The Klemm Leightflugzeugbau GmbH ("Klemm Light Aircraft Company") was a German aircraft manufacturer noteworthy for sports and touring planes of the 1930s. Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung ( GmbH) is a type of legal entity very common in Germany (where it was created in 1892 Austria Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. An aerospace manufacturer is a company or individual involved in the various aspects of designing building testing selling and maintaining Aircraft, Aircraft parts
The company was founded in Böblingen in 1926 by Dr. Böblingen is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, seat of Böblingen District. Hanns Klemm, who had previously worked for both Zeppelin and the Daimler Aircraft Company. A Zeppelin is a type of Rigid airship pioneered by the German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin in the early 20th century based on designs he had outlined Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft ( Daimler Motor Company, DMG was a German Engine and later Automobile manufacturer in operation from 1890
While working at Daimler Klemm had developed his ideas for a light aircraft, to be made of wood for strength and lightness. It should be easy to manufacture, aerodynamically efficient with low mass and wing loading, for which a low-powered engine would be sufficient. In Aerodynamics, wing loading is the loaded weight of the aircraft divided by the area of the wing Klemm's first design, the Daimler L. 15, was a light aircraft with a single 7. 5 hp (5. 5 kW) Indian motorcycle engine. The Indian Motocycle Manufacturing Company George Hendee resigned in 1916 This aircraft flew in early 1919 with a 12 hp (8. 8 kW) Harley-Davidson engine. Harley-Davidson Motor Company ( formerly HDI is an American manufacturer of Motorcycles based in Milwaukee Wisconsin.
Klemm then designed a squared-off version of the cylindrical fuselage of the L. 15, which could be more easily built, designated the L. 20, and founded his own company to produce it. This aircraft, of which more than 100 were built, was powered by a 20 hp (15 kW) Daimler engine designed by Ferdinand Porsche. Prof Dr Ing hc Ferdinand Porsche (
In 1928 Freiherr Friedrich-Karl von Koenig-Warthausen made a solo flight to Moscow in a Klemm L. Baron F M Koenig Warthausen, born 2 April 1906 in Warthausen, was a German Baron and Adventurer from the city of Berlin credited 20, then decided to keep on going, circumnavigating the world and earning himself the Hindenburg Cup, the highest German honour for aeronautical achievement. The Hindenburg Cup was Germany's highest civilian aviation award [1]
From the L. 20 was developed the Klemm L. 25, later redesignated the Kl 25. Capable of being fitted with fourteen different engine types, over 600 were sold, and licenses to manufacture them were issued in Great Britain and the USA.
In 1931 Elly Beinhorn became only the second woman to fly from Europe to Australia flying a Klemm Kl 26 equipped with an Argus engine, and winning the Hindenburg Cup. Elly Beinhorn-Rosemeyer ( May 30, 1907 &ndash November 28, 2007) was a German pilot. Argus Motoren was a German manufacturing firm known for their series of small inverted- V engines and the V1 flying bomb Pulse jet engine.
Klemm suffered a setback in 1935, when the prototype Kl 35 crashed during testing at Rechlin. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Rechlin-Lärz Airfield is an airfield in the village of Rechlin, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, which is certified for aviation equipment This was explained as a material defect, but was more likely due to overstressing of the wings. Klemm revised and brought the Kl 35 up to the required specifications and manufacturing began. Around 2,000 of the aircraft were built, both at Klemm's plant, and by Fieseler, and later by the Czech company Moravan Otrokovice, for the Luftwaffe as a trainer. The Gerhard Fieseler Werke was a German Aircraft manufacturer of the Moravan Otrokovice is a Czech (and formerly Czechoslovak) Aircraft company located at Otrokovice Airfield, on the outskirst of Otrokovice ( German 'luftvafe is a generic German term for an Air force. During the war Klemm produced and designed a range of aircraft, such as the Klemm Kl 105, Kl 106 and Kl 107, as well as the Klemm Kl 151 and Kl 152. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout
The Klemm Aircraft Company was refounded in 1952 after the post-war ban on aircraft construction was lifted. Klemm himself by this time was semi-retired, and the company was run by his son Hanns-Jürgen Klemm. This companies first model - the Kl 107-A - made its maiden flight in mid-1956. In April 1959, Bölkow took over Klemm, and with the successor of the Kl 107-C named the Bölkow 207, the name of Klemm disappeared from the list of aircraft manufacturers. Bölkow was a German Aircraft manufacturer based in Stuttgart and later Ottobrunn.
Klemm aircraft included:
- Klemm (Daimler) L. 20, light leisure and training aircraft, 1924
- Klemm Kl 25, light leisure and training aircraft, 1928
- Klemm Kl 26, light leisure and training aircraft, 1929
- Klemm Kl 31, single-engine transport, 1931
- Klemm Kl 32, single-engine transport, 1931
- Klemm Kl 33, (Klemm L33), single-seat ultra-light sportplane (prototype), 1933
- Klemm Kl 35, sportplane and trainer, 1935
- Klemm Kl 36, single-engine transport, 1934
- Klemm Kl 105, touring plane, development of Kl 35 (prototypes)
- Klemm Kl 106, sportsplane, development of Kl 35 (prototypes)
- Klemm Kl 107, touring plane
- Klemm Kl 151, touring plane (project), 1942
- Klemm Kl 152, fighter (project)
- Klemm Kl 107A, light leisure and training aircraft, 1956
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