Caudron C.60
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.
Operational history
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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.[2]
The aircraft were in use 1923–1936.
Operators
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Survivors
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)
See also
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- List of interwar military aircraft
- List of military aircraft of France
- List of aircraft of the Finnish Air Force
References
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Further reading
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