Caudron C.60

{{Infobox aircraft |name = Caudron C.60 |image = Caudron C.60 F-AINX St Cyr 05.57.jpg |caption = Caudron C.60 at St-Cyr-l'Ecole airfield, Paris, in May 1957 |type = Training aircraft |manufacturer = Caudron |designer = |first_flight = |introduction = |retired = |status = |primary_user = French Air Force |more_users = Finnish Air Force<br>Latvian Navy<br>Venezuelan Air Force<br>Spanish Republican Air Force |produced = |number_built = |unit cost = |developed_from = Caudron C.59 |variants= }}

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. thumb|A Caudron C.60 at the Musée de l'Air in Le Bourget

==Operational history== The 1921 Michelin Cup for the fastest time over a {{convert|3000|km|mi|0|adj=on}} circuit of France was won by a C.60 flown by Alphonse Poiré, with a time of 37{{frac|1|4}} hours.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Flight|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1921/1921%20-%200608.html|title= The International Michelin Cup|date=8 September 1921|page= 608}}</ref>

===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.<ref name="Keskinen2">{{cite book |last1=Keskinen |first1=Kalevi |last2=Stenman |first2=Kari |title=Suomen ilmavoimien lentokoneet, 1918-1993 - The aircraft of the Finnish Air Force, 1918-1993 |date=1992 |publisher=Ar-Kustannus Oy |location=Kangasala, Finland |isbn=951-95821-2-6 |language=Finnish}}</ref>

The aircraft were in use 1923–1936.

==Operators== ;{{FIN}} *Finnish Air Force ;{{FRA}} *French Air Force ;{{flag|Latvia}} *Latvian Navy ;{{flag|Spain|1931}} *Spanish Republican Air Force ;{{VEN}} *Venezuelan Air Force

==Survivors== thumb|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)== thumb|Caudron C.60 3-view drawing from L'Aerophile September,1921 {{Aircraft specs |ref=Suomen ilmavoimien lentokoneet,<ref name=Keskinen>{{cite book |first1=Kalevi |last1=Keskinen |first2=Kari |last2=Stenman |first3=Klaus |last3=Niska |title=Suomen ilmavoimien lentokoneet 1918-1939 |publisher=Tietoteos |year=1976 |language=Finnish}}</ref> Aviafrance:Caudron C.60,<ref name="afc.60">{{cite web |last1=Parmentier |first1=Bruno |title=Caudron C.60 |url=https://www.aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php?ID=190&ID_CONSTRUCTEUR=313&ANNEE=0&ID_MISSION=0&MOTCLEF= |website=Aviafrance |accessdate=11 March 2018 |location=Paris |language=fr |date=30 December 2001}}</ref> Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1924<ref name=JAWA1924>{{cite book |title=Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1924 |editor1-last=Grey |editor1-first=C.G. |year=1924 |publisher=Sampson Low, Marston & company, ltd |location=London|page=110b}}</ref> |prime units?=met  |crew=2 |length m=7.5 |upper span m=10.24 |lower span m=9.52 |height m=2.6 |wing area sqm=26 |aspect ratio= |airfoil= |empty weight kg=505 |gross weight kg= |max takeoff weight kg=862 |fuel capacity= |more general=  |eng1 number=1 |eng1 name=Clerget 9B |eng1 type=9-cylinder air-cooled rotary piston engine |eng1 hp=130

|prop blade number=2 |prop name=fixed-pitch propeller |prop dia m= |prop dia ft= |prop dia in= |prop dia note=  |max speed kmh=150 |cruise speed kmh= |stall speed kmh= |never exceed speed kmh= |range km= |combat range km= |ferry range km= |endurance=5 hours |ceiling m=4000 |g limits= |roll rate= |climb rate ms= |time to altitude={{cvt|4000|m}} in 36 minutes |wing loading kg/m2=33 |fuel consumption kg/km= |power/mass={{cvt|0.0687|hp/lb|kW/kg|order=flip}} |more performance= }}

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|lists= * List of interwar military aircraft * List of military aircraft of France * List of aircraft of the Finnish Air Force |see also= }}

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==Further reading== {{commons category|Caudron C.60}} * {{cite book|last1=Keskinen|first1=Kalevi|last2=Stenman|first2=Kari|last3=Partonen|first3=Kyösti|title=Suomen Ilmavoimat 1918-1927. Vol. 1|date=2005|publisher=[s.n.]|location=Espoo|isbn=952-99432-2-9 |language=Finnish}}

C.060 Category:1920s French military trainer aircraft Category:Biplanes Category:Single-engined tractor aircraft Category:Rotary-engined aircraft Category:Aircraft with fixed conventional landing gear