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Porte & Hallett on "America" (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Wystan said:
    Other Bain/LOC photos of the flying boat, "America": and another Curtiss boat:
  • Wystan said:
    A later Bain photo shows "America" with a third engine added:

Lieut. Porte (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:
    John Cyril Porte (1884-1919), British aviator: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cyril_Porte
  • Wystan said:
    Lieutenant John Porte of the Royal Naval Air Service was selected in February, 1914, to be teamed with an American pilot to fly an enlarged version of a Curtiss Flying Boat, in competition for Rodman Wanamaker's offer of $50,000 to the first team to cross the Atlantic Ocean (Newfoundland to Queenstown, Ireland). [The flight, planned for August or September, 1914, was canceled after WWI broke out.] New York Times story, February 6, 1914: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9405E4DE113FE6...

Château de Bournazel, Aveyron, juin 1892

from Bibliothèque de Toulouse