a moving automobile. A can of gasoline was handed up from a speeding Austin automobile to a C-2 pilot, (who hooked it with a wooden cane) during a 1930 air show in California. A seaplane version of the C-2 was also offered, designated the PC-2 and PC-3 ("P" for pontoon) with floats replacing the wheeled landing gear. A single Aeronca C-2 was converted to a glider by H.J. Parham in England after an inflight engine failure and forced landing. The nose was faired in after the removal of the engine. It first flew as a glider 15 May 1937 and went to the Dorset Glider Club but was destroyed in the club hangar during a storm in November 1938. Variants Aeronca C-2 Single-seat light sporting aircraft, powered by a 26-hp (19-kW) Aeronca E-107A piston engine. Aeronca C-2 Deluxe Improved version, with a wider fuselage and a number of design improvements. Aeronca C-2N Scout Deluxe sporting aircraft, powered by a 36-hp (27-kW) Aeronca E-112 or E-133A piston engine. Four built. Aeronca PC-2 Seaplane version of the C-2. Aeronca PC-2 Deluxe Seaplane version of the C-2 Deluxe. Surviving aircraft Canada A-9 – C-2 on static display at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa, Ontario. United States 2 – C-2 on static display at the Udvar-Hazy Center of the National Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, Virginia. It is the first prototype of the Aeronca C-2 and bears the registration NX626N. It was donated to the museum in 1948 by Aeronca and was restored in 1976. 27 – C-2 airworthy at the Yanks Air Museum in Chino, California. 67 – C-2 on static display at the Ohio History Center in Columbus, Ohio. A-106 – C-2N airworthy owned by Craig MacVeigh of Seattle, Washington. A-151 – C-2N is on display at the Shannon Air Museum in Fredericksburg, Virginia. A-253 – C-2N on static display at the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. This particular aircraft set seven records, five of which were for seaplanes. 301-23 – C-2 on static display at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington. Specifications (C-2) See also References External links The Smithsonian's preserved Aeronca C-2, the first one produced 1920s United States civil utility aircraft Aeronca aircraft High-wing aircraft Single-engined tractor aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1929