Porte & Hallett on "America" (LOC)
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Porte & Hallett on "America"
[1922 June 22]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
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Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
Photograph shows the launch of the Curtiss Model H Flying Boat airplane "America" on June 22, 1914 in Hammondsport, New York, with aviators John Cyril Porte and George E.A. Hallett. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011 and Glenn Curtis: Pioneer of Flight, Cecil R. Roseberry, 1991)
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.16417
Call Number: LC-B2- 3124-9
Source: Flickr Commons
Views: 6298
Porte & Hallett on "America"
[1922 June 22]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
Photograph shows the launch of the Curtiss Model H Flying Boat airplane "America" on June 22, 1914 in Hammondsport, New York, with aviators John Cyril Porte and George E.A. Hallett. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011 and Glenn Curtis: Pioneer of Flight, Cecil R. Roseberry, 1991)
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.16417
Call Number: LC-B2- 3124-9
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Owner: The Library of CongressSource: Flickr Commons
Views: 6298
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puzzlemaster
John Cyril Porte, a retired Briish aviator, and George Hallett, were pilot and co-pilot on a project to attempt a non-stop Atlantic crossing by air. They were to fly the Rodman Wanamaker airship, America, from Newfoundland to Ireland in the summer of 1914. The original plan had been to fly in June, but problems with the plane's design led to postponement well into July. Porte insisted on flying at night during the full moon so that he could navigate by the stars. By the time the America was ready to fly, the next avialable date that met Porte's criteria was in August 1914. Unfortunately, the outbreak of The Great War that month caused the ocean crossing to be cancelled.
In Memoriam: Wystan
Other Bain/LOC photos of the flying boat, "America": http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/5621412427/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/5621999814/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/5621999502/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/5621411663/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/5621411353/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/5621411217/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/5621410871/in/photostream/ and another Curtiss boatplane: http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/5621999948/in/photostream/
Richard Arthur Norton (1958- )
I started an entry for Hallett: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Eustace_Amyot_Hallett
Kristi (LOC P&P)
puzzlemaster, Wystan and Richard Arthur Norton, Thanks to all for both bringing more information to these photographs as well as gathering related images. We will be adding new information to quite a few photographs related to the 'America' when we update our records.