Classics Hangar Klemm L 25 Developement
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As was mentioned previously, the default factory paint consisted of a clear coat on all wooden surfaces and a silver metallic paint called "Silber-Bronce" on all metal and fabric surfaces.
For operations in tropical climates Klemm often applied an allover silber-bronce. The metallic paint was supposed to protect the plane somewhat from the sun.
Here is one such example loosely inspired by the surviving Klemm Kl 25 D II 'VH-UUR' previously mentioned by @AussieMan that was operated by a German missionary organisation in Papua New Guinea, due to the political circumstances of the time with Swiss tail markings.
Like the default factory paint, this one comes with dynamic registration numbers.
As was mentioned previously, the default factory paint consisted of a clear coat on all wooden surfaces and a silver metallic paint called "Silber-Bronce" on all metal and fabric surfaces.
For operations in tropical climates Klemm often applied an allover silber-bronce. The metallic paint was supposed to protect the plane somewhat from the sun.
Here is one such example loosely inspired by the surviving Klemm Kl 25 D II 'VH-UUR' previously mentioned by @AussieMan that was operated by a German missionary organisation in Papua New Guinea, due to the political circumstances of the time with Swiss tail markings.
Like the default factory paint, this one comes with dynamic registration numbers.
Okay, VH-UUR was originally equipped with a Siemens radial engine and now with a Continental.
Not going to make either variants of the two but I'm including a, let's say, semi-historic version of said plane then to honor the very noteworthy history of this plane and to hopefully make a fellow simmer happy who had his first aircraft ride ever in this plane.
Quick rundown of the history:
Acquired by a German missionary organisation the MIVA who's goal was to equip missionaries around the world with vehicles of all sort, cars, trucks, aircraft.
Registered 1934 as D-EHIV and baptized (no joke) on the name St. Paulus.
Send to a missionary organisation in Papua New Guinea in 1935, due to the political circumstances under the Swiss reg Nr HB-XAL.
In 1936 it received the Australian Reg Nr VH-UUR which it carries up until today. It served with the missionaries until 1942.
When the Japanese attacked Madang in January 1942 the aircraft escaped to Australia, being chased by a Zero along the way.
It disappeared in a shed for several years, went through a number of owner changes, was eventually re-equipped with a Continental O-200 and is still in flying conditions.
When @AussieMan made his first ever ride in exactly this aircraft it was most likely in the condition depicted below, save for the engine and not certain wether it still carried the Swiss flag at this point. I'm pretty shure that it still carried the original silver bronce and the Siemens engine by that time.
Not going to make either variants of the two but I'm including a, let's say, semi-historic version of said plane then to honor the very noteworthy history of this plane and to hopefully make a fellow simmer happy who had his first aircraft ride ever in this plane.
Quick rundown of the history:
Acquired by a German missionary organisation the MIVA who's goal was to equip missionaries around the world with vehicles of all sort, cars, trucks, aircraft.
Registered 1934 as D-EHIV and baptized (no joke) on the name St. Paulus.
Send to a missionary organisation in Papua New Guinea in 1935, due to the political circumstances under the Swiss reg Nr HB-XAL.
In 1936 it received the Australian Reg Nr VH-UUR which it carries up until today. It served with the missionaries until 1942.
When the Japanese attacked Madang in January 1942 the aircraft escaped to Australia, being chased by a Zero along the way.
It disappeared in a shed for several years, went through a number of owner changes, was eventually re-equipped with a Continental O-200 and is still in flying conditions.
When @AussieMan made his first ever ride in exactly this aircraft it was most likely in the condition depicted below, save for the engine and not certain wether it still carried the Swiss flag at this point. I'm pretty shure that it still carried the original silver bronce and the Siemens engine by that time.
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I do like the ways it got on that list...... 
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I do like the ways it got on that list......
7 Worst Aircraft I’ve Flown
Matt in one of his favourite aircraft. When you’ve flown 52 different aircraft types (and counting), you often get asked what your favourite is. So, it was a welcome change when I was asked to choo…
Hahaha, LOL!
I can assist with "noisy an windy":
Pump up the volume!
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I admit I'm quite a bit nervous!
Here's maybe the final testflight before delivery, caught on film.
Pump up the volume and listen to the birds singing in EDTE:
I almost hosed the landing, DOH!
Working on the POH and preparing the website, so we're very close now. Maybe two weeks.
Here's maybe the final testflight before delivery, caught on film.
Pump up the volume and listen to the birds singing in EDTE:
I almost hosed the landing, DOH!
Working on the POH and preparing the website, so we're very close now. Maybe two weeks.
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