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Klemm Kl 35

Nazi Germany ·first flew 1935· two-seat sports and training aircraft

🛩️ light / GA piston retired
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. Klemm 35 D-EHKO: Kogo· GFDL
  2. 2. A-Klemm-Kl35-plane-at-the-start-of-the-Nord-Flyg-competition-142365763236: Unknown photographer· Public domain
  3. 3. Klemm Kl-35D típusú futárrepülőgép. Fortepan 31219: FOTO:Fortepan — ID 31219 : Adományozó/Donor: Vojnich Pál.· CC BY-SA 3.0
  4. 4. Kl35-01-sdasm: Unknown author Unknown author· No restrictions
  5. 5. Klemm KL 35 aka SK 15 -1: Stahlkocher· CC BY-SA 3.0
  6. 6. Klemm Kl 35, FFS A-B 121, Straubing (Mitterharthausen) ca. 1940 (1): Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
  7. 7. Klemm Kl 35, FFS A-B 72 Markersdorf, 1940: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
  8. 8. Klemm Kl 35, I.(J) LG 2, ukrainische Frauen und Kinder versammeln sich an zwischengelandeter Kl 35, Flug zw. Mariupol u. Stalino, am 21.04.1942 (a): Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
  9. 9. Klemm Kl 35, I.(J) LG 2, ukrainische Frauen und Kinder versammeln sich an zwischengelandeter Kl 35, Flug zw. Mariupol u. Stalino, am 21.04.1942 (b): Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
  10. 10. Klemm Kl 35: Anemone Nemorosa· CC BY 2.0
Read about it on Wikipedia ↗
Klemm Kl 35, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Kogo· GFDL

what is it?

The Klemm Kl 35 is a German sporting and training aeroplane developed as a successor to the Kl 25. A product of Klemm Leichtflugzeugbau Gmbh, it shared the same single-engine, cantilever low-wing configuration as the earlier machine, the major difference being the introduction of an inverted gull wing. Probably Klemm's most important type, the fully aerobatic aeroplane was shown for the first time publicly in October 1935 at the international Air Show in Milan and soon found many private buyers.

How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 10.4 m wingspan

base stats

  • speed 212 km/htop speed
  • range 665 kmwithout refuelling
  • size 750 kgmax take-off weight
  • built 2,000made 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 91 years ago, in 1935.
  • Top speed is 1.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
  • Wingspan of 10.4 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
1935
introduced
1935
status
retired
number built
2,000
role
two-seat sports and training aircraft
origin
Nazi Germany
makers
Fieseler, ZLIN AERO, Klemm
engines
1× Hirth HM 60R / Hirth HM 504
crew
2
length
7.5 m
wingspan
10.4 m
height
2.1 m
max take-off weight
750 kg
top speed
212 km/h
cruise speed
190 km/h
range
665 km
ceiling
4,350 m

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

Sources: Wikidata Q970985, Wikipedia: Klemm Kl 35 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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