Morane-Saulnier
The Morane-Saulnier company was a French aircraft manufacturer .
The company was founded under the name Société Anonyme des Aéroplanes Morane-Saulnier on October 10, 1911 in Puteaux by the brothers Léon and Robert Morane and their friend Raymond Saulnier.
In the course of the company's history around 140 different types of aircraft have been developed, of which the MS.406 was with 1,081 units the most built and most important fighter of the Armée de l'air before France's surrender in World War II .
The well-known French fighter pilot Roland Garros was employed as a test pilot at Morane-Saulnier.
In 1963 the company was taken over by the Potez company and was now called Société d'exploitation établissements Morane-Saulnier . The name Morane-Saulnier finally disappeared in May 1965 when the French aviation companies were nationalized. From then on, the company operated under the name Socata .
The aircraft name "Morane" is now used at German airports almost exclusively for the Morane-Saulnier MS880 Rallye and Morane-Saulnier MS890 Rallye series, which are the company's most famous post-war aircraft.
