Klemm Kl 25

what is it?

Klemm L 25, later Klemm Kl 25 is a successful German light leisure, sports and training monoplane aircraft, developed in 1928. More than 600 aircraft were built, and manufacturing licenses were sold to the United Kingdom and the United States.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 13 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 140 km/htop speed
• range 650 kmwithout refuelling
• size 500 kgmax take-off weight
• built 720made 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 98 years ago, in 1928.
• 🚗Wingspan of 13 m: about 3 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

1928

number built

720

role

training plane

makers

Klemming, Klemm

engines

1× Salmson AD.9

crew

1

length

7.3 m

wingspan

13 m

height

1.8 m

max take-off weight

500 kg

top speed

140 km/h

range

650 km

ceiling

6,500 m

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