[Barling Aircraft Corporation - Typescript Prospectus] Walter Henry Barling, Barling Aircraft Corporation Confidential prospectus with original photograph
Published by Walter H. Barling, 1942
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Seller: Barry Lawrence Ruderman, La Jolla, CA, U.S.A.Barry Lawrence Ruderman
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A confidential typescript prospectus for a new aircraft company to be associated with pioneer aviator and aircraft designer Walter H. Barling. The proposal includes a "contract" whereby Barling would receive $10,000 per. Black card binder. 18 leaves with original typescript on rectos only. Plus 8 1/2 x 11 glossy linen-backed b&w photograph of Barling Bomber and development crew including Walter H. Barling and Gen. William "Billy" Lendrum Mitchell. A confidential typescript prospectus for a new aircraft company to be associated with pioneer aviator and aircraft designer Walter H. Barling. The proposal includes a "contract" whereby Barling would receive $10,000 per year for five years in exchange for allowing the new company to use his various patents.Barling (born in England) trained with the Royal Aircraft Factory before immigrating to the United States, where he became an early and influential designer of experimental aircraft for the U.S. government. He is best remembered for the massive Barling Bomber, developed at the urging of Gen. William "Billy" Mitchell, who sought a strategic aircraft capable of demonstrating the viability of aerial attacks on capital ships. Conceived to carry a 5,000-pound bomb load at altitude, the aircraft was an ambitious multi-wing design of extraordinary scale, making its maiden flight at Wilbur Wright Field on 22 August 1923. Although the aircraft proved underpowered and ultimately unsuccessful (the press dubbed it "Mitchell's Folly"), it represented a significant conceptual step toward the development of later heavy bombers such as the B-17 and B-29.The present document dates from Barling s subsequent transition to civil aviation, including his design of the three-place high-performance NB3 monoplane, manufactured by the Nicholas-Beazley Airplane Company, and the later Barling B6. Following the collapse of these ventures during the economic downturn of the early 1930s, Barling relocated to Santa Cruz, California, bringing with him his technical drawings and production materials. The prospectus represents his renewed attempt, circa 1942, to secure financing for a new aircraft enterprise, emphasizing the potential for large-scale production of efficient and economical designs.The final leaves of the document marked Confidential, detail Barling s financial requirements and conditions for partnership. An original photograph dating from the 1920s accompanies the report: it shows Barling standing next to Gen. Mitchell and others of the development crew in an aircraft hangar with a large bomber-like aircraft in the background. Note on verso of photograph identifies: Lt. Bissel, Lt. Dichman, Mr. Carisi, Gen. Robbins, Major Martin, Gen. Mitchell, Barling. Despite the technical promise outlined herein, no investor ultimately emerged, and Barling spent the remainder of his life in Santa Cruz, where he died in 1965. The present prospectus is thus a poignant document linking two of early American aviation s most controversial visionaries, William "Billy" Mitchell and Walter H. Barling, whose bold ideas outpaced the technology and institutions of their time. Conceived in the wake of Mitchell s crusade for strategic airpower and Barling s ill-fated giant bomber, the prospectus reflects both the persistence of their shared vision and the difficulty of translating it into sustained commercial success. By the early 1940s, as heavy bombers finally vindicated many of Mitchell s theories, Barling s appeal to investors carries a quiet sense of missed opportunity and belated recognition.A compelling and little-seen document illustrating the persistence of early aviation innovators and the transition from experimental military aviation to commercial enterprise in the interwar and wartime periods.…
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- [Barling Aircraft Corporation - Typescript Prospectus] Walter Henry Barling, Barling Aircraft Corporation Confidential prospectus with original photograph
- Author
- Walter H. Barling
- Publisher
- Walter H. Barling
- Publication year
- 1942
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- vg
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- Hardcover
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