THE ATLANTIC FLIGHT TO BE TRIED.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1986, 17 February 1914, Page 7

THE ATLANTIC FLIGHT TO BE TRIED.

LIEUT. PORTE SAILS FOR NEW YORK,

RETURNS IN WATBRPUNE

87 Talotfranl)—frasi AfiSoolattOn-OttEyrlßtrt "Times"—Sydney "Sun" Special Cables.

(Rec. February 1.(5, G.Sp p.m.)

London, February 16. Lieutenant Porte, a British naval Officer, has departed for New York. Ho is confident of completing tl>o transAtlantic return trip in a now Gloftcurtis waterphtfio lor the "Daily Mail" prize of £10,000. He declared that apart from engine trouble, his greatest concern is navigation, but a iiava.l officer's invention, enabling him to take sight at any altitude, will probably solve tiro difficulty.

He expects to cross in twenty hows by avoiding dirty weather.' Onco aloft, ho will beat any storm. Ho will always bo near tho steamer track, for if lie drops ia the ocean lie tkes' not o'spcet to be able to ascend again.

A previous cablegram slated: "in attempt to cross the Atlantic from Newfoundland for the "Daily Mail' prizfr will probably bo •made in August or' September in a wate.rpla.no constructed by Mr. Curtiss on the flying-boat principle. Lieutenant Jtorte, a. British naval officer, will bo oho of the pilots, bilt the second (an American) has not yet been chosen. The nmeliino weighs a i ton, and carries four hundred gallons of petrol. It is fitted with wireless. Mr. Lad-man Wanamaker, aft American, is financing the scheme." FRENCH INVENTOR. SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT WITH THREE PASSENGERS. (Rec. February IG, 11.5 p.m.) Paris, February 16. M. Collier, the inventor, successfully flew a 200 horse-power hydroplane', carrying three passengers, and lifting Hi tons weight.