 He married Minnie 'Betty' Miller at St James's Church, Piccadilly on 16 August 1916.About 1911 Porte met American aircraft designer Glenn Curtiss and proposed a partnership to produce an aircraft to compete in the "Daily Mail" prize for the first transatlantic crossing.In 1912 Curtiss produced the two-seat "Flying Fish" that was classified as a flying boat because the hull sat in the water; it featured an innovative notch or "step" in the hull that Porte recommended for breaking clear of the water on takeoff.