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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...

Portail roman, Luchon

from Bibliothèque de Toulouse

  • bibliotheque20 said:
    Très bel exemple d'architecture romane. Avec la dame assise en arrière plan, on se croirait dans un tableau flamand !!

Naming "America" (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • technogeo said:
    "The bottle was wired tightly between two horseshoes to facilitate its breakage while also symbolizing good luck." After four failed swings (two by Masson, two by Porte) the bottle slipped out of its horseshoe sling and rolled on the ground..."As a last resort, the bottle was trussed to the prow and Porte grimly assaulted it with a sledgehammer. Both the hull and Porte's wearing apparel were doused with foaming champagne, to the 'considerable merriment' of the onlookers." from "Glenn Curtiss, Pioneer of Flight," by C.R. Roseberry. Syracuse University Press, 1972. p.373-74
  • technogeo said:
    In contrast to Porte's overkill sledgehammer, Glenn Curtiss appears to be holding a small ball-peen hammer. The right tool for the job, as always.