Morane-Saulnier MS-700 Pétrel

The Morane-Saulnier MS-700 Pétrel was a French four-seat cabin monoplane designed and built by Morane-Saulnier, of which only three prototypes were built. It was a twin-engined low-wing aircraft with a retractable tricycle landing gear, powered by two 160 horsepower Potez 4D-33 four-cylinder inverted inline piston engines, and it was intended as a light liaison aircraft. The prototype first flew on 8 January 1949, and the second prototype made a demonstration tour of Africa at the end of 1950 and was re-engined as the MS-701. The third prototype, the MS-703, flew on 3 January 1951 with a longer six-seat fuselage and two 240 horsepower Salmson engines. The type did not enter production, and the first prototype was withdrawn from use in June 1959.