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  • In the Fall of Ile-Rien books, I really enjoyed writing Tremaine Valiarde, Ilias, Reynard Morane (who was also a favorite in The Death of the Necromancer).

    January 14th, 2007 naamah_darling 2007

  • Nicholas Valiarde, Arisilde, and Reynard Morane all show up in the trilogy, and the Viller spheres are very important.

    November 19th, 2006 lacewood 2006

  • Also, she thought electricity and gas light did not exist at the same time (apparently she believed the day after electricity was invented, they shut down the gas plants and wired the whole planet), told me I couldn't make any reference to concepts she believed were Christian (I have no idea), and she tried to cut out all references to Reynard Morane being gay.

    November 15th, 2006 z_rayne 2006

  • Get this: GM is going to be shutting down an SUV plant in Morane, Ohio which Bill Hemmer will tell us where that is located.

    CNN Transcript May 24, 2004 2004

  • The Morane-Saulnier is the French mosquito craft of the air and like the insect, it is avowedly aggressive.

    Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot

  • But whereas three different bi-planes are on the approved list there is only one monoplane -- the Morane-Saulaier.

    Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot

  • It supplements the Morane-Saulnier monoplane in the specific duty of the latter, while it is also employed for discovering the enemy's artillery and communicating the range of the latter to the French and British artillery.

    Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot

  • In the invasion of France in may 1940, the Bf 109E outfought French Morane-Saulnier MS 406s and British Hawker Hurricanes. in the air battles over the English Channel and later during the Battle of Britain the Bf 109E not only exposed its Achilles heel, its short range, but also met its equal, the Supermarine Spitfire.

    Above the Clouds at Thirty Below 1944

  • [4] Morane parasol: A type of Morane monoplane in which the lifting surfaces are raised above the pilot in order to afford him a good view of the earth.

    The Aeroplane Speaks 1919

  • In May nearly every day he piloted one passenger on an M.S.P. (Morane-Saunier-Parasol).

    Georges Guynemer Bordeaux, Henry, 1870- 1918

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