Morane-Saulnier AR

Type AR, MS.35
MS.35R
Role	Trainer Type of aircraft
National origin	France
Manufacturer	Morane-Saulnier
First flight	1915
Primary user	Aéronautique Militaire
Number built	>400

The Morane-Saulnier AR was a trainer aircraft produced in France during and after the First World War.^[1][2]

Design and development

Developed from the Morane-Saulnier LA reconnaissance aircraft, the AR 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 were used in France until 1929, when some of them were purchased by the country'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

Operators

 France

• Aéronautique Militaire
  • Écoles de pilotage
• Aéronautique Navale

 Argentina

• Argentine Air Force

 Belgium

• Belgian Air Force^[4]

 Bolivia

• Bolivian Air Force

 Brazil

• Brazilian Air Force

 Greece

• Hellenic Air Force

 Guatemala

• Guatemalan Air Force

 Paraguay

• Paraguayan Air Force

 Poland

• (70 examples)

 Romania

• Royal Romanian Air Force^[5]

 Soviet Union

• Soviet Air Force - (60 examples)

 Switzerland

• Swiss Air Force

 Turkey

• Turkish Air Force

 United States

• United States Navy

 Uruguay

• Uruguayan Air Force

Specifications (MS.35R)

Data from "Morane-Saulnier Type AR (M.S.35)"

General characteristics

• Crew: Two, pilot and instructor
• Length: 6.30 m (20 ft 8 in)
• Wingspan: 10.57 m (34 ft 8 in)
• Gross weight: 764 kg (1,680 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Le Rhône 9C , 60 kW (80 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 125 km/h (78 mph, 68 kn)
• Service ceiling: 4,600 m (15,100 ft)

Notes

References

• The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft. London: Aerospace Publishing.
• "The Paris Aero Show 1919". Flight: 63–70. 15 January 1920. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
• Kotelnikov, V.; Kulikov, V. & Cony, C. (December 2001). "Les avions français en URSS, 1921–1941" [French Aircraft in the USSR, 1921–1941]. Avions: Toute l'Aéronautique et son histoire (in French) (105): 50–56. ISSN 1243-8650.
• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 684. ISBN 0-7106-0710-5.
• Hirschauer, Louis; Dollfus, Charles, eds. (1920). L'Année Aéronautique: 1919-1920. Paris: Dunod. p. 21.
• Hirschauer, Louis; Dollfus, Charles, eds. (1921). L'Année Aéronautique: 1920-1921. Paris: Dunod. p. 29.
• Passingham, Malcolm; Noël (October 1989). "Les avions militaires roumains de 1910 à 1945". Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French). No. 239. pp. 14–15, 17–21.
• Wauthy, Jean-Luc & de Neve, Florian (April 1995). "Les aéronefs de la Force Aérienne Belge, deuxième partie 1919–1935" [Aircraft of the Belgian Air Force]. Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French). No. 305. pp. 28–33. ISSN 0757-4169.

Further reading

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Morane-Saulnier AR.

• Lacaze, Henri & Lherbert, Claude (2013). Morane Saulnier: ses avions, ses projets [Morane Saulnier: Their Aircraft and Projects] (in French). Outreau, France: Lela Presse. ISBN 978-2-914017-70-1.

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