 Porte invested nearly all his money in the venture.He flew Deperdussin aircraft in the Military Aeroplane Trials at Larkhill and air races at Hendon Aerodrome, where he became a popular figure with the weekend crowds, by now achieving a considerable reputation as a skilled pilot.About November 1912 Porte was a director of British Anzani alongside Captain J. C. Halahan (Royal Dublin Fusiliers and RFC) manager of the Deperdussin Flying School at Hendon, W. Ridley Prentice and Claude Scholfield, with Santoni as chairman.