The Morane-Saulnier AR was a trainer aircraft produced in France during and after the First World War.Taylor 1989, 684"The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft", 2538
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,"The Paris Aero Show 1919", 64 most of the 400 examples built saw service with the French Army, but others were used by the Navy, and still others were 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
Aéronautique Militaire Écoles de pilotage Aéronautique Navale
Argentine Air Force
Belgian Air ForceWauthy & de Neve 1995, p. 31
Bolivian Air Force
Brazilian Air Force
Hellenic Air Force
Guatemalan Air Force
Paraguayan Air Force
(70 examples)
Royal Romanian Air ForcePassingham & Noël 1989, p. 15
Soviet Air Force - (60 examples)
Swiss Air Force
Turkish Air Force
United States Navy
Uruguayan Air Force
Specifications (MS.35R)
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