Klemm Kl 107

what is it?

The Klemm Kl 107 was a two-seat light aircraft developed in Germany in 1940. It was a conventional low-wing cantilever monoplane of wooden construction with fixed tailwheel undercarriage. Wartime production totalled only five prototypes and some 20 production machines before the Klemm factory was destroyed by Allied bombing.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 10.9 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 215 km/htop speed
• size 940 kgmax take-off weight
• built 7made in total

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 86 years ago, in 1940.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 10.9 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1940

number built

7

role

civil utility aircraft

origin

🇩🇪 Germany

engines

1× Lycoming O-320-A2A

crew

1

length

8.3 m

wingspan

10.9 m

height

2.2 m

max take-off weight

940 kg

top speed

215 km/h

range

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Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.