Morane-Saulnier MoS-50

The Morane-Saulnier MoS-50, also written MS.50, was a French parasol-wing trainer aircraft built in 1924. The twin-seat machine was of wooden construction and was one of the last aircraft to use a rotary engine, a 130 horsepower Clerget 9B. In 1925 six MS.50C aircraft were sold to Finland, where they were used as trainers until 1932 and proved very popular in service, and five aircraft of the modified MS.53 type were sold to Turkey. The family also included a three-seat prototype with a Salmson radial engine, the MS.51 with an Hispano-Suiza V-8 of which only three were built, the improved MS.53 and the MS.120 with a 230 horsepower Salmson engine. The only preserved example is at the Aviation Museum of Central Finland.