Klemm Kl 26


The Klemm L 26, later Klemm Kl 26, was a low-wing trainer aircraft built by Klemm.

Design and development

The L 26 was a larger, reinforced development of the Klemm L 25.
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.

Operational history

The L 26 was first flown in 1928 and entered production the following year and was produced until 1936. The L 26 was also produced in the United States by Aeromarine-Klemm as the AKL-26.
In 1931, Oskar Dinort won the Deutschlandflug in an L 26 Va. Other notable pilots of the L 26 included Ernst Udet and Elly Beinhorn.

Variants

Klemm

This is an incomplete list.
;L 26 II
;L 26 III
;L 26 V
;VL 26
;L 27
;L 28
;L 30

Aeromarine-Klemm

;AKL-60
;AKL-26
;AKL-26 Special
;AKL-26A
;L-26A
;L-26B
;L-26X
;L-27

Survivors

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.

Specifications (AKL-26A)