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While not as active, he did continue to do some flying on his own from 1913 on. On August 31st to September 5th, 1913 he flew at Kankakee, Illinois, September 16th to 19th he was at Monroe City, Missouri, then at Campell, Missouri September 24th to 26th.
In the early Spring of 1915 Houpert was with Frank Champion at Overland Park, Kansas City, Missouri where they were engaged in flying at the Park and building some planes in the shop of the Champion Aeroplane Company. While there Houpert reportedly built a new plane for himself.
In 1916 he again flew some exhibitions and staged a sham battle and bomb dropping exhibition on a fake fortress at the North Georgia State Fair at Windsor, Georgia in early October. After that season Houpert reportedly gave up flying at the insistence of his wife.
In 1917 he joined his brother in automotive work, where for some time they ran the Houpert Machine Shop in Long Island City, Long Island, specializing in the manufacture of replacement pistons for automobiles. In 1929 Houpert opened an Auto and Truck Repair Shop, and in 1939 became a tookmaker and inspector for a firm in Farmingdale, Long Island, where he was active through World War II.
He retired in 1952 with residence in Flushing, Long Island. Houpert passed away on April 4th, 1963 in the Flushing Hospital, Queens, at age 77. He was survived by his wife, three sons, a brother and sister and eleven grandchildren.