Engineering Division XNBL-1 - AS64215
Engineering Division XNBL-1 - AS64215, (also known as "The Barling Bomber" and Witteman-Lewis XNBL-1 and McCook Field Project P-303), during flight testing. Designed by Walter Barling, the XNBL-1 (NBL=Night Bombardment-Long distance) was a large triplane, powered by six 420hp Liberty L-12 engines, quad landing gear and four tails. Contracted to Witteman-Lewis Co for manufacture at Hasbrouck Heights, it was shipped by train, unsassembled, in sections, to Wright Field. First flown on 22 August 1923, it was only a few times before it was dismantled and scrapped in 1928
Picture No
13156603
Media ID
47774972
Size
5433px x 4330px
(2.7MB)
Credit
(c) The Peter Butt Aviation Collection / Mary Evans
Source
unattributed photographer - scanned from an original print
Date
circa 1923
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