Morane-Saulnier MS.230

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Morane-Saulnier M.S.230)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Short description Template:Infobox aircraft

The Morane-Saulnier MS.230 aircraft was the main elementary trainer for the French Armée de l'Air throughout the 1930s. Almost all French pilots flying for the Armée de l'Air at the outbreak of World War II had had their earliest flight training in this machine. It was the equivalent of the Stearman trainer in the United States air services and the de Havilland Tiger Moth in the British Royal Air Force.

Development and design

The MS.230 was designed to meet French Air Ministry requirements.[1] It was a parasol wing monoplane with a metal structure covered with fabric except for the forward fuselage, which was metal covered. The instructor and pupil occupied tandem cockpits. It had a wide-track fixed landing gear that made it very stable in takeoff and landing. The MS.230 differed from other trainers of the time, which were mostly biplanes.

It first flew in February 1929 and proved to be an excellent and stable machine which was very easy to fly. It saw service with military flight schools throughout France and was exported to the air forces of numerous other countries. It also became a popular aircraft for sporting aviation. An example won the Michelin Cup in 1929.[2]

Numbers of MS.230s survived for many years after the war and became civilian trainers and civilian flying club aircraft. One was used in 1967 to act as camera-ship for air-to-air filming of Darling Lili at Baldonnel Aerodrome, Ireland. Examples are preserved on display in museums in Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Spain and the United States of America.[3]

Popular culture

A MS.230 was used at the end of the movie The Blue Max as the "new monoplane" in which Lt. Stachel is killed during a test flight.

File:LYNN GARRISON MORANE MS-230 WESTON, IRELAND 1970.png
Lynn Garrison "Stachel" Morane MS-230 Weston, Ireland 1970

Variants

File:Flugzeug Morane-Saulnier MS.229 (Ans 05035-089).jpg
MS.229 built for the Swiss Army Air Service
File:MS230.jpg
MS.230 of the Spanish Republican Air Force.

Source:[4]

MS.229
Hispano-Suiza 8a V8, for the Schweizer Flieger- und Fliegerabwehrtruppen (Swiss Army Air Service); two built, one converted to Hispano-Suiza 9Qa radial in 1932.
MS.230
over 1,100 built; 20 bought by Romania and 25 by Greece in 1931, 9 each bought by Belgium and Brazil; main Armee de l'Air trainer for years; operated by several well-known private owners including Lynn Garrison and Louis Dolfus; some used for trials with Handley Page slats, or skis; one fitted with Lorraine 9Nb Algol Junior.[5]
MS.231
six built, with 179 kW (240 hp) Lorraine 7Mb, 1930.[6]
MS.232
experimental version with 149 kW (200 hp) Clerget 9Ca diesel, 1930.[7]
MS.233
powered by 172 kW (230 hp) Gnome-Rhône 5Ba or Gnome-Rhône 5Bc, six built in France and 16 in Portugal under licence for the Portuguese military.[8]
MS.234
186 kW (250 hp) Hispano-Suiza 9Qa engine, two built, one for U.S. Ambassador in Paris.[9]
MS.234/2
converted from MS.130 Coupe Michelin racer with 172 kW) (230 hp) Hispano 9Qb and NACA cowling, entered in 1931 Coupe Michelin air race, 86 kW (250 hp) Hispano-Suiza 9Qa engine.[10] Fitted with a Hispano-Suiza 9Qa engine as MS.234 #2, flown in aerobatic competition by Michael Detroyat until 1938.[11]
MS.235
224 kW (300 hp) Gnome-Rhône 7Kb engine, one built 1930.[12]
MS.235H
twin-float version, first flown 1931.
MS.236
fitted with 160 kW (215 hp) Armstrong Siddeley Lynx IVC, 19 built under licence for Belgian Air Force by SABCA, first flown July 1932.[13]
MS.237
209 kW (280 hp) Salmson 9Aba engine, five built for private users, introduced 1934.
File:Morane-Saulnier MS 230.jpg
MS.230 at Prague-Kbely museum

.

Operators

Script error: No such module "flag".
Script error: No such module "flag".
Script error: No such module "flag".
Script error: No such module "flag".
Template:Country data Vichy France
File:Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg Germany
Script error: No such module "flag".
Script error: No such module "flag".
Template:Country data Kingdom of Romania
Template:Country data Spanish Republic
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Script error: No such module "flag".
Script error: No such module "flag".

Specifications

File:MS.230 3-view L'Aerophile Salon 1932.jpg
Morane Saulnier MS.230 3-view drawing from L'Aerophile Salon 1932

Template:Aircraft specs

See also

Related lists

References

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

  1. ↑ Cite error: Script error: No such module "Namespace detect".Script error: No such module "Namespace detect".
  2. ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
  3. ↑ Ogden, 2006, p. 28
  4. ↑ Donald, 1997. p. 664.
  5. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  6. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  7. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  8. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  9. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  10. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  11. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  12. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  13. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  14. ↑ Ketley, Barry, and Rolfe, Mark. Luftwaffe Fledglings 1935–1945: Luftwaffe Training Units and their Aircraft (Aldershot, GB: Hikoki Publications, 1996), p. 11.

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Bibliography

  • Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".

Further reading

  • Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  • Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  • Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

External links

Template:Sister project

Script error: No such module "Navbox". Script error: No such module "Navbox". Template:Czech trainer aircraft

Retrieved from "http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?title=Morane-Saulnier_MS.230&oldid=5576378"