Roland Garros' Morane Saulnier Type L.zip 2024-05-02

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Roland Garros’ Morane Saulnier Type L

Although not well known, the two seat Morane Saulnier Type L parasol played a large role in WWI aviation between 1914 and 1916. Some 600 were produced by France and used it extensively in the unglamorous reconnaissance role. But it was also the first operational tractor airplane to be armed with a fixed machine gun firing through the propeller arc.

The design dated from August 1913 and first 50 Type L parasols were ordered by Turkey rather than by the...

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