PG-130 Penetrator | |
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Role | Glider |
National origin | United States |
Designer | Harry Perl |
First flight | 1953 |
Status | Sole example in the National Soaring Museum |
Produced | 1953 |
Number built | One |
The Perl PG-130 Penetrator is an American mid-wing, single-seat glider that was designed and constructed by Harry Perl. [1] [2]
The PG-130 was completed in 1953. The aircraft has a wooden structure, with the wings and tail covered in doped aircraft fabric covering. The 48 ft (14.6 m) span wing employs a Göttingen Gö 549 airfoil and features dive brakes. The wing has a foam-filled leading edge. The tail is an all-flying design. The aircraft originally took off from a jettisonable take-off dolly and landed on a fixed skid, but was later modified with a fixed monowheel. [1] [2] [3]
The sole example of the PG-130 was registered with the US Federal Aviation Administration as an Experimental - Amateur-built . [2]
Soaring Magazine reported in 1983 that Perl still owned the aircraft and was flying it at that time. The PG-130 was removed from the FAA register prior to 1989 and now belongs to the National Soaring Museum, where it was listed as "in storage" in June 2011. [2] [4]
Data from Sailplane Directory, Soaring and The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage [1] [2] [3]
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