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Now, at least two forumites seem to know already this last aircraft of a famous manufacturer 
The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.
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It is the Morane-Saulnier MS.1500 Epervier, the last aircraft from a famous line.
Over to you, Uli
Over to you, Uli
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Now, at least two forumites seem to know already this last aircraft of a famous manufacturer
Whilst not aspiring to pedantry, is not the Rallye (first flight 10 June 1959) rather than the Epervier (first flight 12 May 1958) the last of the Morane-Saulnier line?
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I should have checked that, Mike. 
I relied on a quote at wikipedia which says that the Epervier was the last design.
Sorry for that.
I relied on a quote at wikipedia which says that the Epervier was the last design.
Sorry for that.
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Pas de problème, Robert. 
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I chuckled, when I read the following on wikipedia:
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Er ....... Blackburn Monoplane ?
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Found all that and more - there seems to be some debate about who made it, what it is called, and where it comes from ! (Serbia - or Hungary ??? or what the ancient Jane's refers to as 'Servia ?)
I'm going to be away today and have nothing prepared, so I'll leave it to someone else to sort out.
I'm going to be away today and have nothing prepared, so I'll leave it to someone else to sort out.
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From: https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Мерћеп-комитски via google.translate:
The plane, Merćep - Komitski, was delivered at the beginning of May 1912, when Merćep, his pilot and two assistants assembled it in Banjica, where a public flight was scheduled. As there was great interest in the first Serbian plane, many Belgraders gathered at the airport. Then there was a misunderstanding, because Mercep's pilot Dragutin Novak for some reason refused to take off. In order not to disappoint the audience, Stojadinović, who had never flown a plane before, got on the plane, ordered the engine to start and started rolling uncontrollably on the meadow. He managed to avoid the tribune with the audience, knocked down the cinematographer, avoided the acacia and the hangar and rushed into the stream. On that occasion, the plane was slightly damaged, so it was placed in a hangar in Banjica. Over time, the roof structure of the hangar gave way and destroyed Mercep's plane.
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The plane, Merćep - Komitski, was delivered at the beginning of May 1912, when Merćep, his pilot and two assistants assembled it in Banjica, where a public flight was scheduled. As there was great interest in the first Serbian plane, many Belgraders gathered at the airport. Then there was a misunderstanding, because Mercep's pilot Dragutin Novak for some reason refused to take off. In order not to disappoint the audience, Stojadinović, who had never flown a plane before, got on the plane, ordered the engine to start and started rolling uncontrollably on the meadow. He managed to avoid the tribune with the audience, knocked down the cinematographer, avoided the acacia and the hangar and rushed into the stream. On that occasion, the plane was slightly damaged, so it was placed in a hangar in Banjica. Over time, the roof structure of the hangar gave way and destroyed Mercep's plane.
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The Alfaro 1 - the first 'plane made in Spain ....
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Over to Jim. Next one should last longer.
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