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Caudron C.60

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.

Operational history

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.

Finland

The Finnish Air Force purchased 30 Caudron C.60s from France in 1923–1924. A further 34 aircraft were license-built in Finland 1927–1928. The Finnish Air Force had a total of 64 Caudron C.60s. The French-manufactured aircraft carried the codes 1E20–1E30 and 1F31–1F49, and later CA-20–CA-49. The Finnish-manufactured ones carried the codes CA-61–CA-94.

The aircraft were in use 1923–1936.

Operators

Survivors

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).

Specifications (C.60)

See also

References

Further reading