Caudron C.60
Caudron C.60 | |
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Caudron C.60 at St-Cyr-l'Ecole airfield, Paris, in May 1957 | |
Role | Training aircraft |
Manufacturer | Caudron |
Primary users | French Air Force Finnish Air Force Latvian Navy Venezuelan Air Force Spanish Republican Air Force |
Developed from | Caudron C.59 |
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 (3,000 km {1,860 mi) circuit of France was won by a C.60 flown by Alphonse Poiré, with a time of 371⁄4 hours.[1]
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.[2]
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)
Specifications (C.60)
Data from Suomen ilmavoimien lentokoneet
General characteristics
- Crew: two
Performance
- Endurance: 5 hours
See also
Related lists
- List of Interwar military aircraft
- List of military aircraft of France
- List of aircraft of the Finnish Air Force
Notes
- ^ "The International Michelin Cup". Flight: 608. 1921-09-08.
- ^ Keskinen, Kalevi; Stenman, Kari (1992). Suomen Ilmavoimien Lentokoneet 1918–1993. AR-Kustannus OY. ISBN 951-95821-2-6.
References
- Keskinen, Kalevi; Partonen, Kyösti; Stenman, Kari (2005). Suomen Ilmavoimat I 1918-27. ISBN 952-99432-2-9.
- Keskinen, Kalevi; Stenman, Kari; Niska, Klaus (1976). Suomen ilmavoimien lentokoneet 1918-1939. Tietoteos.