Lieutenant Colonel John Cyril Porte, was a British flying boat pioneer associated with the First World War Seaplane Experimental Station at Felixstowe.
Porte on 22 June 1914, day of the naming ceremony for Wanamaker's America.
London 4 February 1914, announcement of the Woman's Aerial League silver trophy and $5,000 prize.
In the Curtiss factory with the second prototype designed under Porte's supervision; appearing in The Sun 18 June 1914, "The latest photographs of the Wanamaker seaplane. Lieut. Porte standing by the machine."
A cutting from Moving Picture World 25 July 1914: Glen Curtiss, actress Norma Phillips (Our Mutual Girl) and Porte with his characteristic straw hat in front of the Trans-Atlantic Flyer.
A flying boat is a type of fixed-winged seaplane with a hull, allowing it to land on water. It differs from a floatplane in having a fuselage that is purpose-designed for flotation, while floatplanes rely on fuselage-mounted floats for buoyancy.
Short S23 "C" Class or "Empire" flying boat
A PBM Mariner takes off in 1942
Dornier X in 1932
Gabriel Voisin, air pioneer, next to Henry Farman (left), in 1908