Formed at San Bernardino County Airport, California, by Howard Morrow, factory completed April 1, 1941. Developed Model 1-L tandem two-seat trainer for Civil Pilot Training Program. Employed plastic-bonded plywood construction and was powered by a Lycoming O-435A engine.
Manufacturer
Morrisey Aircraft
Morrisey Aircraft was founded in 1949 by former Douglas test pilot William J. Morrisey at Long Beach, California, to market the Model 1000 Nifty tandem two-seater first flown 1948. Initially flown with Continental A65 and later with Continental C90. Reorganized as Morrisey Aviation Inc. at Santa Ana, California, and in 1958 began delivery of series production aircraft as Morrisey 2150 with 150 hp Lycoming engine. Rights in the 2150 acquired by Shinn Engineering and later Varga Aircraft, which produced its Kachina version. Morrisey Aircraft Company reestablished in Las Vegas, producing single-seat Bravo in 1981 for construction from plans, and more recently has offered Morrisey 2000 two-seater in certificated and kit forms as modern development of Nifty.
1996: PO Box 27889, Las Vegas, NV 89126, USA.
Morok, Charles F. / van der Merrsche, Charles Frank
Morok Aeroplane Co. of New York; “Charles F. Morok” was a Belgian and his actual name was Charles Frank Van der Merrsche, but he was also known by the stage name “Diavolo”. He was famous as a daredevil, the inventor of the automobile-somersault-in-the-air and the loop-the-loop-on-a-bicycle feats, before starting flying.
Following the Boston Aero Show in February 1910, Belgian aviator Charles Frank van der Merrsche, alias Charles F. Morok was flying for Fred Shneider on Shneider biplanes. He then settled on the Nassau Boulevard Aerodrome of Garden City, formed a flying school and built a biplane of his own in Summer 1911. It has been stated that two of these machines were built for exhibition and training duties.
Morok’s flying career ended abruptly in the summer of 1912, when he died of typhoid fever.
Morgan Aero Works
New Zealander Garry Morgan formed Morgan Aero Works in Australia in 2002, having come from a background of model aircraft building. His first design was the Cheetah and this was further developed into the Cheetah Sierra 100. Further designs followed including the single seat Diamond, the two seater Cheetah Sierra 200 and the Joey Mk II, and the 4 seater Cougar.
Garry Morgan sold Morgan Aero Works in 2016 to Wedgetail Aircraft Pty Ltd which was formed by Ray Tolhurst and which is based at Camden Airport in NSW. Wedgetail Aircraft offer the Cheetah Sierra 200 and the Cougar, as well as the single seat Vampire.
Moreland Aircraft Inc.
Founded by G. E. Moreland in the late 1920s at Inglewood, California, to produce the Moreland M-1 three-seat biplane powered by a 225 hp Wright engine.
Moreau, Jules Albert & André
Circa 1908-1909 the Moreau brothers’ (Albert and André) built a relatively large model, with a wing area of two square metres, made flights of up to 1500 metres when tested in the Jura mountains. It was intended for verifying the Moreau brothers’ (Albert and André) theories about control systems, which were later put to practice in their “Aérostable” machines of 1912-1914.
The machine had automatic pitch control by the weight of the pilot and his nacelle, which were pendulum suspended and operated the elevators via levers and rods.
Morel, Pierre
Pierre Morel was a French aviator born February 8, 1886, in Nogent, most notably active during 1912-13, and had qualified for his pilot brevet (Aero Club de France No.62) on October 19, 1910, flying a Sommer biplane.
Morel built a 1910 Canard Biplane
Moravko-Slezka Vazovka Tatra
Czechoslovakia
Founded in 1935 as part of the Ringhoff-Tatra combine. Obtained licenses to build the Avro 626 as T.126, and the Bucker Bu 131 Jungmann as the T.131. Produced also an own-design two-seat trainer under the designation T.1. Ceased production at the outbreak of Second World War.
Moravan Inc
Zlinska Letecka Akciova Spolecnost formed 1934 as subsidiary of Bata Shoe Company. First aircraft produced was Zlin XII two-seat, low-wing cabin monoplane, followed by Zlin 381, a licence-built Bucker Bu 181 Bestmann. The Zlin 22 appeared in 1947 as a two-seat trainer and was produced also in three-seat Zlin 22M version. Company name changed to Moravan Narodni Podnik in 1949, then Moravan Inc, although products continued to be known as Zlins.
The Zlin 26 all-wood two-seat tandem trainer was superseded by the metal Zlin 126 Trener, which went into production in 1953. The basic design was developed subsequently through Z 226, Z 326, Z 526, and Z 726 models in both Trener (two-seat) and Akrobat (single-seat competition aircraft) variants with retractable landing gear and a variety of engines. As one of the world’s foremost aerobatic aircraft, the Zlin was also widely exported outside the Eastern bloc. Production thereafter included Zlin 42 M two-seat light training and touring aircraft, Z 50 L and later Z 50 LS aerobatic aircraft (first flown 1975 in original Z 50 L version) and Z 726 trainer. An agricultural and firefighting monoplane was the Z137 T (first flown 1981). Later produced were the Z 142 two-seat basic and advanced civil/military piston-engined trainer (first flown December 1978), Z 242 variant of Z142 with a U.S. Textron Lycoming engine in place of the L0M Prague type, and Z143 L four-seat lightplane with Textron Lycoming engine (first flown April 1992).
The LG-130 Kmotr (or Z-130) was a product of Moravan Otrokovice (aka Zlin).
Morane-Saulnier
Société Anonyme des Aeroplanes Morane Saulnier
Societe d’Exploitation Etablissements Morane-Saulnier
Société Anonyme des Aeroplanes Morane Saulnier was established in 1911, by brothers Robert and Leon Morane and Raymond Saulnier at Puteaux, Seine, France.
Developed series of parasol-winged fighters and training aircraft, beginning with 1913 Type L or MS.3; principal production aircraft throughout 1920s and 1930s included MS.130, MS.230, and MS.315 two-seat trainers. Series of single-seat monoplane fighters introduced from 1935, including MS.406s built for French Air Force up to Occupation; development of basic design continued by Morane-Saulnier design bureau and derived MS.450 built by Dornier Werke AG in Switzerland as D-3802A.
Also built Fieseler Storch for Germans as MS.500 Criquet. After liberation developed MS.470 series of advanced trainers, several light aircraft and then MS.733 Alcyon basic trainer. MS.760 Paris introduced into French Air Force service in 1958. MS.880 Rallye touring aircraft first flown June 10,1959.
Societe D’exploitation Des Etablissements Morane-Saulnier was the provisional name for the Morane-Saulnier company after it had been acquired in 1963 by the Potez Group. MS760 Paris jet-propelled communications aircraft was developed further into 6-seat Paris III of 1964. Production also included Rallye-Club, Super-Rallye and Rallye Commodore, the latter first flown in February 1964 after formation of SEEMS.
Reorganized as Gerance des Etablissements Morane-Saulnier in May 20, 1965, subsidiary of Sud Aviation.
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