TO FLY THE ATLANTIC.
LIEUTENANT PORTE'S PLANS.
CHANGE IN THE COURSE. By Teles i-aph—Press Association-Copyright New Yobk, June 25. Advices from Hammondsport state that Lieutenant J. C. Porte, of'tho British Navy, is testing the Wanamakor aeroboat. He has changed tho route of his proposed transAtlantic flight, and instead of going from the Newfoundland coast to Queenstown, will go from St. John's, Newfoundland, to the Azores, then to the Spanish coast and north 'to Queenstown, adding 500 miles to tho journey but taking a safer course.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15646, 27 June 1914, Page 9
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85TO FLY THE ATLANTIC. New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15646, 27 June 1914, Page 9
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