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256: 798: 588: 778: 40: 382:"I had a look over her, and the more I saw of her the less I liked her. It was certainly not love at first sight . . . the elevator was as sensitive as a gold balance; the least movement stood you on your head or on your tail. You couldn't leave the machine to its own devices for a moment . . . the Morane really was a death trap . . . Subsequently I flew every machine used by the Air Force during the war. They were all child's play after the Morane . . . but I did come to love the Morane as I loved no other aeroplane." 524: 568: 855: 878: 924: 644: 501: 599: 832: 711: 809: 288:. However the firing rate fluctuated too much for the synchronizer to function properly. As an interim measure, they then designed a "safety backup" in the form of braced "deflectors" (metal wedges) fitted to the rear surfaces of the propeller blades at the points where they could be struck by a bullet. Garros took his Type L fighter into combat with the deflectors in March 1915 and achieved immediate success, shooting down three 667: 755: 689: 546: 733: 622: 292:
aircraft in April, a noteworthy feat at the time. The bullets that the French used were not likely to damage the harder steel of the wedges themselves. On 18 April 1915, Garros' deflector-equipped Type L force-landed behind German lines and was captured before he could destroy it.
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offensive. He flew the Type LA "Parasol" (as it was known) operationally, for over three hundred hours and was awarded the Military Cross. Most of that flying was conducted on a single airframe, RFC serial 5133. In his book "Sagittarius Rising" he recalled of the LA:
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Klaauw, Bart van der (March–April 1999). "Unexpected Windfalls: Accidentally or Deliberately, More than 100 Aircraft 'arrived' in Dutch Territory During the Great War".
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scouts (with 80 HP and 100 HP Oberursel engines respectively). About 60 were built for Bavarian air service. A few were later modified as the
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at the outbreak of the war. In total about 600 Type Ls were built and, in addition to the French air force, they served with the
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Three two-seat Morane Type L aircraft were also the first victims of the first German fighter aircraft. Leutnant
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Three Pfalz A.II's were used by the Ottoman Empire in an attempt to combat the growing threat of the Arab Revolt
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in fighter development, and the Type L was swiftly rendered obsolete. The original Type L used
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A propeller from an M-S Type L, complete with deflector wedges and supporting "tiebars".
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A Morane-Saulnier "Parasol" was used for the first flight by an airplane across the
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fighters. A few Type Ls captured by Germany were fitted with a single German
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with a wire-braced welded steel tube fuselage and fitted with the Fokker
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About 450 aircraft were licence-built in Russia by Duks and Lebed works.
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deflector wedges. Its immediate effectiveness in this role launched an
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Pfalz Aircraft of WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes
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company designation for improved L with faired fuselage and ailerons
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9-cylinder air-cooled rotary piston engine, 60 kW (80 hp)
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The Ottoman Army 1914-1918: Disease and Death on the Battlefield.
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The Rand McNally Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft, 1914-1980.
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served with the RFC's Squadron Number 3 in 1916 through the
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The Aeroplanes of the Royal Flying Corps (Military Wing)
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Lacaze, Henri & Preface by Lherbet, Claude (2013).
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The type was also produced under licence in Germany by
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Rallye, Rallye Club, Super Rallye and Rallye Commodore
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The Morane-Saulnier L was also built under licence in
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Aeroplanes of the Royal Flying Corps (Military Wing.
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for lateral control, but a later version designated
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Herts, UK: Albatros Publications, 1989. 870:- ex-Imperial Russian Air Service aircraft. 451:official government/STAe designation for LH 437:official government/STAe designation for LA 3102: 3088: 2939: 2925: 2810: 2796: 2572: 2558: 1470: 1456: 918: 423:official government/STAe designation for L 1358:The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft. 1024:1,000 m (3,300 ft) in 8 minutes 488:modified L built under licence in Sweden. 1427:Morane Saulnier: ses avions, ses projets 1406:. London: Putnam, Fourth edition, 1978. 1171: 1169: 1137:The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft 922: 796: 586: 254: 1323:Green, William and Gordon Swanborough. 1132: 1130: 1128: 1126: 1104: 1102: 1018:125 km/h (78 mph, 67 kn) 14: 3341:1910s French military trainer aircraft 3313: 1363: 1338: 1307:French Aircraft of the First World War 250: 3111:Idflieg E-class aircraft designations 3083: 2948:Idflieg A-class aircraft designations 2920: 2791: 2553: 1451: 1384:Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 1994. 1166: 2487:Épervier, Épervier II and Super 1500 1123: 1099: 417:company designation for basic model 243:with some minor improvements as the 1360:London: Aerospace Publishing, 1985. 1184:Green and Swanborough 1994, p. 413. 969:3.93 m (12 ft 11 in) 963:11.20 m (36 ft 9 in) 824:- Original and Pfalz A.II aircraft. 326:About 50 Type Ls were delivered to 263:In December 1914 the famous French 24: 1418: 1090: 957:6.88 m (22 ft 7 in) 159:that fired through the arc of the 25: 3372: 1404:British Naval Aircraft since 1912 1061:shoulder wing monoplane precursor 975:18.3 m (197 sq ft) 342:Reginald Alexander John Warneford 155:when it was fitted with a single 3331:Military aircraft of World War I 2579: 1397:Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. 876: 853: 830: 807: 776: 753: 731: 709: 687: 665: 642: 620: 597: 566: 544: 522: 499: 38: 3351:Single-engined tractor aircraft 1253: 1217: 1150:Samolyoty Pyervoy Mirovoy voyny 1399:London: Studio Editions, 1989. 1228:(in Spanish). 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Index

Pfalz A.II

Manufacturer
Morane-Saulnier
Aéronautique Militaire
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Naval Air Service
parasol wing
aeroplane
First World War
fighter aircraft
machine gun
propeller
armoured
arms race
wing warping
ailerons
Morane-Saulnier
Aviation Militaire
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Naval Air Service
Imperial Russian Air Service
Pfalz Flugzeugwerke
Spandau LMG 08 machine gun
Sweden

aviator
Roland Garros
Escadrille 23
Raymond Saulnier

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