Morane-Saulnier AR

The Morane-Saulnier AR was a trainer aircraft produced in France during and after the First World War.

Type AR, MS.35
MS.35R
Role	Trainer
National origin	France
Manufacturer	Morane-Saulnier
First flight	1915
Primary user	Aéronautique Militaire
Number built	>400

Design and development

Developed from the Morane-Saulnier LA reconnaissance aircraft, the AR was a wire-braced parasol-wing monoplane of conventional design with two open cockpits in tandem and cross-axle-style tailskid undercarriage. Construction was mostly of fabric-covered wood, but the forward fuselage was skinned in metal.

Large-scale production commenced after the Armistice, with the type now designated MS.35, in a number of subtypes differentiated principally in the engine used. Although Morane-Saulnier hoped to sell the type on the civil market as a touring machine, most of the 400 examples built saw service with the French Army, but others were used by the Navy and still others exported to foreign air arms. The MS.35s were used in France until 1929, when some of them were purchased by the country's flying clubs.

Variants

• Type AR
• MS.35R - main production version with Le Rhône 9C engine
• MS.35A - version with Anzani engine
• MS.35C - version with Clerget 9C engine

Operators

France

• Aéronautique Militaire
  • Écoles de pilotage
• Aéronautique Navale

Argentina

• Argentine Air Force

Belgium

• Belgian Air Force

Bolivia

• Bolivian Air Force

Brazil

• Brazilian Air Force

Greece

• Hellenic Air Force

Guatemala

• Guatemalan Air Force

Paraguay

• Paraguayan Air Force

Poland

• (70 examples)

Romania

• Royal Romanian Air Force

Soviet Union

• Soviet Air Force - (60 examples)

Switzerland

• Swiss Air Force

Turkey

• Turkish Air Force

United States

• United States Navy

Uruguay

• Uruguayan Air Force

Specifications (MS.35R)

Morane Saulnier MS.35R 3-view drawing from L'Aéronautique July,1927

Data from "Morane-Saulnier Type AR (M.S.35)"

General characteristics

• Crew: Two, pilot and instructor
• Length: 6.30 m (20 ft 8 in)
• Wingspan: 10.57 m (34 ft 8 in)
• Gross weight: 764 kg (1,680 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Le Rhône 9C , 60 kW (80 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 125 km/h (78 mph, 68 kn)
• Service ceiling: 4,600 m (15,100 ft)

References

• The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft. London: Aerospace Publishing.
• "The Paris Aero Show 1919". Flight: 63–70. 15 January 1920. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
• Kotelnikov, V.; Kulikov, V. & Cony, C. (December 2001). "Les avions français en URSS, 1921–1941" [French Aircraft in the USSR, 1921–1941]. Avions: Toute l'Aéronautique et son histoire (in French) (105): 50–56. ISSN 1243-8650.
• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 684. ISBN 0-7106-0710-5.
• Hirschauer, Louis; Dollfus, Charles, eds. (1920). L'Année Aéronautique: 1919-1920. Paris: Dunod. p. 21.
• Hirschauer, Louis; Dollfus, Charles, eds. (1921). L'Année Aéronautique: 1920-1921. Paris: Dunod. p. 29.
• Passingham, Malcolm; Noël (October 1989). "Les avions militaires roumains de 1910 à 1945". Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French). No. 239. pp. 14–15, 17–21.
• Wauthy, Jean-Luc & de Neve, Florian (April 1995). "Les aéronefs de la Force Aérienne Belge, deuxième partie 1919–1935" [Aircraft of the Belgian Air Force]. Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French). No. 305. pp. 28–33. ISSN 0757-4169.

Further reading

• Lacaze, Henri & Lherbert, Claude (2013). Morane Saulnier: ses avions, ses projets [Morane Saulnier: Their Aircraft and Projects] (in French). Outreau, France: Lela Presse. ISBN 978-2-914017-70-1.