Engineering Division XNBL-1 AS64215

A worker sat on a Liberty engine nacelle of Engineering Division XNBL-1 AS64215, (also known as The Barling Bomber and Witteman-Lewis XNBL-1 and McCook Field Project P-303), during manufacture at Witteman-Lewis Co. 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

420hp As64215 Barling Bombardment-long Contracted Dismantled Flown Hasbrouck Heights L-12 Mccook Nacelle Nbl Night P-303 Quad Scrapped Sections Shipped Tails Triplane Unsassembled Witteman-lewis Xnbl-1

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