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both British pilot Tom Sopwith and Wright pilot A. L. Welsh were there with their planes for the three-day event. It was distinctly a social affair with many notable invited guests, and passenger carrying and flying exhibitions were the order of the day. Little trips were made to adjoining towns for lunch and all sorts of local jaunts were arranged. Oliver did a lot of flying during this event. On October 20th he flew Collier to Lakewood N.J., a distance of 47 miles, landing on the John D. Rockefeller estate for a flying visit there. After being there a short time, they started on a jannt to Allaire, N.J. On this hop they had a forced landing in a corn field, due to engine trouble, damaging the right lower wing, but neither man was hurt. At this time Oliver was beginning to give Collier some flying instruction. 
During 1911 he devoted some time to designing engines, and some of his work was published in aviation magazines of that time. Later he reportedly built another engine experimentally for aircraft use. During the Winter of 1911-1912 he went to Panama with James H. Hare, one of the Staff photographers of Colliers Weekly, and A.L. Welsh, to investigate the possibility of making aerial photographs of the Canal Zone, under construction then. The Collier Wright was boxed and taken along in case it was decided to attempt the undertaking. After considerable investigation, it was decided to abandon the idea, and the project was given up. 
During the Winter months, Collier bought a second Wright plane, equipped with floats, which was delivered early in the Spring. A Hydro Haven and hangar was built for it at Seidlers Beach, N.J., and when all was ready Walter Brookins came to give both Collier and Oliver some instruction in water flying on the new plane. The land plane was still kept in commission at Rest Hill, and on May 18, 1912, Oliver flew there for his license. No. 145 on the Collier Wright. Mr. Collier, who was then President of the Aero Club of America, and W. Redmond Cross were his observers. He continues to fly actively throughout 1912 for Collier on both land and water planes, making cross country flights to and from the various New Jersey beach resorts, carrying passengers. On July 4, 1912, he carried a sack of authorized mail from South Amboy to Perth Amboy, the FIRST air mail in the State of New Jersey. 
Apparently Mr. Collier gave up the sport of aviation after the Season, and Oliver quit active flying and retired to a farm in Maryland for a time. He then took up the machinery business and patented various machine tool devices. For ten years, from 1926-1936, he was President of the National Tool Co., Cleveland, Ohio, later retiring. On April 9, 1948, after a lingering illness, he died at the Bethesda Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Md. He was buried April 9th in Arlington Cemetery with full Military honors. He was survived by his wife and two daughters. 
A true flying pioneer, he helped the very start of all Military aviation in the United States. An Early Bird, his name appears on the Wright Memorial Plaque at Dayton.