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.

Klemm
This is an incomplete list.
 * L 26 II
 * Two-seat trainer, radial engine
 * L 26 IIc, cowl ring


 * L 26 III
 * Enclosed cockpit


 * L 26 V
 * Two-seat trainer
 * L 26 Va, 95 hp Argus As 8A-2 engine
 * L 26 Vc, 120 hp Argus As 8 engine; most produced variant
 * L 26 Ve, 120 hp Argus As 8A-3 engine


 * VL 26
 * Three-seat touring aircraft


 * L 27
 * Enlarged front cockpit


 * L 28
 * Aerobatics aircraft, 150 hp Siemens-Halske Sh 14A engine


 * L 30
 * Homebuilt aircraft based on the L 25/26

Aeromarine-Klemm

 * AKL-60
 * Prototypes of the AKL-26, 3 built


 * AKL-26
 * 70 hp LeBlond engine, 7 built


 * AKL-26 Special
 * Floatplane conversion of the AKL-26 with Edo floats and a 65 hp Velie M-5 engine, one converted


 * AKL-26A
 * Extra fuel tank, one AKL-26 converted


 * L-26A
 * Floatplane version of the AKL-26A, at least 14 built


 * L-26B
 * Also AKL-26B or AKL-85, 85 hp LeBlond 85-5DF engine, floats optional


 * L-26X
 * 65 hp Velie M-5 engine


 * L-27
 * Also AKL-27, L-26B with 110 hp LeBlond 110-7DF engine

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.