Morane-Saulnier MS.230

MS.230
General information
TypeElementary Trainer
ManufacturerMorane-Saulnier
Primary userArmée de l'Air Flight School, Reims, France
Number built1000+
History
First flightFebruary 1929

The Morane-Saulnier MS.230 aircraft was the main elementary trainer for the French Armée de l'Air throughout the 1930s. Almost all French pilots flying for the Armée de l'Air at the outbreak of World War II had had their earliest flight training in this machine. It was the equivalent of the Stearman trainer in the United States air services and the de Havilland Tiger Moth in the British Royal Air Force.