morane-Saulnier Type TRK [note 9]
- Morane-Saulnier Type U [note 10]
- Morane-Saulnier Type V
- Morane-Saulnier Type X [note 11]
- Morane-Saulnier Type Y [note 12]
- Morane-Saulnier Type AC
- Morane-Saulnier Type AE [note 13]
- Morane-Saulnier Type AF [note 14]
- Morane-Saulnier Type AFH [note 15]
- Morane-Saulnier Type AI
- Morane-Saulnier Type AN,ANL,ANR,&ANS [note 16]
- Morane-Saulnier Type BB
- Morane-Saulnier Type BH [note 17]
- Morane-Saulnier Type BI [note 18]
- Morane-Saulnier Type WR [note 19]
References
- Notes
- ↑ The 1911 Type A was a pre-war monoplane with a 50hp Gnome.[2]
- ↑ The 1911 Type C referred to five Type As re-engined with the 80hp Gnome for Russia.[2]
- ↑ The 1911 Type F had an 80hp Gnome. Two were built for Romania.[2]
- ↑ The 1912 Type GA was a Type G with a 60hp Le Rhône.[2]
- ↑ The 1912 Type GA was a Type G with a 80hp Le Gnome.[2]
- ↑ The Type O was a racing airplane from 1914. At least two were built.[3]
- ↑ The Type PP was a pre-war plane named for its Paris to Pau flight.[2]
- ↑ The Type S was a prototype three-seat twin-engined heavy bomber.[2]
- ↑ The TRK was a triplane bomber prototype from 1915.[4]
- ↑ The Type U was a Type V with ailerons. It did not see production.[5]
- ↑ The Type X was a 1916 bomber project that may have only existed on paper.[6]
- ↑ The Type Y was a three-seat reconnaissance prototype.[2]
- ↑ The Type AE was a two-seat reconnaissance prototype with the 150hp Le Rhône engine.[7]
- ↑ The AF was a single-seat biplane prototype, aka MoS28, with the unreliable 150hp Gnome engine.[8]
- ↑ The AFH was a prototype version of the AH intended for carrier use.[9]
- ↑ The AN series were two-seat fighter prototypes of 1918 with various engines.[10]
- ↑ The BH was a prototype based on the BB with a 140hp Hispano-Suiza engine, a first for Morane-Saulnier.[11]
- ↑ The 1913 Type BI was a two-seat monoplane with the 80hp Gnome.[2]
- ↑ The WR refers to both a Type G seaplane built for Russia and a two-seat armored airplane.[2]
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Dr. James J. Davilla and Arthur M. Soltan. French Aircraft of the First World War. Flying Machines Press, 1997. ISBN 0-9637110-4-0.
- Vital Ferry. French Aviation During the First World War. Paris: Histoire and Collections, 2014. ISBN 978-2-35250-370-5
- W.M. Lamberton and E.F. Cheesman, Reconnaissance & Bomber Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War. Great Britain: Harleyford Publications Ltd., 1962. ISBN 9780900435027