Morane-Saulnier MS.147

The Morane-Saulnier MS.147 and its derivatives, the MS.148 and MS.149, formed a family of trainer aircraft produced in France in the late 1920s for civil and military use. They combined the wire-braced parasol wing of the MS.138 with the fuselage and undercarriage of the MS.130. The MS.147 itself was the production version with a Salmson 9Ac radial engine, and 106 were built; three MS.147P were built as mailplanes for Aeropostale, one MS.148 had a Salmson 7Ac engine, and the MS.149 with a Lorraine 5Pa engine was built for the Aeronavale in 56 examples. The subtypes served with the Aeronavale, Aeropostale and a number of foreign air arms, and were largely withdrawn from French military service by 1935.