Morane-Saulnier MS.180

The Morane-Saulnier MS.180 is a single engine parasol wing aerobatic trainer aircraft that was designed and produced by the French aircraft manufacturer Morane-Saulnier.

Designed during the late 1920s, the MS.180 built on the company's legacy of competent light aircraft. Specifically designed to performing aerobatics and the trainer role, it bore more than a passing resemblance to the Morane-Saulnier MS.230, save for its single-seat cockpit and its slightly smaller size. The aircraft was intended for military air services as well as by private pilots; as such, it not only possessed a relatively high safety margin but also favourable flight characteristics for carrying out a broad range of aerobatic manoeuvres.

The prototype performed its maiden flight in 1929 and performed remarkably well during flight testing. About seventeen production standard MS.181 were produced; these were mainly used in French flying clubs. Multiple aircraft were operated by Spanish Republican forces to train combat pilots during the Spanish Civil War; two MS.181s were supposedly still airworthy by the end of the conflict. Several aircraft survived the Second World War and continued to be flown in France; at least one remained in regular use by Compagnie Française d'Aviation through to the 1970s.