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Caudron C.60

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Caudron C.60
Caudron C.60 at St-Cyr-l'Ecole airfield, Paris, in May 1957
General information
TypeTraining aircraft
ManufacturerCaudron
Primary usersFrench Air Force
History
Developed fromCaudron 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.

A Caudron C.60 at the Musée de l'Air

Operational history

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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.[1]

Finland

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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

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 Finland
 France
 Latvia
 Spain
 Venezuela

Survivors

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Caudron C.60 trainer in the Finnish Aviation Museum.

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)

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Caudron C.60 3-view drawing from L'Aerophile September,1921

Data from Suomen ilmavoimien lentokoneet,[3] Aviafrance:Caudron C.60,[4] Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1924[5]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Length: 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
  • Upper wingspan: 10.24 m (33 ft 7 in)
  • Lower wingspan: 9.52 m (31 ft 3 in)
  • Height: 2.6 m (8 ft 6 in)
  • Wing area: 26 m2 (280 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 505 kg (1,113 lb)
  • Max takeoff weight: 862 kg (1,900 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Clerget 9B 9-cylinder air-cooled rotary piston engine, 97 kW (130 hp)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 150 km/h (93 mph, 81 kn)
  • Endurance: 5 hours
  • Service ceiling: 4,000 m (13,000 ft)
  • Time to altitude: 4,000 m (13,000 ft) in 36 minutes
  • Wing loading: 33 kg/m2 (6.8 lb/sq ft)
  • Power/mass: 0.1129 kW/kg (0.0687 hp/lb)

See also

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Related lists

References

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  1. ^ "The International Michelin Cup". Flight: 608. 8 September 1921.
  2. ^ Keskinen, Kalevi; Stenman, Kari (1992). Suomen ilmavoimien lentokoneet, 1918-1993 - The aircraft of the Finnish Air Force, 1918-1993 (in Finnish). Kangasala, Finland: Ar-Kustannus Oy. ISBN 951-95821-2-6.
  3. ^ Keskinen, Kalevi; Stenman, Kari; Niska, Klaus (1976). Suomen ilmavoimien lentokoneet 1918-1939 (in Finnish). Tietoteos.
  4. ^ Parmentier, Bruno (30 December 2001). "Caudron C.60". Aviafrance (in French). Paris. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  5. ^ Grey, C.G., ed. (1924). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1924. London: Sampson Low, Marston & company, ltd. p. 110b.

Further reading

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  • Keskinen, Kalevi; Stenman, Kari; Partonen, Kyösti (2005). Suomen Ilmavoimat 1918-1927. Vol. 1 (in Finnish). Espoo: [s.n.] ISBN 952-99432-2-9.