Caudron C.60

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The Caudron C.60 was a French, two-seat biplane with a single engine and a canvas-covered fuselage of the 1920s and 1930s. 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.

A Caudron C.60 at the Musée de l'Air

Operational history

Finland

The Finnish Air Force purchased 30 Caudron C.60s from France in 1923. A further 34 aircraft were license built in Finland between 1927-1928. The Finnish Air Force had a total of 64 64 Caudron C.60s. The French-manufactured aircraft carried the codes 1E20 - 1E30 and 1F31 - 1F49, and later CA-20 - CA-9. The Finnish-manufactured ones carried the codes CA-61 - CA-94.

The aircraft was in use between 1923-1936.

Operators

Finland

Finnish Air Force

France

French Air Force

Latvia

Latvian Navy

Spain

Spanish Republican Air Force

Venezuela

Venezuelan Air Force

Survivors

Caudron C.60 trainer in Finnish Aviation Museum.

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
Length: 7.50 m (26 ft 7 in)
Wingspan: 10.24 m (33 ft 7 in)
Height: 2.60 m (8 ft 6 in)
Wing area: 26.00 m² (279.7 ft²)
Empty weight: 505 kg (1,111 lb)
Loaded weight: kg (lb)
Useful load: kg (kg)
Max. takeoff weight: 862 kg (1,896 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Clerget 9B radial engine, 97 kW (130 hp)

Performance

Never exceed speed: km/h (knots, mph)
Maximum speed: 150 km/h (81 knots, 93 mph)
Cruise speed: km/h (knots, mph)
Stall speed: km/h (knots, mph)
Range: km (nm, mi)
Service ceiling: 4,000 m (13,120 ft)
Rate of climb: m/s (ft/min)
Wing loading: kg/m² (lb/ft²)
Power/mass: W/kg (hp/lb)
Endurance: 5 hours

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Caudron C.60.

Kalevi Keskinen, Kyösti Partonen, Kari Stenman, Suomen Ilmavoimat I 1918-27, 2005. ISBN 952-99432-2-9.
Kalevi Keskinen, Kari Stenman, Klaus Niska, Suomen ilmavoimien lentokoneet 1918-1939, Tietoteos, 1976.

Aircraft produced by Caudron

Type A
Type B
Type C
Type D
Type E
Type F
Type G
Type H
Type J
Type K
Type L
Type M
Type N
Type O

G.2
G.3
G.4
G.6
O.2
R.3
R.4
R.5
R.6
R.8
R.9
R.10
R.11
R.12
R.14
R.15
R.19
C.20
C.21
C.22
C.23
C.25
C.27
C.33
C.37
C.39
C.43
C.51
C.59
C.60
C.61
C.65
C.66
C.67
C.68
C.74
C.77
C.81
C.91
C.92
C.97
C.98
C.101
C.103
C.104
C.107
C.109
C.110
C.113
C.117
C.125
C.127
C.128
C.140
C.150
C.160
C.180
C.190
C.220
C.230
C.240
C.250
C.270
C.280
C.340
C.360
C.400
C.410
C.430
C.440
C.450
C.460
C.480
C.490
C.500
C.510
C.520
C.530
C.560
C.570
C.580
C.600
C.610
C.620
C.630
C.640
C.660
C.670
C.680
C.690
C.710
C.720
C.760
C.770
C.800
C.801
C.810
C.811
C.870
C.880

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