PORTE monoplane (Lt. J.C. Porte RN, Haslar, Portsmouth, Hampshire)

   After the biplane glider, made in conjunction with Lt. Pirie, Porte made a Demoiselle type monoplane. This followed the general lines of Santos Dumont's design, with the pilot seated at the level of the lower longerons in the triangular section fuselage. There were some original features, such as the extra pair of wheels fitted on a long axle, below the pilot's position, to aid balance during the taxiing trials, and also a forward projecting skid.
   A biplane, which Porte was reported to be making with a 40hp Green engine and using metal construction, failed to materialize.

   Power: 35hp Dutheil-Chalmers two-cylinder horizontally opposed water-cooled
   Data
   Span 22ft
   Length 27ft