MS.1500 Epervier
Role Ground-attack and reconnaissance monoplane
National origin France
Manufacturer Morane-Saulnier
First flight 12 May 1958
Number built 2

The Morane-Saulnier MS.1500 Épervier (en: Sparrowhawk) was a 1950s French two-seat ground attack and reconnaissance aircraft.[1] Designed and built by Morane-Saulnier to meet a French Air Force requirement, it did not enter production.[1]

Development

Designed to meet a requirement for a tactical reconnaissance and counter-insurgency aircraft for use by the French Air Force in Algeria the Epervier was a tandem two-seat low-wing cantilever monoplane.[1] Powered by a 522 kW (700 hp)) Turbomeca Bastan turboprop the MS.1500 had a fixed tailwheel landing gear.[1] The prototype first flew on the 12 May 1958 powered by a 300 kW (402 hp)) Turbomeca Marcadau turboprop.[2][3] A second prototype was built but the type did not enter production.[1]

Specifications (Epervier with Bastan engine)

Data from The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft,[1] Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59,[2] Aviafreance : Morane-Saulnier MS.1500[4]

General characteristics

Performance

Armament

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing. p. 2560.
  2. ^ a b Bridgman, Leonard, ed. (1957). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59. London: Jane's All the World's Aircraft Publishing Co. Ltd. p. 159.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Green, William; Pollinger, Gerald (1959). The Observer's Book of Aircraft. London & New York: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd. pp. 186–187.
  4. ^ Parmentier, Bruno (17 December 1999). "Morane-Saulnier MS-1500". Aviafrance (in French). Retrieved 5 March 2020.

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