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 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 371⁄4 hours.[1]
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]
^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. ISBN951-95821-2-6.
^Keskinen, Kalevi; Stenman, Kari; Niska, Klaus (1976). Suomen ilmavoimien lentokoneet 1918-1939 (in Finnish). Tietoteos.
^Parmentier, Bruno (30 December 2001). "Caudron C.60". Aviafrance (in French). Paris. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
^Grey, C.G., ed. (1924). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1924. London: Sampson Low, Marston & company, ltd. p. 110b.
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Keskinen, Kalevi; Stenman, Kari; Partonen, Kyösti (2005). Suomen Ilmavoimat 1918-1927. Vol. 1 (in Finnish). Espoo: [s.n.] ISBN952-99432-2-9.
