The interwar period was a prosperous period for light aviation, one facet of which was the development of aerial aerobactics as a competitive sport. The 1927 Zurich 'Competition of Aerial Virtuosity' is considered to be the first unofficial world championship in this new discipline. The winner was Alfred Fronval flying this M-S AI. He died a year later and the manufacturer Robert Morane sold the plane to the museum. It was extensively overhauled in the early 1970s and underwent a complete restoration between 2013 and 2016 to retore it to its 1927 appearance.

The Morane-Saulnier AI was conceived as a fighter in 1917. It was mainly used as an advanced trainer and also as a civilian aerobatic aircraft. This one was flown by Alfred Fronval, the chief pilot of Morane-Saulnier.

First registered in 1920, this aircraft was withdrawn from use in 1931. It was displayed at the Musee de l'Air collection at Chalais Meudon prior to the move to Le Bourget.