2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Klemm L 26 Deutschlandflug 1931: Unknown author Unknown author· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Tempelhof repülőtér. Klemm KL 26 sportrepülőgép. Fortepan 28603: FOTO:Fortepan — ID 28603 : Adományozó/Donor: MZSL/Ofner Károly. archive copy at the Wayback Machine· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Klemm L 26, later Klemm Kl 26, was a low-wing trainer aircraft built by Klemm.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 12.5 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 98 years ago, in 1928.
- Wingspan of 12.5 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
- 170
- role
- training plane
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- engines
- 1× LeBlond
- crew
- 2
- length
- 7.2 m
- wingspan
- 12.5 m
- height
- 2.1 m
- max take-off weight
- 722 kg
- top speed
- 149 km/h
- cruise speed
- 129 km/h
- range
- 768 km
- ceiling
- 3,660 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1768816, Wikipedia: Klemm Kl 26 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.