3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Morane-Saulnier MS 225: SDASM· Public domain
- 2. Morane Saulnier 4502: G.Garitan pour le téléversement et les modifications· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Morane-Saulnier M.S.225: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Morane-Saulnier M.S.225 was a French fighter aircraft of the 1930s. It was produced in limited quantities to be used as a transitional aircraft between the last of the biplanes and the first monoplane fighters.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · high wing · 10.6 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 94 years ago, in 1932.
- Top speed is 2.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 10.6 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Can fly 1.1× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1932
- introduced
- 1933
- number built
- 75
- role
- fighter
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- makers
- Morane-Saulnier
- engines
- 1× Gnome-Rhône 9Kdrs / Gnome et Rhône 9K Mistral
- crew
- 1
- length
- 7.3 m
- wingspan
- 10.6 m
- height
- 3.3 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,590 kg
- top speed
- 334 km/h
- range
- 700 km
- ceiling
- 10,000 m
- wings
- high wing
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q39937, Wikipedia: Morane-Saulnier M.S.225 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.