Morane-Saulnier AI

what is it?

The Morane-Saulnier AI (also MoS.27, MoS.29 and MoS.30) is a French parasol-wing fighter aircraft that was produced by Morane-Saulnier during World War I.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 8.5 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 225 km/htop speed
• size 649 kgmax take-off weight
• built 1,210made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 109 years ago, in 1917.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1917

introduced

1918

number built

1,210

role

fighter/trainer

origin

🇫🇷 France

makers

Morane-Saulnier

engines

1× Gnome Monosoupape 9N / Monosoupape

crew

1

length

5.7 m

wingspan

8.5 m

height

2.4 m

max take-off weight

649 kg

top speed

225 km/h

range

—

ceiling

7,000 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.