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Klemm Sport Aircraft - Germany: Books - History

Name: Klemm-Flugzeuge (Band II): Klemm-Spurensuche, Letzte Klemm-Flugzeuge & Sammelobjekte
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Author: Paul Zöller
ISBN: 9783754303665

Looking for a book on Klemm sport aircraft? Discover here the best illustrated books on the history, types and construction of Klemm sport aircraft from Germany.

Klemm-Flugzeuge (Band II): Klemm-Spurensuche, Letzte Klemm-Flugzeuge & Sammelobjekte

The second volume of the Klemm series explores the historical sites where Hanns Klemm worked and traces the last surviving aircraft he designed in over 50 years as an aeronautical engineer and entrepreneur.

Locating the former production sites of German sport aircraft is difficult more than 60 years after Klemm production ended. Many key locations of the original Klemm factories are now built over and known only to a few specialists and local historians. The first part of the book documents these often forgotten sites.

The second part focuses on the surviving Klemm aircraft. Of the more than 3.000 originally built, about 100 remain, most carefully maintained and often still airworthy by dedicated owners.

The book provides a comprehensive overview of Klemm's achievements, his historic locations, and the preserved aircraft, complemented by photographs, historical documents, and technical data.

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Author:	Paul Zöller
Details:	460 pages, 8.7 x 6.7 x 1.1 in (22 x 17 x 2.8 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	extensively illustrated
Publisher:	Books on Demand (D, 2021)
ISBN:	9783754303665

Klemm-Flugzeuge (Band II): Klemm-Spurensuche, Letzte Klemm-Flugzeuge & Sammelobjekte

Language: German

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Klemm-Flugzeuge (Band I): Leichtflugzeugbau Klemm GmbH, Flugzeugwerk Halle GmbH, Daimler Flugzeugbau

Hanns Klemm is closely associated with light aircraft construction. In 1919, he developed the idea of flying for everyone. Under his leadership, the Daimler L20, the first production-ready wooden light aircraft, was completed in 1924 at Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft.

The successor, Klemm L25, was an affordable people's aircraft and became the most flown sport plane in Germany during the 1930s. In 1928, Klemm founded his own factory in Böblingen, producing over 2.000 aircraft by 1943.

Under the Nazi regime, Klemm lost creative control. In 1943 he resigned in protest against the Reich Aviation Ministry, and his company was seized. Hanns Klemm was arrested several times by the Gestapo until the end of the war.
After the war, his son Hanns-Jürgen briefly revived aircraft production. Hanns Klemm died in 1961.

The book details Hanns Klemm's achievements, his aircraft innovations, and his influence on German sport aviation, featuring historical photographs, technical data, and model developments.

Product details

Author:	Paul Zöller
Details:	424 pages, 8.7 x 6.7 x 0.98 in (22 x 17 x 2.5 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	extensively illustrated
Publisher:	Books on Demand (D, 2020)
ISBN:	9783752625806