I have been an airplane enthusiast my whole 70 years, and only discovered the Klemm 35 about two months ago. I was immediately struck by the phenomenal beauty of this airplane. Congratulations on getting to fly one. You are living the dream!
I really enjoyed this episode. Great to see you in Europe. Having to cope with Metres and Kilometres per hour! Also really interesting to see how relaxed you looked, which I would compare to the present time, with Covid 19....a different time. Thanks for this Steve.
Nice to have you here in Sweden, and I'm looking forward to the upcoming episodes. I can see you've visited Bunge (ESVB) - happy you didn't miss that one - a fantastic place with wonderful people maintaining it.
Nice footage...specially the first part...next time I’m more than willing to fly you from Toronto to Amsterdam in our KLM triple or 787. BTW ...we have a KLEM also overhere in Holland at EHHO!
Wait. What?! :) I definitely would like to resume our plans to tell more international general aviation stories when things get back to normal. Let’s discuss further via email :) Flightchops at gmail dot com
Thank you for this! I have a propeller hanging on my wall from one these, SK15 as they were designated within the Swedish Airforce. I found the piece in an antiques shop and knew immediately that I just had to have it.
I got a ride in one back somewhere about 1990. I need to dig out my old pictures and see if it was this one. The fellow who restored it shipped it to SAV GA and took it across the USA and then to Oshkosh. I helped coordinate a place to put it together so I got a ride. Cool airplane. The seat had a lever on the side to raise it for better visibility and lower it to get out of the wind some.
Always wanted learn to fly , always ``something´´ reality excuses but last weekend i jump in a real cockpit (before using fly simulators ) and now i really understand . I'm hook , thanks . Bro really thanks ....
Thanks for this feedback. Im luckily to be swimming in content and always having something interesting to publish, but maintaining particular linear stories across multiple episodes is hard - so I’m glad you enjoy the “mixing and matching”.
I think this kind of airplanes are so visceral that if your engine turn bad you just know... The vibrations change, the sound change... At the end you just know.
That looks awesome. Glad you liked your time in my home country. That Klemm is beautiful, seen it overflying my house in Stockholm and also at airshows.
I’m moving into the last stage of my instrument training and have to take my written on Tuesday. All of your instrument training VLOGs have been very motivating! Thank you!
The Klemm is a nice aircraft, I have flown that exact aircraft a couple of years back. A wonderful evening at Håtuna. One of all great flying memories 💚
No offense taken, at least we don't sound like the Danish when speaking English, so we are very happy with our lot! ruclips.net/video/U2r7vNJh1t4/видео.html ruclips.net/video/OSacz4GHQjs/видео.html
I’m sorry man. There was talk of at least partially opening the border today. But I am mostly offline away at the lodge so only really checking comments here - haven’t looked at the news.
@@FlightChops Technically, I could cross as of today if I got a test; I've been vaccinated. But it's still a lot more complicated now and I'm swamped with tasks here. I'll let the dust settle a bit first.
If only I’d known. Would have loved to take you formation flying over Stockholm from our fantastic grass strip 30 minutes drive outside of downtown. Keep up the good work!!
Awesome! I hope you can resume your travels, I'd love to see you experience aviation all over Europe! There are so many different airplanes and passionate people, I know a lot of places you could visit especially here in France! I think this project can become bigger than you'd imagine, I mean it's 2021 yet it seems that most pilots in Europe and North America don't really know/pay attention to what's going on on the other side of the pond and to be honest it saddens me a little. There are so many things we could build together in general aviation by working as a worldwide community!
Excellent! I hope you get a chance to re-coordinate some of those plans now that we are (hopefully) on the back-end of this. Maybe the RV14 could use a trip to Europe?
@@FlightChops Well, I hope that maybe you'll bring it to the West Coast of the U.S., and meet up with Jason again in Washington State. If you do, let me know, I'd love to meet you somewhere! :)
I saw this Klemm 35 (and another one with number 78) in formation last year over Stockholm, was really hoping that was you, but, alas, that was apparently a year later :)
High Steve, That was an incredible video; showing a little of the beautiful country side. Who needs gauges...lol. you are definitely creating some beautiful memories. I hope that you got a chance to film some of the Tiger moth being restored? It's great that you were able to enjoy a vacation with your family, and go for a nice flight. It's like a step back in time. Take care, Be safe.
That's fantastic. I saw a lot of Klemms at the Hahnweide Oldtimer-Treffen. I hope there will be one of those again, they have been somewhat irregular in recent years, but always great. Lots of vintage aircraft and most warbirds from all over Europe with great flight shows and a fly-in. You can always talk to the owners and pilots, and there are usually rides in Dragon Rapide or Ju-52. The aircraft more comparable to the Tiger Moth is perhaps the Bücker Jungmann (also a biplane), but the Klemm was also used as a basic trainer in that era.
Nice! The wings on that remind me of the F4U Corsair a bit. Looked like alot of fun! That air mixture would "mix" a few pilots up I'd wager - exactly the opposite action for rich or lean! Just like 2-stroke vs. 4-stroke dirt bike / motorcycle carburetors. The former has an air mixture screw (AKA, the pilot air screw, ironically enough!), while the latter has a fuel screw - each is 180° opposite as far as turning which direction does what. Interesting! Curious as to what that "Thermos" looking thing was above the fire extinguisher - looked to be a vacuum reservoir to me. The struggle is real when filming! The camera constantly falling must've been driving you nuts, especially with your hands full flying. Glad you left that in there! As always, I appreciate the struggle, Steve! Glad you got some family time there in Sweden, and the kids got to dance with Abba! Awesome!! :)
@@FlightChops No worries, but i demand you come back one day so i get another chance :D I hope you enjoyed the trip and Västerås! My gramps did part of his military service in Hässlö at what used to be called F1, the first Swedish air force base back during WW2, so it's got a very special place in my heart! I hope you had the time to visit the museum too, lots of cool history and planes there, and to shake your head at the J29 fighter parked outside.
Obviously a great plane---no wonder it is so famous. Would love to fly one, too; I flew a Tiger Moth some years ago in Cambridge, UK: probably the best flight of my life ;-)
Awesome vid. Thank you!!! Twice I'd tried to get my GA License only to have an event to keep me from finishing my school. I have to live my dream vicariously through videos and Air Shows. But I still keep the blue side up in my interest.
Initially, I read the title as "WW I trainer", which would be a pretty remarkable experience, but the reality was interesting, too. Seems to be a nice little machine. The most important part of the training then was to get pilots used to to taxiing and flying when they couldn't see where they were pointed. When you get to the Tiger, you'll find you can see even less (because the top wing's in the way), and the extra 35hp is mostly used overcoming the built-in headwind.
Your daughter is growing up fast.. then I realized, it's been just about 7 years sense you started... which is nutz in itself. Where does the time go! The guy I started to follow because he was using videos to debrief his flights (a really cool and useful idea), is now flying planes in Sweden... after building his own plane. So.. there's that 'A!
@@FlightChops Haha yeah I did, keen to see what else you cooked up here. If you're ever adventuring in Sweden again and need an assistant with camera experience, hit me up ;)
On a world scale, this was somewhat close to me, living in The Netherlands! 😀 Love this video, awesome "Old Lady"! 👌🏻 I loved to see the RPM indicator doing the "bouncy bounce" 🤣
I don't know if Canada uses the metric system, anyway... 110 km/h is about only 55 knots...that plane really is slow on landings (and on cruise). But that's an awesome airplane.
My old motorcycle did the same thing until I installed a new cable. Sometimes the damper inside the instrument also just wears out. Seeing that gave me nice warm nostalgic feels, not gonna lie.
With the hose on the end, I figure it's a vacuum reservoir, so if you have the engine at full-throttle, you'll have some residual vacuum in the thermos to run gauges and such. That's my theory, anyway. :)
Hello Steve from Sweden! Cool to see you fly an aircraft that my father flew when it still was considered a modern aircraft. My father founded Sweden's second aircraft manufacturer Malmö Flygindustri (MFI), bought by Saab later. Here are two of the aircraft they manufactured: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malm%C3%B6_MFI-9 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_Safari Greetings from Sweden! PS Here is a Swedish aviation Snaps visa (Snaps song) Vi flygare taga supar med fart och med Klemm Hå Hå Ja Ja! Ja jävlar i dé. Nu går den i strupen i lodrät piké!
@@FlightChops If you visit Norway in 2022, then jump over the border to Sweden for Flygfesten (loosely Flightparty) A hidden gem that only happens every 3 years. And I bet you will find something unique during that weekend to show the world 2 hours drive from the Norwegian border, and like 4 hours from Stockholm.
You looked much younger in the before time! Great story, such nice people and a beautiful, sweet old lady to learn about. Hey everybody…please like comment, subscribe, and head over to Patreon to support Steve. The world needs more of this content!
An even better one is every 3 years there is an aviation weekend in the picturesque heartlands of Sweden, of international caliber. It's no Oshkosh, but there is always something interesting to look at. Recommend it especially to those that haven't seen what the Draken, Viggen or Gripen can do.
Awesome episode! Our flying club here in southern Germany is named after Hanns Klemm and partially originates from the town of Böblingen, where he lived and had his aircraft company. Some of our members restored a Klemm Kl 25, the predecessor of the Kl 35, from 1934 to flying condition and we also have two Kl 107's in our fleet. So if you want to check out some more Klemm's feel free to visit us. There is also the Hahnweide airfield nearby where the "Oldtimer-Fliegertreffen" (vintage airplane meeting) is held every few years, where you can usually find (almost) everything from an about 1915 Bleriot to quite a few warbirds. There is a nice video from 2019 over here ruclips.net/video/T3CghB6LHmM/видео.html
The international language of aviation: "right rudder"!
RPM indicator: Yes.
Love the tach. Its sort of accurate especially when the motor is off. So good to see this 81 year old plane still airworthy.
:)
I have been an airplane enthusiast my whole 70 years, and only discovered the Klemm 35 about two months ago. I was immediately struck by the phenomenal beauty of this airplane. Congratulations on getting to fly one. You are living the dream!
Welcome to Sweden, nice to have you here.
what fun
Also; Patrik has an awesome vibe to him. So cheerful and enthousiastic yet calm and confident. He'd probably make a good RUclipsr :D.
The RPM gauge goes crazy!!
Noticed that also.....Must be a worn cable.
@@RunFast64 No its 116 bpm. Standard Swedish Royal Military tattoo.
You always show us a good time. Thanks for the unexpected Sweden trip. Really enjoyed the Klemm flight and meeting your kids.
Dude that's awesome! Aviation is taking you far bro, stay blessed chops, see ya!
What a nice guy and nice little plane.
How do you know your engine is okay?
It keeps running!
You are so fortunate to fly all these planes all over the world! It's awesome...
I really enjoyed this episode. Great to see you in Europe. Having to cope with Metres and Kilometres per hour! Also really interesting to see how relaxed you looked, which I would compare to the present time, with Covid 19....a different time. Thanks for this Steve.
What a magnificent aircraft and a wonderful adventure!
Miss those beautiful old days!
So cool! Welcome to Hässlö. Hope we can meet again soon
Nice to have you here in Sweden, and I'm looking forward to the upcoming episodes. I can see you've visited Bunge (ESVB) - happy you didn't miss that one - a fantastic place with wonderful people maintaining it.
Great video sir. Thank ya'll!
Great video, and that pronounciation at 0:23 was almost perfect!
How fun to see Patrik on your channel! Many years now since, but i got to see Berlin Tempelhof with him in a Saab 340 before they closed it down.
Steve sits on footage the same way that a winery sits on grape juice.
Haha - awesome! Thanks for seeing it that way :)
Didn't know you were in Sweden. w
Warmest welcome, hope you enjoyed your stay.
"..aaaand you're gonna need some right rudder" some things never change
Looks like a very nice plane to fly, thanks Steve
Nice footage...specially the first part...next time I’m more than willing to fly you from Toronto to Amsterdam in our KLM triple or 787. BTW ...we have a KLEM also overhere in Holland at EHHO!
Wait. What?! :)
I definitely would like to resume our plans to tell more international general aviation stories when things get back to normal.
Let’s discuss further via email :)
Flightchops at gmail dot com
@@FlightChops I drop you a line by mail.
Thank you for this! I have a propeller hanging on my wall from one these, SK15 as they were designated within the Swedish Airforce. I found the piece in an antiques shop and knew immediately that I just had to have it.
That’s pretty cool
What a cool airplane!
I got a ride in one back somewhere about 1990. I need to dig out my old pictures and see if it was this one. The fellow who restored it shipped it to SAV GA and took it across the USA and then to Oshkosh. I helped coordinate a place to put it together so I got a ride. Cool airplane. The seat had a lever on the side to raise it for better visibility and lower it to get out of the wind some.
Always wanted learn to fly , always ``something´´ reality excuses but last weekend i jump in a real cockpit (before using fly simulators ) and now i really understand . I'm hook , thanks .
Bro really thanks ....
Thats my buddy Patrik! Flew that aircraft with him and it is a delight! Hope you got to fly the ”Håtuna Svängen”😀
Han äger väl en pitts i uppsala?
@@adminbuster5225 Nope han hade en Extra 300 och nu en Vans RV6
Very much looking forward to this series! Amazing as always Steve!
Steve, it is certainly fun seeing your build series but I do love you mixing in the odd old video not published amongst the new plane vids!!
Thanks for this feedback. Im luckily to be swimming in content and always having something interesting to publish, but maintaining particular linear stories across multiple episodes is hard - so I’m glad you enjoy the “mixing and matching”.
I really like the happy RPM Indicator :-D
Haha - yup
There is also a flying klemm 35 in the Netherlands at Hoogeveen airport.
"How do you know your engine is OK? You don't." Well that sounds like a fun adventure.
Strict aviation rules there. Lol
I think this kind of airplanes are so visceral that if your engine turn bad you just know... The vibrations change, the sound change... At the end you just know.
That looks awesome. Glad you liked your time in my home country. That Klemm is beautiful, seen it overflying my house in Stockholm and also at airshows.
Awesome episode. Being swedish myself I really enjoyed this one.
I’m moving into the last stage of my instrument training and have to take my written on Tuesday. All of your instrument training VLOGs have been very motivating! Thank you!
Best of luck, Gavin!
The Klemm is a nice aircraft, I have flown that exact aircraft a couple of years back. A wonderful evening at Håtuna. One of all great flying memories 💚
I dunno what it is about Swedes speaking English but they sound so comfortably aloof. I hope that doesn't come across as rude lol I love it.
No offense taken, at least we don't sound like the Danish when speaking English, so we are very happy with our lot!
ruclips.net/video/U2r7vNJh1t4/видео.html
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Wow, so cool! If you ever come back to Sweden we’ll make sure to show you some cool aviation stuff!
very nice, it was the pleasure to watch this content. Awesome plane
Klemm 35 is beautiful
What a cool airplane! Seeing the Chipmunk made me wistful... wondering when (or even if) I'll get a chance to fly it again.
I’m sorry man. There was talk of at least partially opening the border today. But I am mostly offline away at the lodge so only really checking comments here - haven’t looked at the news.
@@FlightChops Technically, I could cross as of today if I got a test; I've been vaccinated. But it's still a lot more complicated now and I'm swamped with tasks here. I'll let the dust settle a bit first.
If only I’d known. Would have loved to take you formation flying over Stockholm from our fantastic grass strip 30 minutes drive outside of downtown.
Keep up the good work!!
Awesome! I hope you can resume your travels, I'd love to see you experience aviation all over Europe! There are so many different airplanes and passionate people, I know a lot of places you could visit especially here in France!
I think this project can become bigger than you'd imagine, I mean it's 2021 yet it seems that most pilots in Europe and North America don't really know/pay attention to what's going on on the other side of the pond and to be honest it saddens me a little. There are so many things we could build together in general aviation by working as a worldwide community!
Totally agree
I was very confused watching the first 30sec of this :) neat glimpse into the past!
:)
Fun video! Looks like an amazing plane and very nice pilot.
You're making me want to travel just to go fly planes in Europe. What a cool experience.
Cool, I must have missed you.
Hope you enjoyed your stay here and looking forward more :)
"How do you know your engine is okay?"
"...you don't."
yup.
Excellent! I hope you get a chance to re-coordinate some of those plans now that we are (hopefully) on the back-end of this. Maybe the RV14 could use a trip to Europe?
Me too! And nah, I'm not gonna take the 14 that far :P
@@FlightChops Well, I hope that maybe you'll bring it to the West Coast of the U.S., and meet up with Jason again in Washington State. If you do, let me know, I'd love to meet you somewhere! :)
I saw this Klemm 35 (and another one with number 78) in formation last year over Stockholm, was really hoping that was you, but, alas, that was apparently a year later :)
Tachometer is like "IT'S PARTAYYY TIME BISSHES WOOOOOO!"
Hahahaha!
What a wonderfull plane! I could not make into the cockpit so far, but could fly as a birthday gift a chipmunk a few years ago
High Steve,
That was an incredible video; showing a little of the beautiful country side. Who needs gauges...lol. you are definitely creating some beautiful memories. I hope that you got a chance to film some of the Tiger moth being restored?
It's great that you were able to enjoy a vacation with your family, and go for a nice flight. It's like a step back in time.
Take care,
Be safe.
That's fantastic. I saw a lot of Klemms at the Hahnweide Oldtimer-Treffen. I hope there will be one of those again, they have been somewhat irregular in recent years, but always great. Lots of vintage aircraft and most warbirds from all over Europe with great flight shows and a fly-in. You can always talk to the owners and pilots, and there are usually rides in Dragon Rapide or Ju-52.
The aircraft more comparable to the Tiger Moth is perhaps the Bücker Jungmann (also a biplane), but the Klemm was also used as a basic trainer in that era.
I've flown that aircraft........sweeet!
Nice! The wings on that remind me of the F4U Corsair a bit. Looked like alot of fun! That air mixture would "mix" a few pilots up I'd wager - exactly the opposite action for rich or lean! Just like 2-stroke vs. 4-stroke dirt bike / motorcycle carburetors. The former has an air mixture screw (AKA, the pilot air screw, ironically enough!), while the latter has a fuel screw - each is 180° opposite as far as turning which direction does what. Interesting! Curious as to what that "Thermos" looking thing was above the fire extinguisher - looked to be a vacuum reservoir to me.
The struggle is real when filming! The camera constantly falling must've been driving you nuts, especially with your hands full flying. Glad you left that in there! As always, I appreciate the struggle, Steve! Glad you got some family time there in Sweden, and the kids got to dance with Abba! Awesome!! :)
That thermos looked a lot like a capacity bottle for a vane or aneroid type vertical speed indicator used in the -40's.
@@juhakettunen7971 - Interesting. Thanks!
OMFG! You're at Hässlö, that's less then a few hundred yards away from my house! If only i knew i would for sure have been there!
Sorry I missed you - it’s hard to keep the community upto speed during these crazy production trips.
@@FlightChops No worries, but i demand you come back one day so i get another chance :D I hope you enjoyed the trip and Västerås! My gramps did part of his military service in Hässlö at what used to be called F1, the first Swedish air force base back during WW2, so it's got a very special place in my heart! I hope you had the time to visit the museum too, lots of cool history and planes there, and to shake your head at the J29 fighter parked outside.
Sweden looks awesome! And that Klemm is a nice looking bird! Panel layout is very different, still trying to figure out some of the gauges.
It reminds me of the PT19
Obviously a great plane---no wonder it is so famous. Would love to fly one, too; I flew a Tiger Moth some years ago in Cambridge, UK: probably the best flight of my life ;-)
Awesome vid. Thank you!!!
Twice I'd tried to get my GA License only to have an event to keep me from finishing my school. I have to live my dream vicariously through videos and Air Shows. But I still keep the blue side up in my interest.
I have Swedish heritage, every time I see videos of the Sweden I get homesick for a place I have never been. Love the 35, beautiful airplane.
You are very welcome to visit! Flights are cheaper than I thought, as low as 500 bucks for a two way from Cali
Stockholm is really nice
Initially, I read the title as "WW I trainer", which would be a pretty remarkable experience, but the reality was interesting, too. Seems to be a nice little machine. The most important part of the training then was to get pilots used to to taxiing and flying when they couldn't see where they were pointed.
When you get to the Tiger, you'll find you can see even less (because the top wing's in the way), and the extra 35hp is mostly used overcoming the built-in headwind.
Your daughter is growing up fast.. then I realized, it's been just about 7 years sense you started... which is nutz in itself. Where does the time go! The guy I started to follow because he was using videos to debrief his flights (a really cool and useful idea), is now flying planes in Sweden... after building his own plane. So.. there's that 'A!
Yes, it’s been quite a ride!
Thanks for being there since the early days.
Cool that´s very close to where i live :)
We need this in Microsoft Flight Simulator
It has... 'an RPM' :D.
Such a pretty plane.
Aaaw man, not only are you pretty much living my dream, but now you're doing it in my country!?
Sorry 😬🤡
But I hope you enjoyed my sharing it - that’s really why I do it.
@@FlightChops Haha yeah I did, keen to see what else you cooked up here. If you're ever adventuring in Sweden again and need an assistant with camera experience, hit me up ;)
When the Swedish Airforce got Spitfire XXIs the pilots called the Spitfires super Klems
That’s awesome!
That’s awesome!
That’s awesome!
How fun!
Nice Video i Love it!
On a world scale, this was somewhat close to me, living in The Netherlands! 😀 Love this video, awesome "Old Lady"! 👌🏻 I loved to see the RPM indicator doing the "bouncy bounce" 🤣
Was the engine revolutions meter supposed to swing back & fourth like that!? Looked a bit crazy. Lovely plane!
Beautiful aircraft. Would make an great home built . Anyone have the plans for sale ?
Sure looks like a Ryan pt22 with gull wings
Found the pictures - different plane It had 78 on the nose.
Cool that this video inspired you to find those old pictures :)
I don't know if Canada uses the metric system, anyway... 110 km/h is about only 55 knots...that plane really is slow on landings (and on cruise). But that's an awesome airplane.
V(dodge)... that's a new one, right?
I smile a little thinking about them speaking English in a German WWII trainer...
Excellent. If you come to the Uk you should visit Old Warden in Bedfordshire. The have a bleriot.
The UK was one of several trips we had to cancel :(. Hope to be there soon.
Whats the U/Min gauge that keeps oscillating??
My guess would be the engine RPM, since the German word for rotation is Umdrehung.
That should be an RPM gauge.
Its a rpm gauge even tho i don't know why it oscillates so much.
I think its a broken RPM gauge?
My old motorcycle did the same thing until I installed a new cable. Sometimes the damper inside the instrument also just wears out.
Seeing that gave me nice warm nostalgic feels, not gonna lie.
en jösses så härligt
What was the red thermos mounted to the fire wall for ? Jerry
With the hose on the end, I figure it's a vacuum reservoir, so if you have the engine at full-throttle, you'll have some residual vacuum in the thermos to run gauges and such. That's my theory, anyway. :)
Could be engine room fire suppression system? Or Swedish meat ball stew?
@@LIamaLlama554 🤣
Looks like a capacity flask for the variometer/VSI.
German Tigermoth? Looks more like a German equivalent Ryan PT-20 WW2 trainer to me.
It’s the same era as the tiger moth, not necessarily comparable as Patrik indicated when he said it is much less draggy.
Welcome to my home contry :P
Hello Steve from Sweden!
Cool to see you fly an aircraft that my father flew when it still was considered a modern aircraft.
My father founded Sweden's second aircraft manufacturer Malmö Flygindustri (MFI), bought by Saab later.
Here are two of the aircraft they manufactured:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malm%C3%B6_MFI-9
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_Safari
Greetings from Sweden!
PS Here is a Swedish aviation Snaps visa (Snaps song)
Vi flygare taga supar med fart och med Klemm
Hå Hå Ja Ja!
Ja jävlar i dé.
Nu går den i strupen i lodrät piké!
I'm from Norway and now come here lol
It was on the list - but cancelled :(. Hopefully 2022 onward
@@FlightChops make sure to contact me if you do I like filming and stuf
@@FlightChops If you visit Norway in 2022, then jump over the border to Sweden for Flygfesten (loosely Flightparty)
A hidden gem that only happens every 3 years. And I bet you will find something unique during that weekend to show the world
2 hours drive from the Norwegian border, and like 4 hours from Stockholm.
Very cool Steve ! But what was the bouncing gauge for, I tried going back and forth to see what it was but couldn't. Did you get to land it?
I know right? I think that was RPM :P
What is that instrument gauge needle doing, oscillating (10:20j like that?
Excellent German technique! 😎👍💙🇩🇪🇦🇹👍🐺
Not a pilot so can you tell me what the instrument that was swinging wildly (my view) from left to right into a yellow zone?
Yeah… I think it’s a broken tachometer :P
@@FlightChops Thanks for reply. That must have been an awesome experience for you.
You looked much younger in the before time! Great story, such nice people and a beautiful, sweet old lady to learn about. Hey everybody…please like comment, subscribe, and head over to Patreon to support Steve. The world needs more of this content!
Thanks Paul. And yeah - I think we've all aged more than average the pst couple years...
The Worlds Best Kept Secret: SWEDEN
An even better one is every 3 years there is an aviation weekend in the picturesque heartlands of Sweden, of international caliber. It's no Oshkosh, but there is always something interesting to look at.
Recommend it especially to those that haven't seen what the Draken, Viggen or Gripen can do.
Man that thing started up really nice. Can't beat German engineering, huh?
110%
Awesome episode! Our flying club here in southern Germany is named after Hanns Klemm and partially originates from the town of Böblingen, where he lived and had his aircraft company. Some of our members restored a Klemm Kl 25, the predecessor of the Kl 35, from 1934 to flying condition and we also have two Kl 107's in our fleet. So if you want to check out some more Klemm's feel free to visit us. There is also the Hahnweide airfield nearby where the "Oldtimer-Fliegertreffen" (vintage airplane meeting) is held every few years, where you can usually find (almost) everything from an about 1915 Bleriot to quite a few warbirds. There is a nice video from 2019 over here ruclips.net/video/T3CghB6LHmM/видео.html