Klemm Kl 32

what is it?

The Klemm Kl 32 was a touring aircraft, developed in Germany in 1932, based on the Klemm Kl 31 as a competitor in the Challenge 1932 touring aircraft competition.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · low wing · 12 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 210 km/htop speed
• range 800 kmwithout refuelling
• size 950 kgmax take-off weight

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 94 years ago, in 1932.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 12 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

1932

number built

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role

competition touring aircraft

origin

German Reich

makers

Klemm

engines

1× Bramo Sh 14a / Sh 14

length

7.2 m

wingspan

12 m

height

2.1 m

max take-off weight

950 kg

top speed

210 km/h

range

800 km

ceiling

4,800 m

wings

low wing

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