what is it?
The Morane-Saulnier AS was a high-wing monoplane single-seat touring aircraft built in France after WWI.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 8.8 m wingspan
base stats
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 106 years ago, in 1920.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1920
- number built
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- role
- tourer
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- engines
- 1× Le Rhône 9C
- length
- 5.6 m
- wingspan
- 8.8 m
- height
- 3.2 m
- max take-off weight
- 350 kg
- top speed
- 165 km/h
- range
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Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q65119543, Wikipedia: Morane-Saulnier AS (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.