Eastern Express 72210 Morane-Saulnier I

The Morane-Saulnier I was a French monoplane fighter from the First World War. The machine was first flew in 1915, and its serial production continued in the years 1915-1916. The drive was provided by a single Le Rhone 9J engine with 110 HP. The length of the machine was 5.81 meters with a wingspan of 8.24 meters. The deck armament consisted of a single 7.7 mm machine gun. Model I was developed by the Aeroplanes Morane-Saulnier aviation company as a development of another model of this company - the N model. It differed from its predecessor mainly by using a different power unit, it had slightly different dimensions and had a much more successful machine gun synchroniser. Aircraft of this type were used primarily by the French aviation in 1915-1917 on the Western Front. A small amount was sold to Great Britain and a slightly larger amount to Russia, where some Morane-Saulnier I planes received a ski-based landing gear.