{"id":11770,"date":"2026-03-22T09:36:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T13:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/?p=11770"},"modified":"2026-03-22T09:41:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T13:41:25","slug":"klemm-addendum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/klemm-addendum\/","title":{"rendered":"KLEMM ADDENDUM!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maybe (I hope) you saw my post yesterday &#8211; the <a href=\"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/gallery\/model-documentation\/klemm-l-25-documentation-racing-in-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">documentation page<\/a> on the Klemm L.25 and its eligibility for the FAC National Air Races (find it HERE).\u00a0 This post you are reading is an update and correction to that information.<\/p>\n<p>This morning, about the time I was to get up, I received a Facebook message from one Roel Lucassen (all the way from the Netherlands) telling me he had additional information on Ulrich (Uli) Richter&#8217;s Klemm aircraft.\u00a0 In short, he told me I had the registration number wrong, the aircraft model number Wrong, the coloring WRONG, and the wing markings <strong>WRONG<\/strong> (virtually everything)!\u00a0 I am being extra-dramatic here &#8211; he was very kind and it was all told in a great sense of friendship and research camaraderie.\u00a0 AND &#8211; I am VERY appreciative to receive this information!<\/p>\n<p>I asked and he has allowed me to share this information with everyone.\u00a0 I have already updated my plan and soon will update my tissue templates (although I will not strip and re-cover my model).\u00a0 And now, I will update the documentation.<\/p>\n<p>Well, it turns out Richter&#8217;s Klemm was the L.26 V model &#8211; an upgraded L.25 for the powerful Argus engine.\u00a0 There really isn&#8217;t much of a difference between the L.25 and the L.26, so the model doesn&#8217;t have to be scrapped &#8211; thankfully.\u00a0 This can be confirmed by the next detail:\u00a0 the registration number was actually D-1993 (this still fits into my analysis of the white-washed number on fuselage.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-11771\" src=\"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/D-1993-1024x76.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"48\" srcset=\"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/D-1993-1024x76.png 1024w, https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/D-1993-300x22.png 300w, https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/D-1993-768x57.png 768w, https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/D-1993.png 1301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Roel verified the number by providing a photo of the the aircraft somewhere in Europe.\u00a0 You can tell it is the same aircraft by the same pet name on the nose (which we determined to likely be &#8220;Razeri&#8221; or &#8220;Rozeri&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11772\" src=\"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RoelLucassen-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"873\" height=\"629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RoelLucassen-01.jpg 873w, https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RoelLucassen-01-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RoelLucassen-01-768x553.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 873px) 100vw, 873px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A close look at this shows an arc of color on the wing &#8211; and &#8211; a registration number on the top of the left wing.\u00a0 This tells me the numbers were on both wings and likely on the bottoms, too.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the coloring, Roel provided a news-clipping from a newspaper in Buffalo, NY.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11773\" src=\"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RoelLucassen-03.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"622\" height=\"605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RoelLucassen-03.png 414w, https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RoelLucassen-03-300x292.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While this is very blurry, the second line states the plane was blue and white.\u00a0 It also states the Uli and his wife were on a world tour.\u00a0 Since this was probably at the same time as the Cord Cup race (which did not go to Buffalo), this explains the female jumping into the cockpit in my photo &#8211; she is likely his wife.\u00a0 Unseen in my photo is their small dog mentioned in the newspaper article.<\/p>\n<p>Verifying the world tour is this photo, likely from a Munich newspaper stating the couple is starting a world tour.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11774\" src=\"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RoelLucassen-02-553x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"1139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RoelLucassen-02-553x1024.jpg 553w, https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RoelLucassen-02-162x300.jpg 162w, https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RoelLucassen-02.jpg 716w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lastly, here is a photo of Uli Richter from what appears to be his German sport flyer&#8217;s license.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11775\" src=\"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RoelLucassen-04-694x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"618\" height=\"912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RoelLucassen-04-694x1024.jpg 694w, https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RoelLucassen-04-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RoelLucassen-04.jpg 732w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I want to than Roel Lucassen for reaching out to me!\u00a0 This information completes the package on this model, even though my covering is now &#8220;incorrect&#8221;!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maybe (I hope) you saw my post yesterday &#8211; the documentation page on the Klemm L.25 and its eligibility for the FAC National Air Races (find it HERE).\u00a0 This post you are reading is an update and correction to that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/klemm-addendum\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11771,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-builds","category-products"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11770"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11778,"href":"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11770\/revisions\/11778"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/volareproducts.com\/new2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}