Livery for the Restauravia Morane-Saulnier MS733 Alcyon - Private Owner F-AYOT

Requested paint in the scheme similar to the Morane-Saulnier MS733 Alcyon owned by a private owner with registration F-AYOT.
(Maître d’œuvre : Bernard Juniot – Conversion MSFS: Jean Lacante - and downloadable at Restauravia)

The Morane-Saulnier MS733 Alcyon (Kingfisher) is a two or three-seat basic training monoplane designed and built in France by Morane-Saulnier.

Designed as a basic trainer for the French military the prototype first flew on 11 August 1949. The production version that followed was designated the MS733, with five pre-production aircraft and 200 production aircraft. The aircraft were delivered to the French Navy (40), the French Air Force (145) and the Cambodian Air Force (15). Seventy of the French Air Force aircraft were fitted with machine guns for gunnery training and some of these were later converted for counter-insurgency operations (and re-designated MS.733A) for use in Algeria. After the war, some aircraft were sold to Morocco.

The Alcyon was a successful trainer, capable of basic aerobatic maneuvers. It was often used in replacement of pre-war vintage Stampe SV.4 biplanes. Several civilian flying schools, including Air France, used the Alcyon. For the time, it was well equipped with full IFR equipment: two VOR-ILS sets, one ADF set, two VHF radios, a radar altimeter, an attitude indicator, and a directional gyroscope. For this reason, it was often used for navigation training as it was far cheaper to operate than the twin-engine designs commonly used for that task.

Since retirement by the French military services, several Alcyons have been restored to flying condition in France by private pilot owners and groups.

General characteristics:
Crew: 2 or 3
Length: 9.32 m (30 ft 7 in)
Wingspan: 11.28 m (37 ft 0 in)
Height: 2.42 m (7 ft 11.25 in)
Wing area: 21.90 m2 (235.74 sq ft)
Empty weight: 1,260 kg (2,778 lb)
Gross weight: 1,670 kg (3,682 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Potez 6D.30 inverted inline piston engine , 179 kW (240 hp)

Performance:
Maximum speed: 260 km/h (162 mph, 141 kn)
Cruise speed: 230 km/h (143 mph, 124 kn)
Range: 920 km (572 mi, 497 nmi)
Endurance: 4 hours 40 minutes
Service ceiling: 4,800 m (15,750 ft)
Rate of climb: 5.0 m/s (985 ft/min)

Installation :
- unzip the "Restauravia-ms733-alcyon-livery-fayot.zip" file
- put the folder "livery-ms733-alcyon-fayot" in your community folder