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The Klemm L 26, later Klemm Kl 26, was a low-wing trainer aircraft built by Klemm.
Kl 26 | |
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General information | |
Type | Training plane |
National origin | Germany |
Manufacturer | Klemm |
Number built | 170 (German-built L 26 only) |
History | |
First flight | 1928 |
Developed from | Klemm Kl 25 |
The L 26 was a larger, reinforced development of the Klemm L 25.[1]
Like the L 25, the L 26 was a single engined low-wing monoplane with fixed conventional landing gear. Most variants were two-seaters with tandem open cockpits.
The L 26 was first flown in 1928 and entered production the following year and was produced until 1936.[2] The L 26 was also produced in the United States by Aeromarine-Klemm as the AKL-26.[3]
In 1931, Oskar Dinort won the Deutschlandflug [de] in an L 26 Va.[4] Other notable pilots of the L 26 included Ernst Udet and Elly Beinhorn.[5]
This is an incomplete list.
Of the 170 aircraft built in Germany, only one survived World War II, and that aircraft no longer exists. However, an American-built AKL-26 is on display in a dismantled state at Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome in Red Hook, New York.[8]
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