| Type H | |
|---|---|
| Morane Saulnier Type H on display at the Musee de l'Air et de l'Espace at Paris Le Bourget airport | |
| Role | Sport aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Morane-Saulnier |
| First flight | 1913 |
The Morane-Saulnier H was a sport aircraft produced in France in the years before the First World War,[1][2] a single-seat derivative of the successful Morane-Saulnier G with a slightly reduced wingspan[2] Like the Type G, it was a successful sporting type in its day.
During the second international aero meet, held at Wiener Neustadt in June 1913, Roland Garros won the precision landing prize in a Type H.[3]
The French Army ordered a batch of 26 aircraft, and the British Royal Flying Corps also acquired a small number, these latter machines purchased from Grahame-White, who was manufacturing the type in the UK under licence.[2] The French machines saw limited service in the opening stages of World War I, with pilots engaging in aerial combat using revolvers and carbines.[2]
The type was also produced under licence in Germany by Pfalz Flugzeugwerke, who built it as the E.I, E.II, E.IV, E.V, and E.VI, with increasingly powerful engines.[4][5] These were armed with a single, synchronised LMG 08/15 machine gun.[4][5]
A Type H is preserved at the Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace in Le Bourget.
Data from flugzeuginfo.net
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