Caudron C.60

Infobox Aircraft
name=C.60 "Aiglon"


caption=
type=Training aircraft
manufacturer=Caudron
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retired=
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primary user=French Air Force
more users=Finnish Air Force
Latvian Air Force
Venezuelan Air Force
Spanish Republican Air Force |produced=
number built=
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developed from=Caudron C.59
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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.

Use in Finland

The Finnish Air Force purchased 30 Caudron C.60s from France in 1923. A further 34 aircraft were licence 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

;FIN
*Finnish Air Force;FRA
*French Air Force;flag|Latvia
*Latvian Air Force;flag|Spain|1931
*Spanish Republican Air Force;VEN
*Venezuelan Air Force

urvivors

The Finnish Aviation Museum in Vantaa has one of the Finnish-manufactured C.60s (CA-84)

pecifications (C.60)

aircraft specifications

plane or copter?=plane
jet or prop?=prop

ref=Suomen ilmavoimien lentokoneet

crew=two
capacity=
length main=7.50 m
length alt= 26 ft 7 in
span main=10.24 m
span alt=33 ft 7 in
height main=2.60 m
height alt=8 ft 6 in
area main=26.00 m²
area alt=279.7 ft²
airfoil=
empty weight main=505 kg
empty weight alt=1,111 lb
loaded weight main= kg
loaded weight alt= lb
useful load main= kg
useful load alt= kg
max takeoff weight main=862 kg
max takeoff weight alt= 1,896 lb
more general=

engine (prop)=Clerget 9B
type of prop=radial engine
number of props=1
power main=97 kW
power alt=130 hp
power original=

max speed main=150 km/h
max speed alt= 81 knots, 93 mph
cruise speed main= km/h
cruise speed alt= knots, mph
stall speed main= km/h
stall speed alt= knots, mph
never exceed speed main= km/h
never exceed speed alt= knots, mph
range main= km
range alt= nm, mi
ceiling main=4,000 m
ceiling alt= 13,120 ft
climb rate main= m/s
climb rate alt= ft/min
loading main= kg/m²
loading alt= lb/ft²
thrust/weight=
power/mass main= W/kg
power/mass alt= hp/lb
more performance=
* Endurance: 5 hours
armament=
avionics=

ources

* 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.

ee also

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sequence=← C.43 - C.51 - C.59 - C.60 - C.61 - C.65 - C.66 →

lists=
* List of military aircraft of France
* List of aircraft of the Finnish Air Force
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