Morane-Saulnier N

what is it?

The Morane-Saulnier N, also known as the Morane-Saulnier Type N, was a French monoplane fighter aircraft of the First World War. Designed and manufactured by Morane-Saulnier, the Type N entered service in April 1915 with the Aéronautique Militaire designated as the MoS-5 C1. It also equipped four squadrons of the Royal Flying Corps, in which it was nicknamed the Bullet, and was operated in limited numbers by the 19th Squadron of the Imperial Russian Air Force.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 8.2 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 144 km/htop speed
• range 225 kmwithout refuelling
• size 444 kgmax take-off weight
• built 49made 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 112 years ago, in 1914.

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

spec sheet

first flight

1914-07-22

introduced

1915

number built

49

role

fighter

makers

Morane-Saulnier

engines

1× Le Rhône 9C

crew

1

length

5.8 m

wingspan

8.2 m

height

2.3 m

max take-off weight

444 kg

top speed

144 km/h

range

225 km

ceiling

4,000 m

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