Robert and Léon Morane

Léon obtained his brevet (flying licence) on 19 April 1910 in a Blériot,[3] and that June, he took part in la Grande Semaine d'aviation de Rouen.

On 5 October 1910, Léon and Robert Morane made a trial flight, aiming to win le prix Michelin d'aviation, which required a journey between Paris and sommet du Puy de Dôme in less than 6 hours.

Their attempt failed when, having set off from Issy in a Gnôme 100 hp- powered Blériot, they crashed near Boissy-Saint-Léger, both being seriously injured.

[4] After the First World War the factory was dedicated primarily to production of trainers and fighter aircraft, including, notably: a single seater with canopy (1924), the MS 230 trainer which sold 1100 examples (1930), and the M.S.405/MS 406, a single seat fighter of all-metal construction, powered by a Hispano-Suiza 860 hp engine (1936–1937).

Robert founded the Morane-Saulnier flight school,[1] where the pilots Maurice Tabuteau and Marcel Brindejonc des Moulinais trained.