Morane-Saulnier T

The Morane-Saulnier T, also designated MoS.25 A.3, was a French biplane reconnaissance aircraft of 1916 produced in small numbers during the First World War. It was a large five-bay biplane of conventional configuration with unstaggered wings of equal span, two tractor engines in streamlined nacelles supported by struts between the wings, and a tapered rear fuselage and large triangular vertical stabilizer that caused constant problems in service. It had three open tandem cockpits, with one gunner in the nose and another behind the wing. Although the similar but larger Type S was designed as a bomber, the French Army ordered 90 of the Type T in 1916 as a reconnaissance aircraft, though older sources suggest production may have been cancelled before all were completed.