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delphians 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. He made almost daily flights carrying Naval officers and their wives and socially prominent people [[crossed out]] persons of Philadelphia. On June 14th Reid announced that he was establishing a flying boat service between Philadelphia and Chester, Pennsylvania, 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, New Jersey 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 F[[crossed out]]flying B[[crossed out]]boat from Wildwood to Atlantic City for a demonstration there. After a great deal of flying on the New Jersey coast through July and early August, Reid announced on August 16th that he was giving up flying for the time being.
On March 5th, 1914 he gave a lecture before the Aero Club of Philadelphia on "My Experiences in Aviation". May 14th he ordered 1914 Model Curtiss F[[crossed out]]flying B[[crossed out]]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 [[crossed out]] more [[/crossed out]] at the Camden Airport before it was permenently put on display in the Franklin Institute Museum in Philadelphia. 
He later established a welding rod business in Philadelphia, known as the Reld-Avery Company. It prospered and by 1926 they also opened a plant in Baltimore, Maryland. 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, Pennsylvania.