Morane-Saulnier MS.230

The MS.230 was designed to meet French Air Ministry requirements. Numbers of MS.230s survived for many years after the war and became civilian trainers and civilian flying club aircraft. One was used in 1967 to act as camera-ship for air-to-air filming of Darling Lili at Baldonnel Aerodrome, Ireland. Examples are preserved on display in museums in Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Spain and the United States of America. ==Popular culture==

A MS.230 was used at the end of the movie The Blue Max as the "new monoplane" in which Lt. Stachel is killed during a test flight. "Stachel" Morane MS-230 Weston, Ireland 1970 ==Variants==

. Source: ;MS.229 : Hispano-Suiza 8a V8, for the Schweizer Flieger- und Fliegerabwehrtruppen (Swiss Army Air Service); two built, one converted to Hispano-Suiza 9Qa radial in 1932. ;MS.230 : over 1,100 built; 20 bought by Romania and 25 by Greece in 1931, 9 each bought by Belgium and Brazil; main ''Armee de l'Air'' trainer for years; operated by several well-known private owners including Lynn Garrison and Louis Dolfus; some used for trials with Handley Page slats, or skis; one fitted with Lorraine 9Nb Algol Junior. ;MS.231 : six built, with 179 kW (240 hp) Lorraine 7Mb, 1930. ;MS.232 : experimental version with 149 kW (200 hp) Clerget 9Ca diesel, 1930. ;MS.233 : powered by 172 kW (230 hp) Gnome-Rhône 5Ba or Gnome-Rhône 5Bc, six built in France and 16 in Portugal under licence for the Portuguese military. ;MS.234 : 186 kW (250 hp) Hispano-Suiza 9Qa engine, two built, one for U.S. Ambassador in Paris. ;MS.234/2 : converted from MS.130 Coupe Michelin racer with 172 kW) (230 hp) Hispano 9Qb and NACA cowling, entered in 1931 Coupe Michelin air race, 86 kW (250 hp) Hispano-Suiza 9Qa engine. Fitted with a Hispano-Suiza 9Qa engine as MS.234 #2, flown in aerobatic competition by Michael Detroyat until 1938. ;MS.235 : 224 kW (300 hp) Gnome-Rhône 7Kb engine, one built 1930. ;MS.235H : twin-float version, first flown 1931. ;MS.236 : fitted with 160 kW (215 hp) Armstrong Siddeley Lynx IVC, 19 built under licence for Belgian Air Force by SABCA, first flown July 1932. ;MS.237 : 209 kW (280 hp) Salmson 9Aba engine, five built for private users, introduced 1934. . ==Operators==

; • Belgian Air Force ; • Brazilian Air Force ; • Czechoslovak Air Force (as C23) ; • French Air Force • French Navy ; • Vichy French Air Force ; • Luftwaffe (small numbers) ; • Hellenic Air Force ; • Portuguese Air Force ; • Royal Romanian Air Force ; • Spanish Republican Air Force ; • Swiss Air Force ; • United States Army Air Corps ; • Venezuelan Air Force ==Specifications==