Morane-Saulnier MS.147
# Morane-Saulnier MS.147

The Morane-Saulnier MS.147 and its derivatives, the MS.148 and MS.149 were a family of trainer aircraft produced in France in the late 1920s for civil and military use. They were derived from other machines in Morane-Saulnier's successful line of monoplane trainers, combining the wire-braced parasol wing of the MS.138 with the fuselage and undercarriage of the MS.130.

The various subtypes saw service with the Aéronavale, Aéropostale, and a number of foreign air arms. They were largely withdrawn from French military service by 1935.

## Variants

### MS.147

    production version with Salmson 9Ac engine (106 built)

### MS.147P

    mailplane version for Aéropostale (3 built)

### MS.148

    version with Salmson 7Ac engine (1 built)

### MS.149

    version with Lorraine 5Pa engine for Aéronavale (56 built)

## Operators

### France

* Aéronavale (56 × MS.149)
* Aéropostale (3 × MS.147P)

### Brazil

* (30 × MS.147)

### Greece

* Hellenic Air Force (5 × MS.147)

### Guatemala

* Guatemalan Air Force

### Turkey

* Turkish Air Force

### Venezuela

* Venezuelan Air Force (MS.147)

## Specifications (MS.147)

Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928, Aviafrance:Morane-Saulnier MoS-147

General characteristics

* Crew: 2
* Length: 7 m (23 ft 0 in)
* Wingspan: 10.9 m (35 ft 9 in)
* Height: 3.69 m (12 ft 1 in)
* Wing area: 19.3 $m^2$ (208 sq ft)
* Empty weight: 584 kg (1,287 lb)
* Gross weight: 850 kg (1,874 lb)
* Powerplant: 1 × Salmson 9Ac 9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 89 kW (120 hp)
* Propellers: 2-bladed fixed pitch propeller

Performance

* Maximum speed: 145 km/h (90 mph, 78 kn)
* Wing loading: 43.6 $kg/m^2$ (8.9 lb/sq ft)
* Power/mass: 0.1067 kW/kg (0.0649 hp/lb)
