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- ↑ Taylor, Michael (28 April 2001). The World's Strangest Aircraft: A Collection of Weird and Wonderful Flying Machines. MetroBooks. ISBN 978-1586632120.
- ↑ "Carmier-Arnoux Simplex". Avaifrance.com. Retrieved 8 February 2019.