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for flight tests. On March 14th he made six trial flights in it at Washington, D.C. which were a success in every way.  He to it to Philadelphia the latter part of March, where he put it through a series of tests at League Island before interested military officers.  He later had a bad smith up in this plan at Wildwood, N.J., but escaped injury. He decided not to rebuild it, and on May 20th, 1913, took delivery of a new Curtiss Flying Boat at Hammondsport, N.Y. His was the second one delivered to wealthy sportsmen that season by the Curtiss Co. 

Glenn Curtiss accompanied him on several try-out flights at Lake Keuka between May 20th and 24th. On his first trip alone he carried his mechanic Orton Hoover on an extended flight and was so pleased that he ordered it shipped to Philadelphia at once. Once his new boat reached Philadelphia he displayed it in the main lobby of the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel for a few days so that Philadelphia could examine it at close range. It was then taken to the Navy Yard at League Island, and he made his first flight in it there on June 10th, accompanied by C.L. Wynne, President of the Aero Club of Pennsylvania. Following this, he took the Mayor and other City Officials for rides. This was followed by almost daily flights carrying Naval Officers and their wives and socially prominent people of Philadelphia. 

On June 14th he announced that he was establishing a Flying Boat Service between Philadelphia and Chester, Pa., operating from League Island over the Delaware River. His daily flying schedule soon made many enthusiasts in the sport of over water flying. On July 9th he made two flights at Wildwood, N.J., before Naval Officers, one of over two hours, demonstrating bomb dropping on the decks of vessels several miles out. July 29th he flew his Curtiss Flying Boat from Wildwood, N.J. to Atlantic City for a demonstration there. After doing a great deal of flying on the New Jersey Coast through July and early August, he announced on August 16th that he was giving up flying for the first time being. On March 5th, 1914, he gave a lecture before the Aero Club of Philadelphia on "My Experiences in Aviation". May 14, 1914, he ordered a second 1914 Model Curtiss Flying Boat to be delivered in May for the Summer season in Philadelphia. In October, 1916, he joined the U.S. Aviation Reserves. He continued to occasionally do some flying for sport and commuting in later years, and on December 17, 1934, flew Grover Bergdoll's Model "B" Wright once more before it was permanently put on display in the Franklin Institute Museum in Philadelphia. 

Later he established a welding rod business in Philadelphia known as the Reid-Avery Co. It prospered and by 1926 they also established a plant in Baltimore, Md. In 1936 he moved to Baltimore to manage that division. He died at his home there on December 5, 1955, at age 69 and was buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. An active Early Bird and wealthy pioneer sportsman pilot, he joined with others of his time to accept the pure sport of aviation. He never engaged in exhibition flying as such, but deserves full credit for his efforts and contributions to the pioneering of flying and the demonstration of its usefulness to others. 

[[stamp]] FROM THE FLYING PIONEERS BIOGRAPHIES OF HAROLD E. MOREHOUSE [[/stamp]]