Morane-Saulnier MS.603

The Morane-Saulnier MS.603 was a French two-seat light aircraft of the late 1940s, one of three aircraft in the MS.600 series built to compete in an officially sponsored 1947 contest for a light two-seat side-by-side club aircraft. It was the most powerful derivative, with a 100 horsepower Hirth HM 504A-2 four-cylinder piston engine, a fixed tricycle undercarriage and a tailplane moved to a high position on the fin, whereas the MS.600 and MS.602 had 75 horsepower engines. All three were ready for flight in 1947. The sole MS.603 flew for many years with the Aero Club de Courbevoie, was operated by Jean Forster at Guyancourt by 1963, and was withdrawn from use by 2006, when it was stored at a museum near Perpignan.