Peel Z-1 Glider Boat
The Peel Z-1 Glider Boat, also called the Peel Flying Boat, is an American biplane, two-seats-in-tandem, flying boat glider that was designed and produced by the Peel Glider Boat Company, starting in about 1930. Design and development. The Glider Boat was intended as a strictly recreational aircraft, to be towed from the water surface by a powered boat. The company intended to produce a very inexpensive aircraft to cash in on the sudden popularity of aviation following Charles Lindbergh’s 1927 solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. The aircraft is of mixed construction . The span wing has a wooden spar, steel ribs and is covered in doped aircraft fabric covering. The two wings have a large total area of and combined with the light gross weight of give a very light wing loading of just 2.2 lb/sq ft (11 kg/m). The lower wing tips feature wingtip floats. The hull is made from duralumin and features a stepped shape, similar to most powered flying boats. The aircraft has conventional aircraft controls and was delivered without instruments. The aircraft was normally launched by a tow rope attached to the glider by a "Y