Who Am I - Plane

[silver-eagle]

An experimental, long-range, heavy bomber, built for the Army in the 1920's, it was an early attempt at building a strategic bomber. The project was a source of criticism because of its cost ($525,000) and because it couldn't fulfill its intended performance goals. On a flight from Dayton to Washington, it couldn't climb above the Appalachian mountains and had to turn back. It flew with a crew of 7.
Who am I?

 

[kgruber]

Did it have a wingspan of 120 ft and a cruise speed of 61mph?

 

[wanttaja]

An experimental, long-range, heavy bomber, built for the Army in the 1920's, it was an early attempt at building a strategic bomber. The project was a source of criticism because of its cost ($525,000) and because it couldn't fulfill its intended performance goals. On a flight from Dayton to Washington, it couldn't climb above the Appalachian mountains and had to turn back. It flew with a crew of 7.
Who am I?

The Barling Bomber, natch.

Ron Wanttaja

 

[silver-eagle]

The Witteman-Lewis XNBL-1 AKA Barling Bomber had a crew of 7, length 65', wingspan 120', and 6 Liberty L12A 420 Horse engines. Its cruise was 61 MPH with a max of 92.
Nice looking plane. Too bad it wasn't a performer.