The Caudron C.60 was a French two-seat biplane of the 1920s and 1930s with a single engine and a canvas-covered fuselage. The French aircraft manufacturer Caudron developed this aircraft from the Caudron C.59. It was mainly used as a trainer aircraft.
The Caudron C.60 was used in France, Finland, Latvia, and in Venezuela.
The 1921 Michelin Cup for the fastest time over a circuit of France was won by a C.60 flown by Alphonse Poiré, with a time of 37 hours.
The Finnish Air Force purchased 30 Caudron C.60s from France in 1923âÂÂ1924. A further 34 aircraft were license-built in Finland 1927âÂÂ1928. The Finnish Air Force had a total of 64 Caudron C.60s. The French-manufactured aircraft carried the codes 1E20âÂÂ1E30 and 1F31âÂÂ1F49, and later CA-20âÂÂCA-49. The Finnish-manufactured ones carried the codes CA-61âÂÂCA-94.
The aircraft were in use 1923âÂÂ1936.
The Finnish Aviation Museum in Vantaa has one of the Finnish-manufactured C.60s (CA-84)
A Caudron C.60 (F-AINX) is visible at the Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace (le Bourget, France).