Morane-Saulnier MS.250

MS.250
MS.250
General information
Type	trainer
Manufacturer	Morane-Saulnier
Number built	2
History
First flight	1929

Last updated November 10, 2025

The Morane-Saulnier MS.250 was a crew-trainer aircraft built by Morane-Saulnier in the late 1920s.

Design

The MS.250 was a parasol-wing monoplane with swept-back wings, similar to the Morane-Saulnier MS.230, but differed in having a new tail. The cockpits had windscreens, and the rear cockpit had a gun ring. The pilot-instructor occupied the front cockpit, and the trainee observer occupied the rear cockpit.^[1] A second aircraft was built with a more powerful engine as the MS.251.^[2]

Variants

MS.250: Initial design prototype, powered by a 230 hp (170 kW) Salmson 9Ab radial engine; one built.^[1]
MS.251: A second aircraft, powered by a 240 hp (180 kW) Lorraine 7Mc radial engine.^[2]

Specifications (MS.250)

Data from^[3]

General characteristics

Crew: 2
Length: 6.96 m (22 ft 10 in)
Wingspan: 10.7 m (35 ft 1 in)
Height: 2.82 m (9 ft 3 in)
Wing area: 19.7 m² (212 sq ft)
Empty weight: 889 kg (1,960 lb)
Gross weight: 1,210 kg (2,668 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Salmson 9Ab 9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 170 kW (230 hp)
Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller

Performance

Maximum speed: 189 km/h (117 mph, 102 kn)
Cruise speed: 152 km/h (94 mph, 82 kn)
Service ceiling: 5,000 m (16,000 ft)
Rate of climb: 4.067 m/s (800.6 ft/min)

Armament

Guns: provision for a machine gun in a lobster-back turret in the rear cockpit

References

1 2 Rickard, J. (13 March 2012). "Morane-Saulnier M.S.250". historyofwar. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
1 2 Rickard, J. (13 March 2012). "Morane-Saulnier M.S.251". historyofwar. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
↑ "Morane-Saulnier MS.250". www.airwar.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 6 February 2019.

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Morane-Saulnier MS.250

Contents

Design

Variants

Specifications (MS.250)

References

Further reading