BA Swallow Slab-sided floater

John Hopkins flying his BA Swallow 2 over the rolling Devon countryside near his home in southwest England.

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The British Aircraft (BA) Swallow originated in Germany in 1927 as the Klemm L.25, a tandem two-seat, low-wing, all-wood monoplane. Klemm first exported to Britain in March 1929 and started a small “flood.” Over the next four years, 27 examples followed with Salmson radial engines. The large 42-foot 8 1⁄2-inch wingspan dictated that the L.25 had folding wings for practical hangarage. Two German examples were fitted with the British Pobjoy R 75 horsepower radial engine,...

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