The Nieuport II was a mid-wing monoplane racing or sport aircraft built by the Société Anonyme des Établissements Nieuport between 1910 and 1914 and was noted for its high performance using a small twin-cylinder engine, and winning many races, primarily in France before being used as a trainer during World War I by French flying schools.
Nieuport II
Catalogue page for Nieuport II showing earliest form with all flying tail
Nieuport II.G monoplane in which Emmanuel Helen won the Michelin Cup
Nieuport, later Nieuport-Delage, was a French aeroplane company that primarily built racing aircraft before World War I and fighter aircraft during World War I and between the wars.
Original colour photo of a Nieuport 23 C.1 fighter of World War I
1911 Nieuport catalogue showing an early version of the Nieuport 2
Nieuport 21 fighter
Charles Godefroy flies a Nieuport fighter through the Arc de Triomphe in 1919