what is it?
The Klemm Kl 105 was a two-seat sport aircraft developed in Germany in 1938. It was a low-wing cantilever monoplane of conventional design with fixed, tailskid undercarriage, and side-by-side seating for two within an enclosed cockpit. Construction throughout was of wood, with the fuselage built using a new semi-monocoque technique which Klemm patented.
How to recognise it: 1 engine · low wing · 10.9 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 88 years ago, in 1938.
- Wingspan of 10.9 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1938
- number built
- —
- role
- sports aircraft
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- makers
- Klemm
- engines
- 1× Zündapp Z 9
- passengers
- 1
- length
- 7.4 m
- wingspan
- 10.9 m
- height
- 2 m
- max take-off weight
- 560 kg
- top speed
- 150 km/h
- range
- 500 km
- ceiling
- 3,000 m
- wings
- low wing
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1774061, Wikipedia: Klemm Kl 105 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.