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Caudron C.60

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Top speed
  
150 km/h

Length
  
7.5 m

Wingspan
  
10 m

Manufacturer
  
Caudron

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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.

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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 3714 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

 Finland
  • Finnish Air Force
  •  France
  • French Air Force
  •  Latvia
  • Latvian Navy
  •  Spain
  • Spanish Republican Air Force
  •  Venezuela
  • Venezuelan Air Force
  • 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
  • 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)
  • Useful load: kg (kg)
  • Loaded weight: kg (lb)
  • 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

    Caudron C.60 Wikipedia