The Morane-Saulnier MS.147 and its derivatives, the MS.148 and MS.149 were a family of trainer aircraft produced in France in the late 1920s for civil and military use.Taylor 1989, 685 They were derived from other machines in Morane-Saulnier's successful line of monoplane trainers, combining the wire-braced parasol wing of the MS.138 with the fuselage and undercarriage of the MS.130. The various subtypes saw service with the '' Aéronavale'', '' Aéropostale'', and a number of foreign air arms. They were largely withdrawn from French military service by 1935.

Variants

;MS.147: production version with

Salmson 9Ac Between 1920 and 1951 the Société des Moteurs Salmson in France developed and built a series of widely used air-cooled aircraft engines.Gunston 1986, p. 158. Design and development After their successful water-cooled radial engines, develop ...

engine (106 built) ;MS.147P: mailplane version for Aéropostale (3 built) ;MS.148: version with

Salmson 7Ac Between 1920 and 1951 the Société des Moteurs Salmson in France developed and built a series of widely used air-cooled aircraft engines.Gunston 1986, p. 158. Design and development After their successful water-cooled radial engines, develop ...

engine (1 built) ;MS.149: version with

Lorraine 5Pa The Lorraine 5P, also called the Lorraine 100CV, Lorraine 110CV and Lorraine 120CV, was a family of five-cylinder air-cooled radial engines designed and built in France by Lorraine-Dietrich during the 1920s and 1930s. Nominal engine powers were ...

engine for ''Aéronavale'' (56 built)

Operators

; * '' Aéronavale'' (56 × MS.149) * '' Aéropostale'' (3 × MS.147P) ; * (30 × MS.147) ; *

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(5 × MS.147) ; *

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Turkish Air Force The Turkish Air Force ( tr, ) is the aerial warfare service branch of the Turkish Armed Forces. The Turkish Air Force can trace its origins back to June 1911 when it was founded by the Ottoman Empire, however, the air force as it is known to ...

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Venezuelan Air Force , colours = Bleu celeste , colours_label = , march = , "Hymn of the National Military Aviation" , mascot = , anniversaries = 10 December (Air Force Day) , equipment = , equipment_label = , battles = , decorations = , battle_honou ...

(MS.147)

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Specifications (MS.147)

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