Nicolas-Claude NC-2 Aquilon

{{short description|1930s French aircraft}}

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|first flight = 5 April 1937

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The Nicolas-Claude NC-2 Aquilon was a single-seat touring aircraft built in the late 1930s, featuring a low-wing monoplane with canard foreplanes. The NC-2 was first flown on 5 April 1937 at Auxerre.{{cite journal |last1=Colinot |first1=Raymond |last2=Cartigny |first2=Jacques |title=Nicolas-Claude NC-2 'Aquilon' : Un caneton amateur |journal=LA FANA d'Aviation |date=April 2011 |issue=497 |pages=70–72 |language=fr}}

Specifications (NC-2 Aquilon)

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